| > You can have a degree or not, even bad developpers can hop from one job to another, making more and more money in the process, given they're good enough to manipulate the recruiters/clients into hiring them. Making money does not mean your product is good,useful or well-designed. It means you're a good salesman. Good developers can also hop from one job to another and make more and more money in the process. Job security is a thing of the past, whether you went to school or not. The "ideal" developer isn't some kind of monk who dedicates his entire life to one firm. Making money doesn't mean your product is bad, useless or badly designed. It also doesn't necessarily mean you're the best salesman. Sometimes experienced developers without a CS degree and without sales skills still get paid a lot because: A) the requirement doesn't call for advanced computer science knowledge B) the requirement does call for a significant amount of practical experience and business knowledge C) it's a highly profitable industry and the specific work being done will generate the company profit and/or cut costs It can be perfectly legitimate to perform jobs like this without having a CS degree or ever intending to get one. It can be perfectly legitimate to work your way up the ladder of such jobs and jump from job to job in the process. Some of us want to raise a family and/or be able to retire one day. Why should we put our careers on hold to pursue a degree? |
I think you mistook my A => B assumptions for a no B => no A which is a flawed logical reasoning.