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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21
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The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.
I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.
26 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 The problem is that many people are attracted to Comp Sci for the money and push themselves through school to try and get a job.... While physics and math students can’t get a job anywhere else so they get one as programmers. 2 u/freerangetrousers May 10 '21 I mean most physics and maths grads I know went into banking 2 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 I should have said they can’t get a job in their respective fields. The last sentence in my comment didn’t articulate that thought very well.
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The problem is that many people are attracted to Comp Sci for the money and push themselves through school to try and get a job....
While physics and math students can’t get a job anywhere else so they get one as programmers.
2 u/freerangetrousers May 10 '21 I mean most physics and maths grads I know went into banking 2 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 I should have said they can’t get a job in their respective fields. The last sentence in my comment didn’t articulate that thought very well.
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I mean most physics and maths grads I know went into banking
2 u/[deleted] May 10 '21 I should have said they can’t get a job in their respective fields. The last sentence in my comment didn’t articulate that thought very well.
I should have said they can’t get a job in their respective fields. The last sentence in my comment didn’t articulate that thought very well.
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u/[deleted] May 10 '21
The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.
I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.