Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a traditional CS major

Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by unishark on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:57PM (#23923164)

> Many people can self-learn. Those same people often cannot perform well in school because school is rigid and authoritarian.

Are you still talking about college here? For a lot of classes, I commonly skipped class and taught myself the topics. In some fields like math that was practically the system even if you attended: Step 1: attend lectures that go too fast and lose you at some point, providing little more than a roadmap to use. Step 2 go home and teach the material to yourself. Step 3 attend exams to quantify how well you did.

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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by lorenzorhoades on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:46PM (#23923978)

i've seen this comment a couple times on HN and find it funny. My classes and lectures were mostly about what was not in the book and if you tried to read the book and take the test you'd get around a 50%.

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Re:Consider getting a “DIY” degree online instead of a tradi... by throwawaygh on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:25PM (#23946124)

Really depends on the field. Parent comment is pretty accurate for most pure mathematics courses. Not so much in other fields (even non-pure math)

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