Users without a CS degree, what aspects of SWE or IT do you feel like you are missing by not having studied CS (discuss.online)

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What talking with a friend who transitioned from marketing into cloud (AWS) and then into security, and he spends a lot of time studying to ensure he understands all the concepts required for technical discussions.

Curious to see what the community opinions are. Feel free to share your initial background as well.

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[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I'm sure there are things I've missed but nothing that's impacted my career. My resume is very "well rounded" which helps a lot. In my [completely annecdotal] experience, employers who insist on degrees tend to pay less. Feedback I've gotten from friends who went to college tends to support this theory.

Whether you actually understand what you're doing is what's important. It doesn't matter if you learned at college or on the job.

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