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Re:Is there any value to a CS degree at 50? by random_user on Thursday December 19, 2013 @04:18PM (#6937972)
> Why not a degree in mathematics and a Master's in education?

Well, mathematics is a tool for me. I couldn't see going for a degree in mathematics at all. Frankly, it'd bore me to death. Probably the same with a MS in Education.

I am a maker. I love to create. Not engaging in the creative process would just kill me from the inside. Of course, not being a useful member of society is probably killing me from the inside as well. Choices.

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Re:Is there any value to a CS degree at 50? by brudgers on Friday December 20, 2013 @05:31AM (#6940773)
If unconstrained for resources, what would you passionately make?
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Re:Is there any value to a CS degree at 50? by random_user on Friday December 20, 2013 @10:29AM (#6941819)
That's easy to answer: Intelligent robots.

Humanoids have fascinated me since childhood. I went to school to get an EE because I wanted to work on robots. Life took me in a different direction. And that's OK.

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Re:Is there any value to a CS degree at 50? by brudgers on Friday December 20, 2013 @08:05PM (#6945203)
Clearly something you are passionate about. Let the constraints be part of the design challenge. We can't all be Elon Musk. But we can all try for a little Chuck Moore or Donald Knuth - doing what we're passionate about and letting the chips fall.
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