Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!gatech!gitpyr!chen From: chen@gitpyr.UUCP (Ray Chen) Newsgroups: net.cse Subject: Re: Value of Computer Science degree Message-ID: <1405@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 23:56:35 EST Article-I.D.: gitpyr.1405 Posted: Thu Feb 13 23:56:35 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Feb-86 02:26:23 EST References: <4514@kestrel.ARPA> <3407@nsc.UUCP> <4588@kestrel.ARPA> <3422@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lines: 12 In article <3422@nsc.UUCP>, freak@nsc.UUCP (Curt Mayer) writes: > i know many damn good programmers with degrees, but none of them have > CS degrees. I am sure that they exist. Most of the degreed Hot programmers >i know have fuzzy studies (Psychology, Philosophy, Education, etc) backgrounds. I don't want to really jump in here, but let me point out that CS degrees and good CS programs are young. There are a lot of good programmers and CS people around who don't have CS degrees because they got into the field before such programs were established. Ray Chen gatech!gitpyr!chen