Anyone feel like college is a waste? Options

[Coomer]

Does anyone here feel like college is a waste of money, time, and effort?

To me, it's seemed like that since before I started. I've now almost got my AA, and I've learned some stuff, but not much that I really care about, and almost nothing that has helped me.

And if I go forward with my plans to go to Central Washington University and get my BA in computer science, I'm sure I'll learn a ton about computer programming and databases and stuff like that. But the problem I see is that I don't want to be a computer programmer or a database engineer.

I want to develop websites, and have my own business doing it.

I've got the knowledge to develop sites now, and what I don't know very well(OOP, ActionScript, etc.) I can learn on my own. I've always been able to learn on my own with the internet or a book, and I actually prefer it to learning in a classroom.

And as far as the business side of things, I'm confident that I can handle that too. I've invested a few hundred dollars over the last couple weeks buying books and such about the subject of web development businesses and business in general. And again, what I don't know, I don't need a class for. I can learn fine from reading.

So yeah, college seems pointless to me. Anyone else feel the same way?

[Rjb23]

Ok first off I am 3 classes away from getting my BA in Information Technology, basically computer science with more business thrown in.

Coomer if you want to do web design that is cool, but do you actually think that you can make a business's page without using a db backend? Do you really think you can put together a large project with out using project management tools, like UML and other modeling languages? A lot of places will not even talk to you if you don't have a BA, or at least some experience.

[coustoe]

basically computer science with more business thrown in.


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not true. maybe if you were talking about computer and information science (CIS)

[Rjb23]

basically computer science with more business thrown in.


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not true. maybe if you were talking about computer and information science (CIS)
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And you would know what my course work entales how?

I agree computer science you get more into binary crap and stuff like that. But basically I can do anything that has to do with computers, any programming, networking, even repair I dont know why I would want to do that tho.

This post has been edited by Rjb23: May 13, 2005 - 11:09 AM