Why did I spend 4 years getting a CS degree when people doing coding bootcamp for a few weeks are getting the same jobs ?
I would be honest with you all, this is a question I have wondered a lot myself. Let us understand what it means to get a college degree in the first place.
While we go to college and choose a branch in hope of getting a high paying job, that is not what a college degree is for.
A college degree introduces you to the major concepts in a domain, so that you can go deeper into the topics you like.
For example, a person taking a CS course in an engineering college will be introduced to a variety of concepts like networks, operating systems, algorithms, AI and so on. Now it is up to the student to find where they wish to build their future.
Instead of finding our passions, we have started equating the college degree for a job.
While a bootcamp can be enough for finding a job, it would not enable you to find your passion.
Once we stop thinking of college as a way to just get a job, we will stop regretting our decision to get a CS degree, or any degree for that matter. We can do our best work only if we love what we do. College is a way to do just that, discover what we love.
If you are working, do not think that your CS degree was a waste just because someone got hired at a similar role by doing a bootcamp.
As long as you are happy working what you do, you are in the right place.
If you are in college, consider it as an opportunity to discover what you would want to work on for the rest of your life.
For me computer science is no short of magic, we can build life changing things just from our laptop, sitting on the far side of the world.
If you can find your passion in Software, a CS degree can literally change your life.
Not a bootcamp but a Computer Science degree enabled me to get my dream job at Google. You can read all about my journey below.
