On 12/6/13 1:40 PM, Max Samukha wrote:
On Friday, 6 December 2013 at 21:06:43 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Degrees help for things like immigration, where some bureaucratic
rules must be obeyed. There may be country laws that prohibit certain
positions without the degree. Otherwise they should be mostly advisory
for a good company. One of the best engineers at Facebook doesn't have
a degree and was homeless at hire time. He failed two of three
interviews, too. True story.
I somewhat regret I do not have a solid formal background in a field
involving higher math. Educating oneself on the hoof is a rather painful
process, though it has some advantages.
Then do what I did. I started in the PhD program at 32.
Andrei
