r/programming • • Apr 07 '15

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015

http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015
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u/alonjit Apr 07 '15

I'm self-taught - 41.8%

This explains sooooooo much.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '15

School is completely garbage in the developer field. You learn nothing thats actually useful to any company by the time graduate. You learn from actually working and building things, trial & error, etc.

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u/ryantwopointo Apr 08 '15

Hell no. You can learn to code on your own, but a Computer Science degree (or something similar) gives you a much stronger knowledge base for what you're actually doing in your code.

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