Re:Ask HN: from zero to development
by grigy on Monday August 30, 2010 @06:08AM
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Agree. If the author agree with the idea of getting degree then we can figure out what subjects are required. By the short answer I just wanted to let you know my opinion, that it's very hard to get into programming without spending some time learning these subjects.
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I don't mean to gang up on you, but if it helps in breaking your self-imposed constraints on yourself -
to become an expert in something, or even understand something, one doesn't HAVE to go to a university.
There are lots of university grads who are experts in nothing.
There are lots of experts in this world who became experts in different areas even when they never put a step in college.
Agreed.. university education, is definitely one of the many ways to accumulate knowledge. Its just that, its not the only way.
I think the importance of a degree is very dependant on what your goal of getting into programming is. If your ambition is to one day be a senior engineer at a cutting edge software firm, then yes, a CS degree is probably time well spent. If on the other hand your ambition is simply to learn how to hack together handy utilities to make your current (non-programming) job easier then a CS degree is probably a complete waste of time.