Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again?

Re:Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again? by 3np on Sunday April 27, 2025 @11:25PM (#43817208)

I think you may be undervaluing effort and payoff of CS fundamentals, as well as overestimating payoff of the paper from an online degree.

(Caveat: If you'll be emigrating in the future a degree can make a difference for visas if recognized )

If you do it and actually apply yourself (as opposed to optimizing for points/effort) I guess you'll be on the up regardless of which (:

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Re:Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again? by platevoltage on Monday April 28, 2025 @12:14AM (#43817483)

I wasn't undervaluing it. I was just answering the question. I've spent a lot of time on CS fundamentals. I can't say I've used a binary search tree in my every day work. If I anticipate this type of question in an interview, I'll need to go back and review. Thats all I meant.

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Re:Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again? by sn9 on Monday April 28, 2025 @09:09AM (#43821153)

They aren't talking about leetcode: https://teachyourselfcs.com/

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