<p>Is a computer science degree worthless? CS is my major, and I don't want to waste money on a degree that would land me a job that I can get without going to college. </p>
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<p>It may land him the job but the employer can always pay you less than the standard amount because they can dangle the “no B.S. degree” or “no M.S. degree” over your head while STILL billing you at same rate as the folks with degrees.</p>
<p>Go right ahead and let the employers make a killin’ off of you…well more than a killin’ than the engineers with degrees.</p>
<p>Well guess what. Some people will find jobs and some won’t.
If you have to , a janitor job in NYC is considered one of the best jobs in US.</p>
<p>Make the most out of yourself.
I think that guy is way too conceited about what a degree can offer.
He’s worthless -_-</p>
<p>A loud minority is more easily heard than a silent majority.</p>
<p>I don’t understand the point of the video. For $20 - $30, you can always order a new diploma from your college and they’ll print it up when they print that semester’s graduate’s diplomas.</p>
<p>Besides, a diploma has no meaning. You prove your degree with a transcript or a certified letter from the college, not with a diploma (which are easily forged).</p>
<p>His anger was apparent, the cause was not.</p>
<p>As to the OP’s concerns: many companies will hire programmers without a CS degree - when a field is new, degrees for it don’t exist, and a degree will not be a consistent requirement until all the non-degreed people are retired or at least out of positions of authority. With CS that is still going to take a while, and until then they will continue to hire people without CS degrees.</p>
<p>However, without that degree you still need to find a way to teach yourself all that material, and then demonstrate it in a way to establish credentials. Even should you do so, many companies (especially the larger and better-paying ones) will refuse to hire you - I know a lot of junior programmers at my company, and they ALL have CS degrees! Heck, our job postings for junior positions don’t even list “or comparable experience” as an option!</p>
<p>Plenty of data will tell you that CS majors are in high demand (the supply still hasn’t sated it), and their salaries are among the highest in the nation. One guy’s misfortune does not preclude the success of most.</p>
<p>What a pointless video. I think too many people believe their degree is a ticket to instant employment and success. It definitely helps, but it is one of a handful of things that employers look at. Maybe the guy sucks at programming? Maybe he has bad interpersonal skills? Maybe he has misspellings on his resume? Regardless, he obviously has an issue with his attitude if he thinks he is burning his degree for all to see on youtube is an appropriate way to deal with his situation. A resilient, level-headed person would look into why he isn’t employed and find a way to make himself marketable, not have a tantrum like this guy.</p>
<p>Also: <a href=“http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm[/url]”>http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm</a></p>
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<p>Microsoft today probably would not hire anybody without a degree for an entry-level job, … including, ironically, a young Bill Gates. In fact, it’s become a standard trope within the tech industry that the most successful firms eventually mature and develop features endemic to large organizations to the point that they would not have hired their own founders. </p>
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<p>I actually think it has less to do with whether a particular field is new or not, and more to do with whether the field is one in which somebody can clearly demonstrate their competence in an easily validated manner. A truly skilled software developer can build a highly intricate web application or video game prototype all by himself in a short period of time, and after you do, nobody can really dispute your technical skills. The same is true of sports: if you can consistently hit a baseball, nobody can dispute your skill. Athletes therefore don’t really need degrees, nor do they really need to attend special ‘athletic programs’. They just need to demonstrate their playing ability. </p>
<p>When it is hard to ascertain quality, status and credentialing rise to prominence.</p>
<p>Computer Science/engineering degrees will eventually become worthless… There’s no reason why a company would want to hire someone at $20/hour to do something when they can outsource the work to india or china where they can get the same work for $6/hour…</p>
<p>If that’s true stone_cutter, why are there software companies in the US? Germany? Japan?</p>
<p>And yet CS/software pays comparably or more than engineering in the long run and has more job opportunities. I guess business and liberal arts majors are getting all those jobs.</p>
<p>Ummm…</p>
<p>Defense/DoD work will NEVER be outsourced.</p>
<p>Heck, a LOT of such work will never be outsourced. Outsourcing requires sending your intellectual property to a foreign country that probably has neither significant controls nor noticeable punishments. Send your programming work to China and it will belong to anyone with an internet connection and $10.</p>