Comments on: User poll : Did you get a CS degree or something in the Liberal Arts?

By: Eru

Eru — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:36:27 +0000

After graduating from high school I was split between Electrical Engineering and CS/Informatics. I took E. Eng and it turned out to be not my thing at all :-) Thankfully there was a Computer Engineering option in the third year, so I could at least make up for the lost time.. Now I'm taking master's in Game Technology and loving it!

By: free vector

free vector — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:11:01 +0000

i never learn web development in school or formal education. just read, read and read and now this is became my life.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:51:33 +0000

So here's the reverse path (sort of).

Studied pure math and CS, then gravitated to graphic design. Worked as a magazine designer and creative director for 15 years, have now come back around to 1/2 designer, 1/2 coder doing visual prototypes.

I actually found that my original degree was very useful. 20 years after I started my CS degree I found that development principles hadn't actually moved that far. All the OOP and database conceptual frameworks I'd learned were still relevant and useful.

I actually think my graphic design skills developed more slowly than they might of because of the lack of a formal degree in that area. I had to learn it on the job - often the hard, slow, way!

By: polyGeek

polyGeek — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:23:17 +0000

@Mister, I never knew that about you. Archaeology is fun stuff. Does your ring tone go: Da-da-daaa-daaaa, da-ta-daahhh... :)

By: Pascal Brewing

Pascal Brewing — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:04:16 +0000

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By: Pascal Brewing

Pascal Brewing — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:55:42 +0000

Hello,

When I was 30 I started as Software Developer in Stuttgart before I worked 12 Years in the Garden and made a lot of work with natrue stones. For me is the same . Whemn I made Software I have some Cubes too but its really Lighter than an stone :D. So next Year in april or may i finished my education and when also lucky goes I was 'Software Developer'.

By: Mister

Mister — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:06:57 +0000

I received my undegraduate degree in Archaeology/Anthropology, then went on for a Linguistics and Information Management graduate degrees. I always spent my spare time playing with Flash, Photoshop and Director. I guess that part of me just took over, so much for being Indiana Jones :

By: polyGeek

polyGeek — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:08:24 +0000

@Houser, that's great advice. I like to go to the bookstore and do the same thing, usually with magazines. I always try to pick up at least one magazine that is outside my normal set of interests. Just trying to keep that Liberal Arts thing going I guess. :)

By: Jeffry Houser

Jeffry Houser — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:30:48 +0000

Computer Science all the way, and I knew it from day one of college.

Someone once told me that to find out what you really like you should go into a library, and pick up books flip to a random page and just read. Do this every day for a week, going back to the same topic of books. If you enjoy going back, you've found something you'll do for the rest of your life. If not move to the next topic.

I spent tons of time up in the 'stacks' at my college reading computer books.

By: Andrew Powell

Andrew Powell — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:17:49 +0000

BBA in Computer Information Systems, Finance, and Management. Development was a hobby that matured into a career. I think my business degree helps make me a better consultant. Just my two cents.