How One High School Grad Studied Computer Science Debt-Free and Nabbed a $90k Job

Re:How One High School Grad Studied Computer Science Debt-Fr... by Kalium on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @02:19PM (#9185702)

In theory, you don't need college to learn much of anything. In practice, few people are going to correctly teach themselves discrete mathematics within a reasonable timeframe.

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Re:How One High School Grad Studied Computer Science Debt-Fr... by duaneb on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @02:33PM (#9185865)

I disagree. I'm not sure what the added value of college is aside from graded evaluation.

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Re:How One High School Grad Studied Computer Science Debt-Fr... by Kalium on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @02:37PM (#9185908)

A graded evaluation is valuable, agreed. I submit that instructors, peers, and an instructional environment are also of value in aiding the learning process.

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Re:How One High School Grad Studied Computer Science Debt-Fr... by duaneb on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @02:45PM (#9185985)

And yet, people do not go to college for an education, they go for a degree. Which is useless for determining education.

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Re:How One High School Grad Studied Computer Science Debt-Fr... by Kalium on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @02:48PM (#9186011)

The degree is evidence of a graded evaluation, which is a proxy for education. Despite some propaganda to the contrary, it is not a zero-correlation proxy.

Also, I don't know about you, but I went to college for an education. Which I received.

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