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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by 3chelon on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:19AM (#10945275)
How so? Many of the classic Valley proto-entrepreneurs (Gates, Jobs, etc) famously dropped out of college. From my own experience, I probably learned about 75% of what I needed to know about programming before I went to university. I'm not sure how easy it is to gain that valuable bedrock experience in an academic environment.
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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by fennecfoxen on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:25AM (#10945327)
The key, then, is to gain that valuable bedrock experience outside the academic environment. This can obviously be hit-or-miss, and we shouldn't be surprised if we see someone miss.
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