Comment College is more than the sum of its parts (Score 1) 359
College isn't about taking a class to learn something. It's about expanding yourself and teaching you things you would have never learned if you didn't go.
I disagree with the statement that colleges don't teach you up to date programming languages. In college you don't learn a specific language you learn the basics of programming. Everything I did in school was c/c++ but was ablt to switch to Java or perl in a few days.....sure I'm still learning little things about them but I learned the logic and the thinking that goes into programming.
Going into college I wanted to be a chip designer, I found hardware to be fastinating, but a few VHDL classes put an end to that.
Also everyone talks about these CEOs who didn't go to college or dropped out. These are the exceptions and not the rule. I wouldn't have gotten the job I have now if I was a college dropout.
Sure you can get a job you like without a degree, but employers will use it against you and give you only half of what you are worth. In my opinion its nessessary to go to school and try new things, try taking classes do don't know anything about. Take the independent study in something that really interests you. If nothing else, just to play around with millions of dollars worth of equipment.
I disagree with the statement that colleges don't teach you up to date programming languages. In college you don't learn a specific language you learn the basics of programming. Everything I did in school was c/c++ but was ablt to switch to Java or perl in a few days.....sure I'm still learning little things about them but I learned the logic and the thinking that goes into programming.
Going into college I wanted to be a chip designer, I found hardware to be fastinating, but a few VHDL classes put an end to that.
Also everyone talks about these CEOs who didn't go to college or dropped out. These are the exceptions and not the rule. I wouldn't have gotten the job I have now if I was a college dropout.
Sure you can get a job you like without a degree, but employers will use it against you and give you only half of what you are worth. In my opinion its nessessary to go to school and try new things, try taking classes do don't know anything about. Take the independent study in something that really interests you. If nothing else, just to play around with millions of dollars worth of equipment.
