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I worked as a coder for six years with no degree after dropping out of physics at UCSC. While it was a contract I did work at apple. A couple years after I fi

I worked as a coder for six years with no degree after dropping out of physics at UCSC. While it was a contract I did work at apple. A couple years after I finally did graduate from ucsc I was a "white badge" senior engineer at apple. A friend who has an english degree from Cal State Northridge is one of Intuit's top marketing people. the notion that a Stanford or Berkely degree makes on a better engineer is laughable however yes it is a common misconception.

greenyoda 11y ago
"the notion that a Stanford or Berkely degree makes on a better engineer is laughable" True. Similarly, the notion that the only companies worth working for are the "top companies" (consumer-facing companies that all your friends have heard of, like Apple or Facebook or Uber) is also laughable. Just as there are great software engineers graduating from obscure schools, there are great engineers working on interesting stuff in companies you've never heard of. It pays to broaden your horizons when looking for a job. Also, there are a lot of interesting problems in CS that have nothing to do with developing web or phone apps.
- MichaelCrawford 11y ago
  "Consumer-facing companies". An ex-girlfriend of mine is an NSA cryptologist. I don't have a clue what she actually does during her workday. I only know where she works because she committed the grievous error of listing her work address on our alumni website.