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Fahad in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

38 months ago

hello,
I'm a high school student that want to take software engineering as a career path, i already know some scripting languages like PHP and javascript and considering to go to a university for education however some people tell me not to go to software engineer path as they claim that nowadays anyone can read some programming and system analyses (analyses, design, implementation , testing and documentation) books and be able to develop books. i don't think that these books can make real software engineers do you agree and what university teach that books don't?

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eagle1970 in Rochester, New York

38 months ago

A degree certainly helps but there are still lots of people out there working with software with other degrees or no degrees. Software is a field where there are no standards required; each employer determines what works for them.

I would recommend having a back-up plan as software careers are not as lucrative as they once were.

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Fahad Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

38 months ago

by back-up you mean take a degree in another career field?

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eagle1970 in Rochester, New York

38 months ago

Fahad Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates said: by back-up you mean take a degree in another career field?

Yes consider other fields that you are good at would like.

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