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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by ogre_codes on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @03:08PM (#23920462)
> It's like I could spell but didn't know the first thing about grammar.

Love this analogy for programming...

It also reminds me that English and Public Speaking are very important skills I picked up in college which are easily neglected in a DIY program.

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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by ZephyrBlu on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @07:09PM (#23922559)
What English skills did you acquire at uni? My English has always been quite good and I don't feel like formally studying English has helped me that much.

Perhaps I've just forgotten about how much I've actually learnt though.

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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by freehunter on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:13PM (#23922928)
A lot of people are not good at English, though. Especially public speaking.
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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by ZephyrBlu on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:20PM (#23922953)
Yes, definitely. That's why I'm curious about the specifics of what they learned rather than just "English".
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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by ogre_codes on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:03PM (#23930243)
My writing has been pretty decent since high school, but I did pick up some public speaking skills in college.

If you have great English/ Public speaking skills this isn't so important. But I know a lot of people have really mediocre communications skills.

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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by ghaff on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @05:26PM (#23921791)
Being on a student newspaper probably gave me some of the most valuable skills that I acquired in school.
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