Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future of tech to look like?

Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by trashface on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:02AM (#27591723)

I completely agree. With a different degree, one can still do programming. I worked with several good programmers who had no CS degree. Some had no degree at all.

For me, CS was largely a waste. Most of the real, required-for-job programming skills I learned were self-taught anyway. I just used CS as an on-ramp to industry. Maybe nowadays CS is required for "signalling" but it definitely wasn't in the 90s.

Wish I had done physics or hell even math. Now I'm middle-aged and the only things I "know" relate to this stupid pile of silicon on my desk.

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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by jghn on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:18PM (#27593591)

Over time I found the CS degree worked out. I was able to pick up the necessary domain knowledge for my own specialty. And having the deeper understanding of how/why things work at a theoretical level enabled me to transition to new technologies faster than people I know who just "learned to code".

But yes. As a junior developer where my programming skills were roughly the same as my friends who had non-coding skills as well, there was some second guessing on my part

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