Re:Career advice for young system programmers
by jstx1 on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:30AM
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If you're not 18 and starting from scratch, you can learn these things without getting a degree. The overall point that I agree with is that you shouldn't neglect fundamental knowledge in the field regardless of whether you have formal CS education.
> And no, Coursera unfortunately won't make the cut most of the time.
Some of the best universities in the world have computer science materials online (on Coursera and youtube), I don't get how that's inadequate.
> most would hesitate to hire self-taught developers, even in web development positions.
Not true for experienced candidates. If you have no experience, you rely on your degree to get the first job; and if you don't have a degree, it can be difficult to bootstrap that process but the further you get in time from your education, the less relevant it is.
> And no, Coursera unfortunately won't make the cut most of the time.
Some of the best universities in the world have computer science materials online (on Coursera and youtube), I don't get how that's inadequate.
> most would hesitate to hire self-taught developers, even in web development positions.
Not true for experienced candidates. If you have no experience, you rely on your degree to get the first job; and if you don't have a degree, it can be difficult to bootstrap that process but the further you get in time from your education, the less relevant it is.