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Hey, fellow English/Classics student here! :-) In fact my first years learning Greek and Latin were in Boston. Been programming since I was 8, but always favore
by pjungwir 12y ago
Hey, fellow English/Classics student here! :-) In fact my first years learning Greek and Latin were in Boston. Been programming since I was 8, but always favored the humanities for formal schooling.
I like to say if you can read Greek you can certainly read Perl/C++.
If you're good I don't think you need the masters, unless you want to specialize in something mathy/difficult, e.g. machine learning. But if you can pick up just an algorithms and data structures course it will make you a better programmer.
Best of luck to you!
- pdiddy 12y agoThanks for the kind words. Going to school is a question I'm debating a lot and I have been trying to mine HN for wisdom. I'm planning on applying in the fall and also applying for some jobs at around the same time.
- aidenn0 12y agoGet a MS if it's something you want for your own personal edification; it's a toss-up whether or not the piece of paper will help you at all in getting jobs.