How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS degree

Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by luck_fenovo on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @07:54PM (#13872664)

Well I feel cheated, as an introvert that never stayed in touch with anyone from college and who went into a wildly divergent field from my major. I didn't experience either of the major benefits you're touting; the education was everything. I still think it was worth it, but I absolutely think it could have been done better and cheaper online.

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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by pmiller2 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:05PM (#13872729)

I also didn't get any networking opportunities through professors, and not a lot through friends. I think my undergrad degree was worth it just as a signal to employers, but I would gladly trade back my graduate education and the right to say I ever attended in return for cancelling all the student loans I (stupidly) took out to fund it.

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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by megablast on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:45PM (#13880600)

You know how they tell you, you get out of it what you put into it.

You didn't put anything into it.

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