[quote=deadzone]”Everything else was self taught, and whatever work I could pick up in software. And then being given an software engineering job opportunity at a bay area startup.”
You just corroborated my post right there. That’s all you had to say in your response. Instead you go off with 1000 word diatribe trying to make it personal about me. You and SDR need to stop drinking wine together.
“Great, how did that work out for you”
It’s worked out great! been living within 5min of the beach for over 25 years now F you very much.[/quote]
Again arguing with yourself.
College doesn’t guarantee success. It increases the odds. Great colleges also doesn’t guarantee success, it increases the odds further.
Yes, you don’t need a CS degree to do software. But it helps, the training and rigor helps to an extent. but a little self discipline, and you can learn it or anything else.
BUT..You are dillusional if you think everyone can self teach and learn. Generally, people who are disciplined and capable of self learning are more the exception than the rule. it’s like the argument that many people who don’t want to go to college or don’t want to do a STEM degree like to say “bill gates didn’t go to college and neither did mark Zuckerberg” …
Well true, but those 2 examples are exceptionally bright people that didn’t need college. Most people who bring up bill gates and mark are NOT in the same league as them, and they are kidding themselves with an excuse for not needing college. And by not obtaining higher education, and not going through the rigor and discipline of a good 4 year program, that often causes people to fall short on their work ethics and determination…and they end up in a career that only requires them to say “you want fries with that”. So there’s a high probability you wouldn’t get very far without some higher level learning if you wanted to do tech.
BUT, it seems like you were in tech before and it seems like no longer, so it’s a moot point..Tech isn’t for anyone and not everyone is going to be good at it. There are people that aren’t able to do it, regardless of whether they take classes or try to self learn. It isnt the end all of things, since there’s other things that person can do. But those tech doors do exist for others whether you want to acknowledge it or not. I think more important though is ones attitude. Seems like pessisism at a great demotivator for a lot of things.
