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Questions about education paths one should take as a programmer.

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Will my non-CS Bachelor's degree help me get a programming job? [closed]

This is my first question on this website which I have found so far to be very useful. Obviously, a non-CS Bachelor's degree is not immediately useful for getting a programming job, however... I ...
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What it takes to build a private server of a high end mmorpg game? [closed]

I can't seem to find anything about building a private server of any popular big mmo/mmorpg game. I played few private servers and I see that the models aren't built by the 3rd party developers, I ...
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What kind of programming languages have the highest pedagogical value? [duplicate]

There is one camp of thought that argues that the first learned language should be C (or even some assembler). The motivation being that Doing everything yourself builds discipline to e.g. garbage ...
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School vs Self-Taught [duplicate]

Do you think formal education is necessary to gain strong programming skills? There are a lot of jobs that aren't programming but involves programming, such as tech artists in games, fx tds in film ...
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Where do my programming skills stand in relation to other programmers [duplicate]

I am a student currently studying an undergraduate CS course at a crappy university in a third world country. I do however have a continuous desire to improve myself. My Objective is to bring myself ...
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Do you think a bachelors degree will benefit a programmer with around 10 years experience? [closed]

I currently hold an associates degree from a technical college and have been thinking about going back for my bachelors even though I have been working as a programmer for around 10 years now. Do you ...
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Is handwriting out code an efficient way to learn a programming language? [closed]

In my C++ intro class last semester, all of our tests were paper/pencil and we had to write out code with a pen or pencil in order to answer questions. It seemed counterintuitive at the time, but also ...
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Professional Development: Finding that “pet project” to work on - then managing other commitments [closed]

At the moment, like a fair few of you I'd imagine, I spend at least 40 hours working on projects that use a specific set of technologies. Sometimes I'm doing maintenance, and have those technologies ...
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Getting first job without a technical degree [duplicate]

How difficult would it be for someone with a college degree in social science to land their first job as a junior developer? This is assuming they have experience with open source projects, have a ...
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How do I learn modern C? [closed]

I started programming about 20 years ago with the first edition of the book C for Dummies. It was a great introduction to code and I am now a professional software developer. However, these days I ...
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Do CS departments have formal procedures to choose languages taught? [closed]

I'm not talking about countryside colleges/unis. Are there any thought-out procedures in top-ranking institutions based on formal criteria, actual statistics or demand from the industry? If so, what ...
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how to get accepted at a big company like google [closed]

I'm 18 Years old; I started teaching myself programming when I was twelve. I've developed many projects in PHP, Javascript, Ruby, Ruby on Rails. I know a very little about C, C++, Objective C and ...
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Why would universities educate IT leaders who lacks IT interest? [closed]

I am not sure if there is an obvious answer to this, but this question has somewhat baffled me from the first time I started thinking about it. My university's IT department educates managers and IT ...
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What should I look for in a school when trying to obtain a Software Engineering degree? [closed]

My goal is to be as employable as possible and to have enough knowledge not to look foolish when interviewed. However, that's probably everyone's goal and it's not achieved simply by taking classes in ...
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Lisp or a Lisp dialect for a newbie programmer? [closed]

After python, people recommend beginners should learn a functional language like Lisp. I didn't learn Python as my first language. Instead, I did Java like most CS students (currently in 2nd year of ...

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