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More | Login | Reply Loading... please wait.   • Agreed. The
smartest programmers I've worked with have been physics majors,
the most interesting probably Liberal Arts or "other" types.
Don't waste your time studying Computer Science if you just
(think that you) want to do Programming. There are much more
efficient ways to become a decent programmer, which are
compatible with pursuing other interests and seeing more of the
world.     • by bluto (225) on 2007.09.04 10:25 (#57420)
I'll admit, I've worked with one guy with a BSCS+MSCS that
didn't know how to program his way out of a wet paper bag, but
you are absolutely wrong saying that getting a CS degree is a
waste of time if you just want to program.        I started
teaching myself when I was a young teenager, and all I've wanted
to do since then is program. For a while I seriously thought
about going into other fields (strangely, physics was one of
them), but I drank the cool-aid and c