Srenaeb

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by Srenaeb 18y ago
Did your hacker friend eventually go back to school? I guess it also feels like I'm admitting defeat to the "system" if I go back. I had hoped to say "Forget you! I can hack it on my own just fine". So, I guess a bit of that arrogance still
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by Srenaeb 18y ago
...yes, I don't think the state of our higher eduction has improved in the (counts) 7 years I've been gone. I'd have to play the system like everyone else there is doing, and my honest opinion is that degrees are an over-produced commodity
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by Srenaeb 18y ago
Thank you for the encouragement. I will spend more time on my hobby projects. I have a lot of useful knowledge that I gained from my time in the technical trades school, as well as on the job. But sometimes I feel like I've hit a brick wall
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by Srenaeb 18y ago
You're completely spot on. I talked to a couple people in difference industries, and they're all receiving tonnes of resumes from big name companies with degrees. Everyone's getting laid off here.... The portfolio idea sounds good. I do hav
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by Srenaeb 18y ago
It's kind of hard to pick an industry based on "what I think will be awesome 4 years later." Also I have no confidence in being able to do school for a subject I don't care about. Hence CS is probably the only degree I'll be going back for.
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by Srenaeb 18y ago
Ah, sorry. School options here are 4-year degree programs at a university. College has a bad connotation up here in canada. The other option is a 1 year, or 2 years programmes at a "provincial/state institute of technology" generally thoug
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Ask HN: Should I go back to university?
11 points by Srenaeb 18y ago|19 comments