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
