Does Learning To Code Outweigh a Degree In Computer Science?

[Serious]

@semtex

 

[semtex]

CS curriculums are full of shyt you'll never use as a software developer.

 

[NZA]

degrees are a safe bet if you want to have high positions in established companies. if you want to freelance or be an entrepreneur, then just learn the skills.

it seems like those days of students getting lured away from college in their sophomore year to work for high salaries are pretty much dwindling

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

CS curriculums are full of shyt you'll never use as a software developer.

so is biology, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't learn the basics

 

[semtex]

so is biology, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't learn the basics

Linear algebra will never be relevant in my career. I'll bet money on it.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Linear algebra will never be relevant in my career. I'll bet money on it.

So? Some of your peers will use it.

The point is ti be equipped with a broad range of skills to adjust for what you MAY encounter.

How can you seriously think this way? As if you know what your career will entail at some point or another?

 

[semtex]

So? Some of your peers will use it.

The point is ti be equipped with a broad range of skills to adjust for what you MAY encounter.

How can you seriously think this way? As if you know what your career will entail at some point or another?

What actually happens is you end up sucking at lots of different things and mastering nothing.

 

[Poitier]

Thats why we should emphasize trade schools.

 

[Robbie3000]

It really depends IMO.

Knowing how to code in languages that are in demand will definitely get your foot in the door more easily than a degree and not knowing anything. But that said, when that management job opens up it's virtually always going to go somebody with a degree. In my department, it's pretty much an even spread of people with and without degree, but ALL of the managers have a degree, in fact I think it's a requirement that's listed in any management job posting. So you won't even sniff a management job if you don't at least have a Bachelor's, regardless of seniority.

IMO a degree is worth it in the long term. It may not mean as much in the short term as it used to but you won't hit that glass ceiling as fast.

This. If you want to be able to move up as you enter the mid point of your career, a degree is a must. If you are content staying technical, then you can get away without a degree. With that said, there are a lot of programming positions out there that list a college degree as a minimum requirement.

But yeah, you don't really need a degree to be a programmer.

 

[Kritic]

What actually happens is you end up sucking at lots of different things and mastering nothing.

we live in a society like ants where you have to be highly skilled in a particular area. you just cannot be a jack of all trades master of none type shyt any more, unless you are a supervisor/management. even then management don't really have to know anything these days. they can just get the talent/high skilled workers..

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

What actually happens is you end up sucking at lots of different things and mastering nothing.

Then you suck at being well rounded

 

[semtex]

Then you suck at being well rounded

I'm gettin paid

 

[semtex]

we live in a society like ants where you have to be highly skilled in a particular area. you just cannot be a jack of all trades master of none type shyt any more, unless you are a supervisor/management. even then management don't really have to know anything these days. they can just get the talent/high skilled workers..

Yeah my manager is a goof

 

[Mr. Somebody]

So? Some of your peers will use it.

The point is ti be equipped with a broad range of skills to adjust for what you MAY encounter.

How can you seriously think this way? As if you know what your career will entail at some point or another?

Corporations are moving away from having jack of all trades and are trying to consolidate people into specific roles to fit their platforms friend. Its best to master a few things then to be a master of one thing with iffy knowledge on a variety of other avenues.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Corporations are moving away from having jack of all trades and are trying to consolidate people into specific roles to fit their platforms friend. Its best to master a few things then to be a master of one thing with iffy knowledge on a variety of other avenues.

then be shyt out of luck when you move on from that job