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More Than 12 Weeks and More Than a CS Degree | allenc (allenc.com)
1 point by allenc on May 2, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I agree that a CS degree can be useful (I have one) = but I would suggest that most of today's startups don't need or utillize a CS major correctly. Most startups are simple to moderately complex web apps, which require someone who knows the framework well.

CS majors that are writing hard core algorithms and shortest path optimizations are few and far between until the startup has reached heavy scale. Just my experience through a few startups...




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