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