The traditional education model has never worked for me, not in high school and not now in university, so I am strongly considering dropping out at the end of the semester. I'm wasting money and I'm not gaining anything, all of the programming that I know is self-taught.
What advice do you have for a hacker without a college degree?
- drop out (be prepared to get a non programming job)
- start working on open source projects (follow aa_memon's advice and get a github account)
- build/release two or three projects on your own
- start trying to transition to a more fulfilling programming job
Most importantly, don't burn any bridges and keep your options open (ie - don't incur extreme amounts of debt). After a year or two away, you might decide to return to University!
[+] [-] hluska|14 years ago|reply
- drop out (be prepared to get a non programming job) - start working on open source projects (follow aa_memon's advice and get a github account) - build/release two or three projects on your own - start trying to transition to a more fulfilling programming job
Most importantly, don't burn any bridges and keep your options open (ie - don't incur extreme amounts of debt). After a year or two away, you might decide to return to University!
Best of luck :)
[+] [-] natural_order|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] booduh|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] aa_memon|14 years ago|reply
otherwise you're just that guy who calls himself a hacker and doesn't have an education either :)