[plug] [OT] Soft Eng .vs. Comp Sci

[Onno Benschop]

James L. Clarke wrote:

>Further on the whole "what to study at uni debate", the units that you think are
>irrelevant now, may be ones that once you start working you realise were
>actually more relevant than the units that you thought were relevant.
>  
>
/me wades into a frothing debate.

I did two years of Computer Engineering in Holland, decided that it 
wasn't for me and never looked back.

Mind you, by the time I started the degree I'd already been working in 
the industry for several years and haven't stopped since - apart from 
that stint in 1991 when I was unemployed for 18 months, but I got to 
learn about radio, so it was all good.

What I'm not saying is: "Quit your degree."

What I am saying is: "This isn't the last choice you make in your life, 
a degree is more about the process of getting the degree than it is 
about the actual degree." - So enjoy your degree, it likely has nothing 
to do with your job.

This becomes even more pertinent if you realise how many Chemists there 
are in Computing :)


Cheers,

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