What skills do you actually even gain with a CS degree which

Algorithms basically.
You go to school in order to know what to google.
It's a lot of math which helps.
Also muh networking with potential employers and memeups

to learn to think mathematically and not base everything off rote learning/google is what your aim should be.

You go to uni to prove you're not a dumbass (and to spend your youth drinking and banging girls instead of working in some dead end cubicle)

Anyone who would choose otherwise is an idiot and that is why no one will give you a job if you don't go.

And yes if you pay attention you will learn some comp sci concepts which are very helpful in later life.

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Ok, so basicly..
You just learn "think different"(tm).

But in terms of becoming an productive employee for said company, the only thing you gain is a nice piece of paper that proves you're not a dumbass?
Meaning that you still need to take seperate curses to learn the skills required for the job you chose >> after << you got accepted? I tought the point of getting a degree is to be prepared for whatever job the degree gets you, not to learn what to do afterwards..

:/

>>59847927
learn some neat concepts, take a lot of math classes, spend my days browsing the internet, coding, and masturbating. college life is pretty cool.


plz kill me

>>59848072
This 100%
Former recruiter here, if you dont have a degree of some kind, it goes into the trash.
College just gives you a piece of paper, and a fucking expensive one at that. I don't care what your GPA was, what matters is that you can do what you list on your resume, and about 80% of people without a degree tend to bullshit knowledge (or just have a "basic understanding", aka writing hello world) when we interview them, so it's really just about reducing the # of applicants to sort through.
Your github speaks miles, but everyone puts their github down, and I dont have time to look at your actual coding skill when I've got 300 other applications to go through by the end of the day.
If I don't toss the resume, then I will look at your github when determining who to call for an interview.

Go to college, kids. It's expensive, but it seriously expands your opportunities. Also, some positions, mainly big data/machine learning, require an MS, not just a BS. So keep that in mind.

>>59848187
Degrees don't get you jobs, connections do, and being connected to a pretty good school is a good first step