Ask HN: Continue University or get Dev Job I'm only young and am just about to finish my first semester of university. I really dislike the Computer Science course and a couple of posts here have made me want to drop it completely. I've been working in IT for 3.5yrs (mostly part time) and coding for myself and freelance developing for just as long. I was just looking at some full time programming jobs and I fit some of the lower salary bracket ones nicely. Has anyone else been at similar crossroads and regretted the decision they made? How did you know you were ready to enter the industry? What did your portfolio consist of? I have things that I've made, just not in a central location. ~Mitch Posts that ave made me want to drop out basically say: - CS is theory, not development - CS is all about optimization, which isn't needed today |