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I just wish someone would've told us we didn't need Computer Science degrees before we wasted four of the best years of our lives on something with negative val
by strathmeyer 11y ago
I just wish someone would've told us we didn't need Computer Science degrees before we wasted four of the best years of our lives on something with negative value simply because we were trying to do the best for ourselves.
- The_Great_Gazoo 11y agoTake it from someone that didn't get a college degree: You didn't waste your time. I'm doing quite well in a technical track, however I'll be fighting uphill if/when I move into management at a large corporation. Given two employees with roughly the same ability to manage a group of people, senior management will tend to promote the person with the degree.
- pcunite 11y ago^ this The degree will help for management roles at Fortune 500 companies.
- xyzzy123 11y agoYeah, another issue that isn't immediately apparent is that it is much harder to migrate to other countries without a degree.
- ende 11y agoAt some point Software Engineering should probably become its own degree (possibly an associates degreee) separate from Computer Science. Similar to how Computer Engineering split off. It's a bit strange that CS is this hodgepodge of computer related fields, training scientists, engineers and operationalists alike.
- falcolas 11y agoYou only don't need the degree because they don't teach operations at college, you have to pick it up on the job.