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| Topic | Self taught in programming vs degree in IT |
| scar the 1 09/23/19 5:35:05 AM #8: | To be clear, computer science is actually a field of study that can be quite different from software engineering. Taking comp sci classes in uni would not necessarily teach you a lot about how to write software. In the end it depends on what skills you want and what skills the recruiter wants. From talking to recruiters at software companies that I know, they really like it when people have a degree. Not because it guarantees they have certain software skills, know certain languages etc, but rather because it shows that they are able to teach themselves things to a certain extent. Of course, that's in Sweden and degrees here don't necessarily map to equivalent ones elsewhere, but essentially that's what you should be getting from a degree - getting really good at looking stuff up. --- Stop being so aggressively argumentative for no reason. - UnfairRepresent ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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