[sllug-members]: Best Computer Science School in Utah

[Jason Edwards]

I mostly agree.  An important question to ask yourself when deciding
if school is the right move for you is: "How do you learn best?"

For some people, myself included, classroom learning doesn't work.
But understand that you'll have a lot more work ahead of you if you
decide to "attend" the SoHK, and there are a lot of (most) companies
that will blindly trash your resume because you don't have a degree.

I feel I should defend salaries of those from the SoHK: you see what
you want to see.  Dave wants to see people with degrees earn more than
those without.  I, not having a degree, want to see people without
degrees earning a higher salary.  So, naturally, I often see stats
that say the people without degrees get paid more than those with, not
a lot mind you.  <famous-last-words>Not to start a religious
war</famous-last-words>, it's because we have to work harder to get
where we want to go.

Sontek, I say this because you seemed pretty sharp, the times we met.
I was honestly surprised when I saw this was from you...

Jason

On 9/25/07, James Knowles <jamesk at ifm-services.com> wrote:
>
> >> Whats the best (in your humble opinion) computer science school in Utah?
> >> School of Hard Knocks,
> > ... a CS degree is a very valuable credential in my opinion. :)
>
> This depends on what you're going to do with it. CS degrees are nice,
> but in my experience they're extra fluff if you've been through the SoHK
> and know your core CS concepts inside and out. On the other hand,
> regardless of whether a person has a degree or not, there are a good lot
> of programmers that are crappy computer scientists.
>
> So, first determine why one wants to go to school. Pad the resume? Shore
> up your theoretical and practical skills? Giggles and grins? Pick up
> chicks? A programming n00b?
>
>
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