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tl;dr. This didn't need to go on beyond, "I'm not interested in jobs where a CS masters is useful." This was just a primer on being a decent software engineer.



He actually said he is not interested in jobs which just require you to have the piece of paper saying you have a CS masters, but more interested in jobs which require you have the knowledge a CS masters gives you. From this conclusion he then comes to the idea of just gaining that knowledge doesn't require you go to a university.

This was more on a primer on really thinking about why you want to go to university. Do you need the piece of paper? Or do you just need the knowledge?


Exactly. And honestly, it's basically a first draft vomited up onto the web. It's not as if it's a manifesto on education/college/etc, just some thoughts on the topic.




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