Ask HN: How do I survive college? (Is there any other way?)

Re:Ask HN: How do I survive college? (Is there any other way?) by djhaskin987 on Sunday April 19, 2020 @11:57AM (#22916696)

People who don't have a degree don't seem to really comprehend the benefits of having a degree because people simply don't tell you what they're willing to do for you as employers until you have a degree. Doors will open for you as someone with the degree that you wouldn't even know were there without one.

It is valuable because it is so hard. It is like getting an SSL certificate. It's really hard to do that or at least it used to be, but by doing so you can safely and verifiably prove to everybody that you are who you say you are. The degree is similar but it says that you can do what you say you can do.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I survive college? (Is there any other way?) by sarcasmatwork on Sunday April 19, 2020 @12:44PM (#22917027)

Is this 1995??

10-15 years ago a degree had value. Today, no. More so when it puts someone in debt. Doors will open for a person with a degree or not. Its not about the degree, its about the person, their mindset and attitude.

SSL certs are not hard to get. Do you know about lets encrypt? Welcome to 2020.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I survive college? (Is there any other way?) by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:43PM (#22917867)

People who build software by gluing together libraries and frameworks written by other people, they don't need a CS degree.

People who write libraries and frameworks that other people use, they need a CS degree. This person wants to be good enough to go to a FAANG so s/he's in this category.

Plus we're about to enter a recession that will make 2008 and the dot com bust combined look like a wet firecracker, so this person really, _really_ needs a degree.

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