Re:Ask HN: Is computer science a viable field?
by john_the_writer on Thursday April 14, 2022 @05:43AM
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100% for the field.. 10% for the University Degree.
There is zero chance programming jobs will go away in the near future. I mean perhaps if WW3 happens.
Jobs in the field are all over, and we are dying for skilled coders. I don't see that changing. Salaries are awesome too.
My only issue with the degree is the cost. Most of what you learn in a degree program won't be relevant IRL. Some small bits will, but a couple books and you're there.
When I went to University we built apps that ran on 2megs, and we were happy. I spent 4 years learning how to write PalmOS apps.
The field requires a pile of self learning. It never stops.
Don't agree with the "secondary interest" bit. I don't want my heart surgeon to have it as her secondary interest. Nor do I want the coder who built the software that admins my drugs after the procedure to have clean and efficient code as their secondary interest.
There is zero chance programming jobs will go away in the near future. I mean perhaps if WW3 happens.
Jobs in the field are all over, and we are dying for skilled coders. I don't see that changing. Salaries are awesome too.
My only issue with the degree is the cost. Most of what you learn in a degree program won't be relevant IRL. Some small bits will, but a couple books and you're there.
When I went to University we built apps that ran on 2megs, and we were happy. I spent 4 years learning how to write PalmOS apps.
The field requires a pile of self learning. It never stops.
Don't agree with the "secondary interest" bit. I don't want my heart surgeon to have it as her secondary interest. Nor do I want the coder who built the software that admins my drugs after the procedure to have clean and efficient code as their secondary interest.