The truth transcends people's feelings. You can feel that I'm not being nice, or I'm the nicest person, and sure, in retrospect I could have worded things better, but fact remains - people with a CS degree, in general, are better at CS than people without one. The same is true for absolutely any profession... Will you say an accountant that has formal accounting education is as good as someone who took a 3 day course and learned to use Quicken?! It's ridiculous. Sure, you can make up for the lack of formal education, but you can't make up for it in a fraction of the time. You have to do the time, and in CS specifically (probably other lines of business as well), if you do the time, you may as well get the degree.
Also, comparing fresh grads with bootcamp folk with experience is also bogus. Those fresh grads won't stay fresh for long. So compare fresh grads with fresh bootcamp folk, or experienced grads with experienced bootcamp folk, see what conclusion you come to.
And, I paid for my education, and I wouldn't change a thing.
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The truth transcends people's feelings. You can feel that I'm not being nice, or I'm the nicest person, and sure, in retrospect I could have worded things better, but fact remains - people with a CS degree, in general, are better at CS than people without one. The same is true for absolutely any profession... Will you say an accountant that has formal accounting education is as good as someone who took a 3 day course and learned to use Quicken?! It's ridiculous. Sure, you can make up for the lack of formal education, but you can't make up for it in a fraction of the time. You have to do the time, and in CS specifically (probably other lines of business as well), if you do the time, you may as well get the degree.
Also, comparing fresh grads with bootcamp folk with experience is also bogus. Those fresh grads won't stay fresh for long. So compare fresh grads with fresh bootcamp folk, or experienced grads with experienced bootcamp folk, see what conclusion you come to.
And, I paid for my education, and I wouldn't change a thing.