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What are the most useless/useful college degrees?

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  • #152
    tylercheribini
    Registered Users Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭tylercheribini


    Greyfox wrote: »
    It's not really. Clearly you need to actually attend college to learn C++. If you want to understand why a piece of literature is loved theirs plenty of free resources online that can teach you.

    I completed a higher cert in Computing in DIT and many of the students were already self-taught proficient in Java etc before they even began course, in some extreme circumstances the top of the class were giving lectures instead of some of the doddery lecturers. Students were just there to collect the piece of paper,they already knew it all in many instances. If one has the self-discipline they can teach themself anything online.


  • #153
    Rodin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Rodin


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Good list. I totally agree. except for one thing.

    Take out the first five and you get a population that votes for trump every single time ...and we all die.

    Take out the last five and we all die anyway.


  • #154
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,407 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    I found with programmers the really good guys do it as a hobby so the degree is more like a formal recognition


  • #155
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Phoenix Wright wrote: »
    Job prospects are very limited in psychology unless you obtain a postgraduate degree
    Most psychology jobs here are for women e.g. counselling and children. Most of the more interesting/scientifics part of a psychology degree offer few jobs e.g. cognitive and social.


  • #156
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,909 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Pmacv1 wrote:
    Here's my list:

    Pmacv1 wrote:
    1. Gender Studies 2. English 3. Classics 4. Theology/Philosophy 5. Sociology

    Pmacv1 wrote:
    Honourable mention to Politics

    Pmacv1 wrote:
    Most useful:

    Pmacv1 wrote:
    1. Medicine 2. Computer Science 3. Physics/Chemistry 4. Engineering 5. Nursing


    Left brained maybe!


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  • #157
    nkl12xtw5goz70
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Greyfox wrote: »
    It's not really. Clearly you need to actually attend college to learn C++. If you want to understand why a piece of literature is loved theirs plenty of free resources online that can teach you.

    Plenty of people have learned C++ outside of university. I'm sure there are plenty of free resources online that can help people master programming skills.


  • #158
    Cordell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,165 ✭✭✭Cordell


    Lorenzo Some Macaroon wrote: »
    Plenty of people have learned C++ outside of university. I'm sure there are plenty of free resources online that can help people master programming skills.

    Absolutely. And for the most part you can do away with no degree, assuming you get the job - many jobs do require either a degree or relevant experience. But mastering C++ is not going to make you a programmer and no way it's going to make you a software engineer. Having good handwriting skills doesn't make you a writer, knowing the chess rules doesn't make you a chess player, and so on.


  • #159
    nkl12xtw5goz70
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭nkl12xtw5goz70


    Cordell wrote: »
    Absolutely. And for the most part you can do away with no degree, assuming you get the job - many jobs do require either a degree or relevant experience. But mastering C++ is not going to make you a programmer and no way it's going to make you a software engineer. Having good handwriting skills doesn't make you a writer, knowing the chess rules doesn't make you a chess player, and so on.

    I agree. For most people who want to master a subject thoroughly, doing a well-structured and well-taught degree in it is probably the best course — and that holds true for English literature just as much as computer science or engineering.


  • #160
    Andreas77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭Andreas77


    I should say, astrophysics, or theoretical physics, which is, in the main, very prestigious nonsense, popularised by charlatans and compromised individuals from the entertainment industry.


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