Humchi:
It depends on two things..

1. If you're a job prospect, you need the degree.
2. You don't need degree if you have the skills...
Even if you don't, you can learn it online and be more knowledgeable than a computer graduate in Nigeria.. That is it..

ClassicMcGee:

Like seriously?
i'm considering a second degree after my CS degree. Good idea?

ClassicMcGee:

Like seriously?
i'm considering a second degree after my CS degree. Good idea?

CodeTemplar:
Yes.

ClassicMcGee:


Long time mentor,

i was thinking of biomedical engineering( i always wanted to trail the medical line).

But it's another 4-5 years...

Can i go into a different field for my masters?

CodeTemplar:
You can read biomedicine and still be a programmer. Both fields should have a meeting point I believe because all engineering disciplines now incorporate computers and by proxy programs. Above all research it and understand exactly how programming can aid biomedical engr.

mosesabah:

ClassicMcGee:


Like seriously?

i'm considering a second degree after my CS degree. Good idea?

GreatAchiever1:


If u mean spending another 4-5 years in school again...oboy na so u lyk school

edicied:
Computer science is the study of the theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers. It is the scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications and the systematic study of the feasibility, structure, expression, and mechanization of the methodical procedures (or algorithms) that underlie the acquisition, representation, processing, storage, communication of, and access to, information. An alternate, more succinct definition of computer science is the study of automating algorithmic processes that scale. A computer scientist specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computational systems.[1] See glossary of computer science.

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SetrakusRa:
Before anything, you should know that Programming is just a small subset of Computer Science. It might be the most pronounced, but still, there's more to Computer Science than just programming...

So yes, the degree is very much worth it!

ClassicMcGee:


This is the only ground on which we defend our course as CS student's...



it's quite pathetic.

ClassicMcGee:



I still don't get your point, thanks anyways!

ClintonNzedimma:

not really, it's just that the Nigerian CS curriculum is not standard but I will choose a CS degree over anything

CodeTemplar:
May be whennu start study computation more you will understand what he wrote.

CS is centers around computation and the theories of scaling them.

ClassicMcGee:


>:

What's your take on the subject matter, mentor?
is it worth it?

ClassicMcGee:


More reason why many of "US" register for online courses(MIT,STANFORD).


"if i'm chanced and lucky, i'll choose spending 4years in Andela, than in nigerian instituition"

ibkayee:
It takes experience to be a good programmer and not necessary a qualification however a degree will make it it a lot easier to get hired to be honest.

A lot of companies use degree requirements as a filter when searching for ‘talent’ and tend to want some form of formal education, typically a bachelors, if not then MULTIPLE years of experience and an EXTENSIVE portfolio. You also tend to get paid more, a degree just tends to result in higher lifetime earnings, long term. There will always be exceptions of course but generally speaking.

So essentially, if you have the option to get a degree, I would advise you do but if not, don’t fret too much as opportunities will still come, you’ll just need to showcase yourself a bit harder than the rest.

ibkayee:
It takes experience to be a good programmer and not necessary a qualification however a degree will make it it a lot easier to get hired to be honest.

A lot of companies use degree requirements as a filter when searching for ‘talent’ and tend to want some form of formal education, typically a bachelors, if not then MULTIPLE years of experience and an EXTENSIVE portfolio. You also tend to get paid more, a degree just tends to result in higher lifetime earnings, long term. There will always be exceptions of course but generally speaking.

So essentially, if you have the option to get a degree, I would advise you do but if not, don’t fret too much as opportunities will still come, you’ll just need to showcase yourself a bit harder than the rest.

ClintonNzedimma:

look I am a CS student, I was coding before I gained admission....dont look for the degree alone but the knowledge, when I was in 200 level second semester, very late in the night I used to watch MIT opencourse ware havard learning on YouTube, check CS50 by professor David Malan on youtube, watch it and enjoy the beauty of CS

ClassicMcGee:



Well,



it's amazing...







Thanks for this piece.

ClintonNzedimma:

look I am a CS student, I was coding before I gained admission....dont look for the degree alone but the knowledge, when I was in 200 level second semester, very late in the night I used to watch MIT opencourse ware havard learning on YouTube, check CS50 by professor David Malan on youtube, watch it and enjoy the beauty of CS

ibkayee:
It takes experience to be a good programmer and not necessary a qualification however a degree will make it it a lot easier to get hired to be honest.

A lot of companies use degree requirements as a filter when searching for ‘talent’ and tend to want some form of formal education, typically a bachelors, if not then MULTIPLE years of experience and an EXTENSIVE portfolio. You also tend to get paid more, a degree just tends to result in higher lifetime earnings, long term. There will always be exceptions of course but generally speaking.

So essentially, if you have the option to get a degree, I would advise you do but if not, don’t fret too much as opportunities will still come, you’ll just need to showcase yourself a bit harder than the rest.

Well said,

i think i get your point,

a DEGREE will only pave way for me to showcase my skills(self-taught ) and maybe a juicier package.

is that it?