Have any of you taught yourself computer science / computer programming and actually feel competent with your skills...

Have any of you taught yourself computer science / computer programming and actually feel competent with your skills? Do you think you are better than the average CS graduate?

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Yes and yes

Yes and yes

Went to Trade School for Software Development. Worked as a Web ""Dev"" for a few years. I'd classify that as self taught, and no, I feel like an average CS grad would BTFO me in anything programming related. Was not worth it, so I'm going to uni this year.

stop trapposting

My uni was absolute shit so I self-identify myselfbas self-taught.

Why are almost all self-taught devs work in webdev?
I taught myself C++, I followed Stanford's curriculums on DS&A, learned the ins and outs of linux, some common electronic protocols, grinded hackerrank. I slayed the first interview and am now working in embedded.

eh and maybe

Hacking together a disgusting PHP webapp that sorta works is much easier than doing something productive in a compiled language. Consider yourself lucky. Every job post involving C or C++ I saw required a STEM degree.

Yep some time later they admitted it themselves. They don't even hire grads from less prestigious universities, I was an outlier.

>Have any of you taught yourself computer science / computer programming and actually feel competent with your skills?
Yes.
>Do you think you are better than the average CS graduate?
I'm at uni right now (though not CS but a specialised course) and I don't just think I am better I know it. Because I sometimes have to interact with these brainlets that study CS because it's the hip thing right now without knowing anything about anything IT, also they all suck at maths which makes it even worse.

yes. I did. I run a software company. we're market leader in our niche.

hey user, can anyone learn how to code and get a remote job from that hackerrank site? even though im not in usa?

>he

I bet anything other then CS or engineering gets binned by default

Hackerrank is not a job website. You go there to train your brain to used to solving problems so you don't get gimped during interviews.

>Why are almost all self-taught devs work in webdev?
Because it's easy as shit? I make websites as an creative outlet or when I have downtime at work and want to do something besides shitposting here. Also as far as I know webdev jobs can pay a lot of money so normies study it.

I did an associates in IT .... basically webdev... I regret it

Not wanna be a cunt but never got that to be honest. Just like people studying CS or any other IT field getting a masters only to be code monkeys.
But in your case why not go back to uni when you regret it?

Typically people don't have the diligence to work on the things they have to work for getting a CS degree. If you just work on your programming skills all the time you might be a lot better than the average CS graduate, but you are lacking.. perspective.

Like you are pretty good with one thing, but totally ignorant in how the whole picture works, whereas the avg CS graduate has a basic understanding of everything.

Tbh, CS graduates usually write shit/ugly (probably functional) code. It's not hard to be a better programmer than them.

Competent, yes. Better than, depends ... I guess?

My problem is that now that I am a paid codemonkey ... I don't want to do it.
I'd rather keep programming a hobby and automate my stuff.

But now I have no idea what to pursue, or what interest / career path will complement software development.

Partially agree. Overall undergrad CS is quite easy and there are full featured curriculum accessible online. But:
1) In my undergrad curriculum, there were few courses that I thought I have zero interest in, but turned to be very useful.
2) Personal consulting and random chat with lectors usually turned to be more insightful than the course itself. Some lectors gave me a good hints on what other topics to look at, what books to begin with and what influential people in that topic to follow.