>Be me
>Drop out of First year Computer Science
>Unironically failed my very first term
Fast forward 6 months
>Working full time as a Software engineer at a medium size startup(60k a year) with equity
Is a CS degree a meme if you want to work as a Software developer?
Degrees are memes, they're only there to help you get past HR who don't know much about computers anyway
yes cs is basically a watered down math degree
I hate how easy you have it.
You job is a bit of a dead end one, but you 'll climb to 80k+/year without a degree and like all firsties you might be offered the opportunity to study while working. I hate you.
College is only good for networking. I see low-skilled mates get easily contracted just because of the college's name; But in the long run, skilled people and dedicated people tend to overcome these barriers.
Usually someone doing Comp Sci and failing + dropping out is NEETing it up for the next 6 years. How did you find the drive to get a job after such a disgusting failure?
>Software Engineer
>Dead end
In the past 6 months I got an interview at Facebook but didn't pass their technical interview. If I was just a little bit better at coding I would legitimately be in San Francisco making 130k+ a year. I've been practicing ever since that interview so I can take another go at it in a few months.
>disgusting failure
Seething
same here although I dropped at last term after finishing all courses (I couldn't find motivation to finish my final thesis)
If you already know how to program in a mainstream language (Java, C#, Python etc) you can get a job next month by learning:
1. SQL
2. HTML/CSS
3. JavaScript
4. Git