I'm saying that academics helped me understand some subjects that have been very valuable for me in my "career" as a website developer.
Perhaps I would have done fine without them, but I'm sure my projects are better as a result of me spending a couple of years learning stuff.
If you want to become a "better" programmer in the context of writing more efficient code, more bugfree code and become more efficient (learning to use the concepts that comes with the language instead of reinventing the wheel). Then yes, school helps.
You can learn it outside school aswell but I bet it will take more time in the long run. I think we'll have to accept that we disagree on this topic.
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I'm saying that academics helped me understand some subjects that have been very valuable for me in my "career" as a website developer.
Perhaps I would have done fine without them, but I'm sure my projects are better as a result of me spending a couple of years learning stuff.
If you want to become a "better" programmer in the context of writing more efficient code, more bugfree code and become more efficient (learning to use the concepts that comes with the language instead of reinventing the wheel). Then yes, school helps.
You can learn it outside school aswell but I bet it will take more time in the long run. I think we'll have to accept that we disagree on this topic.