The other benefit of experience over grad school which no one discussed was that (if you've got a job) you get paid to get experience, as opposed to paying for grad school.
> -----Original Message----- > From: James Pan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] Offtopic: need advice > > > Just to follow up: > > As it turned out, I can't afford to do a master's degree > anyhow... plus the fact that overwhelmingly everyone is for > experience, and against school... ah well, just gotta pay my > dues as junior developer! > > Thanks for the advice! > > James > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Douglass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:38 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] Offtopic: need advice > > > > > > I played french horn professionally for 10 years before I got > > my current job > > doing webapps. I loved being a musician, but got bored with > > it. Now I love > > programming. I have no CS degree, but I wish I did. I take > > online classes > > and have the Java Programmer's Certificate because I want to > > have paper > > credentials in addition to know-how. > > > > -Robert Douglass > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of > > Jason Carreira > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [OS-webwork] Offtopic: need advice > > > > > > I got a job doing web site design while I was in college... > We started > > doing Cold Fusion web app development in '95, so I learned > SQL and web > > app development... Around '98 I got bored with CF and > started teaching > > myself Java and OO (I'd done some OO w/ C++ in college when I was a > > Physics major, but that's another story)... > > > > This is why I laugh at job postings requiring a BS in Comp > > Sci or even a > > Masters/PhD in CS. A lot of the really good people in this > > industry I've > > met came from other disciplines and got into this because > they really > > enjoy it. I know a lot of people with degrees in CS who either don't > > like the work or just put in their 40 hrs/week and go home. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Francisco Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:46 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] Offtopic: need advice > > > > > > > > > How did you end up going from photography to computer programming? > > > > > > Jason Carreira wrote: > > > > > > > You mean which is more valuable? Depends on where you're > > > working and > > > > what you were working on. In general, I'd say work > experience, but > > > > then I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and no > > technical > > > > degrees whatsoever, so I'm biased :-) > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > >>From: James Pan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:26 PM > > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Subject: [OS-webwork] Offtopic: need advice > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Hello, > > > >> > > > >>What's your opinion: Master Degree in computers (2 years), or 2 > > > >>years of work experience? > > > >> > > > >>Thank you, > > > >> > > > >>James > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > >>Welcome to geek heaven. > > > >>http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > >>_______________________________________________ > > > >>Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
