BS in CS and MS in HCI, both from Carnegie Mellon
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#32BA English from The University of Dayton.
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#33I have a degree in Civil Engineering. Since I was bored/nearly falling asleep in some of my structural engineering classes, I knew it probably wasn't the field. (I've always loved coding/playing with computers).
An engineering degree really emphasizes problem solving. We had homework sets where you'd be lucky to solve all of them. Spending hours on a single problem. But you learn a lot. I see software development mainly as creative problem-solving.
Getting my first job was a combination of luck and persistence.
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#34BS Electrical Engineering & BA Philosophy, 2004, Univ. of Texas at Austin
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#35BS in Comp Sci, St. John's University, currently a programmer at an i-bank.
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#36B.S. in Computer Science
Guess you could call me a programmer as I wear many hats, but web developer is my prime role...
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#37BA Philosophy & Biology - UNC Chapel Hill
MA Philosophy - University of Maryland, College Park
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#38I've been coding since the age of 8, never got a degree as I found university moved too slowly. I knew from childhood that all I wanted to do was code. Now I've been coding professionally for 13 years, and overall for 27 years. I'd thought about going back for formal education but the reality of it is that I still learn at a faster rate on my own and do take the time and effort to learn even those things that I don't think I'll need or particularly care to learn. I do feel that I missed out on some camaraderie with peers, though I have since gained that via professional and non-professional venues.
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#39I'm about to graduate from Babson with a degree in entrepreneurship (real useful that's gonna be), and I'm working at a startup as a programmer (self-taught).
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#40BS in Computer Science from Temple University. I started on a Masters, but dropped it. Now I'm taking classes at the University of Pennsylvania.