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This is crap. Yes, CS has important theory you won't learn about in "hacker school", but it's not like the (ridiculously expensive) education itself is necessar
by duaneb 12y ago
This is crap. Yes, CS has important theory you won't learn about in "hacker school", but it's not like the (ridiculously expensive) education itself is necessary. Everything you need is on wikipedia and stackoverflow.
- Kalium 12y agoIn theory, you don't need college to learn much of anything. In practice, few people are going to correctly teach themselves discrete mathematics within a reasonable timeframe.
- duaneb 12y agoI disagree. I'm not sure what the added value of college is aside from graded evaluation.
- Kalium 12y agoA graded evaluation is valuable, agreed. I submit that instructors, peers, and an instructional environment are also of value in aiding the learning process.
- duaneb 12y agoAnd yet, people do not go to college for an education, they go for a degree. Which is useless for determining education.
- Kalium 12y agoThe degree is evidence of a graded evaluation, which is a proxy for education. Despite some propaganda to the contrary, it is not a zero-correlation proxy. Also, I don't know about you, but I went to college for an education. Which I received.