"Not having a CS degree is awesome"... "A CS degree is useless/overpriced/not worth it"... "I didnt need a CS degree neither do you"... "I knew this CS grad that couldnt code."
I'm sorry but I find notions like this come off as slightly arrogant and ungracious.
Indeed, the demand for software developers is so high today that many companies are happy to employ anyone that can demonstrate an aptitude for writing code, and that is a great thing by itself. Our field is a magnanimous one for anyone with the right attitude and mindset and willing to put in the effort.
However it is very wrong to disparage the value of the Computer Science degree. The industry a it is today was built over several decades by formally trained Computer Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (in collaboration with other non CS professionals, of course). They built the programming languages, operating systems, frameworks, algorithms, databases, networks, devices etc that you use today so easily that you have the confidence to think that knowledge is nownsuperfluous. They continue to do so to this day.
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"Not having a CS degree is awesome"... "A CS degree is useless/overpriced/not worth it"... "I didnt need a CS degree neither do you"... "I knew this CS grad that couldnt code."
I'm sorry but I find notions like this come off as slightly arrogant and ungracious.
Indeed, the demand for software developers is so high today that many companies are happy to employ anyone that can demonstrate an aptitude for writing code, and that is a great thing by itself. Our field is a magnanimous one for anyone with the right attitude and mindset and willing to put in the effort.
However it is very wrong to disparage the value of the Computer Science degree. The industry a it is today was built over several decades by formally trained Computer Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (in collaboration with other non CS professionals, of course). They built the programming languages, operating systems, frameworks, algorithms, databases, networks, devices etc that you use today so easily that you have the confidence to think that knowledge is nownsuperfluous. They continue to do so to this day.