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Ian Pride

Why would being a "programmer" necessitate a CS degree? One of the main things I've learned in my 26+ years of programming is that CS grads are usually the most incompetent programmers (with a few exceptions, of course) and a long running joke in programming forums/communities. I tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but with CS grads I've seen far too much nonsense for far too long to deny the infection.

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Andrew Baisden

It doesn’t it was meant to be partly sarcastic because it is a well known fact that you can get hired even without a computer science degree. And this is quite apparent if you are active on Twitter because so many people have shared their stories and journeys on there after changing career.

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Ian Pride

My apologies.