I kinda disagree with this.
I usually never comment, but this resonates a lot with what I've been through.
Biology, life sciences and all that jazz was my thing. Studied 2 years, dropped out, started working as web developer right away but felt the impostor syndrome lurking around at every turn. Got a technical degree, but still, didn't put much academic effort into it and felt bad about it, as simple as that. Kept reading posts like this to make me feel good.
This year I'm 25 years old, getting back into a final year of remote studies to get a bachelor in CS. I don't need it for professional reasons, at all. I'm doing just fine a work I love and getting very well compensated for it.
It is awesome to have learned what I've learnt before getting into software engineering. But let's be honest, it never ever did me any good on a career perspective. Getting back on the academic bench feels genuinely great and I'm studying as hard as possible whilst maintaining a full time job. No pain no gain they say. You have to earn your peace of mind. Such is my journey.
I'm not saying anyone should follow any lead, and I'm all in for self acquired literacy, heck I've been through a lot of em' MOOCs and hackathons and what not. But getting a degree just feels great in my opinion, it's no hype, it's years of efforts from smart peers that get passed down to you in a condensed dose of knowledge.
Most of the people will never get the chance to be in the right context to become the next Gates or Zuckerberg. Drop outs are idolized and laziness justified nowadays. Being lazy about getting a CS degree is not a smart choice imho, at the very least it's not putting the odds in your favor. If you have to work a few years to pay for it or are making a career switch, then do. But then if you are still feeling bad about it, get a degree. Getting back on track is the hardest move, learning is awesome.
100% agree. I'm actually working on my CS degree now, my first BS was in economics. It's not been easy, there's certainly no free time with full-time work, kids, and school. Would I want to go about it another way, no.
I enjoy the process of learning, and I believe that is something that will service me well as I advance my career. Graduate degree next!
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I kinda disagree with this.
I usually never comment, but this resonates a lot with what I've been through.
Biology, life sciences and all that jazz was my thing. Studied 2 years, dropped out, started working as web developer right away but felt the impostor syndrome lurking around at every turn. Got a technical degree, but still, didn't put much academic effort into it and felt bad about it, as simple as that. Kept reading posts like this to make me feel good.
This year I'm 25 years old, getting back into a final year of remote studies to get a bachelor in CS. I don't need it for professional reasons, at all. I'm doing just fine a work I love and getting very well compensated for it.
It is awesome to have learned what I've learnt before getting into software engineering. But let's be honest, it never ever did me any good on a career perspective. Getting back on the academic bench feels genuinely great and I'm studying as hard as possible whilst maintaining a full time job. No pain no gain they say. You have to earn your peace of mind. Such is my journey.
I'm not saying anyone should follow any lead, and I'm all in for self acquired literacy, heck I've been through a lot of em' MOOCs and hackathons and what not. But getting a degree just feels great in my opinion, it's no hype, it's years of efforts from smart peers that get passed down to you in a condensed dose of knowledge.
Most of the people will never get the chance to be in the right context to become the next Gates or Zuckerberg. Drop outs are idolized and laziness justified nowadays. Being lazy about getting a CS degree is not a smart choice imho, at the very least it's not putting the odds in your favor. If you have to work a few years to pay for it or are making a career switch, then do. But then if you are still feeling bad about it, get a degree. Getting back on track is the hardest move, learning is awesome.
Just my 2 cents for posterity.
100% agree. I'm actually working on my CS degree now, my first BS was in economics. It's not been easy, there's certainly no free time with full-time work, kids, and school. Would I want to go about it another way, no.
I enjoy the process of learning, and I believe that is something that will service me well as I advance my career. Graduate degree next!