Why a CS degree doesn't matter in programming

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[ryanh]

Bro, CS is not programming. If you went and got a bachelor's in CS and you only learned programming, you went to a terrible school.

[tobblesmash]

Best businessmen will be the best businessmen whether they have a degree in business or not.

The best sportsmen will be the best sportsmen whether they have a degree or not.

The best artists will be the best artists whether they have a degree in the arts or not…

This is true for everything mate lol

[jenex]

Hey Tim you’ve inspired me to be a software engineer I used to watch you. And I grew up in Dubai so it’s cool that ur there now. Wish I was there could visit you

[cannedolives]

Elon musk doesn’t even know basic coding

[NoonyJW]

It doesn’t to programming but it does to HR & getting an interview 😅

[zainrajab]

I don't agree about intelligence and being good at computers and maths. Sometimes the way schools teach math is why most people hate maths. In fact after I got into CS, I learned that maths is really beautiful and not the way I thought about it in school. Being good at computers is relatively easy skill, should I call it a skill?

[yellowman]

I'm struggling wit this right now...I'm getting through it and it's goin well but then again I have doubts

[luciusrex]

least common denominator for all those 3? they're all born into money.

[PROVERBSWAM]

Lol Elon stole ideas. He was not a mastermind.
But yea I agree with you!

[pablogarin]

This is a very naive thought. The people you describe will be good developers, that's true, and the examples you gave also are good. But, most people don't go into CS to work as developers or engineers, they want to be PO or Managers, and in some cases they manage to fake it enough to get there, specially if they're good at networking (and they usually are). So at the end of the day you have a bunch of people with CS degrees who have good jobs and high rank bossing around smart people. It's a sad truth, but at least in big tech that's what you'll find (Google, Meta, MSFT, Amazon, etc).

[johngill]

you had me until you called musk a developer. lol

[ares]

Elon was never good at programing. He is good at pretending to be good at things.