Timeline for How can I convince my parents to accept my approach on school?
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| Aug 28, 2016 at 19:37 | comment | added | gnasher729 | @Nelson: Someone fresh from university doesn't have any idea how to work for someone either. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 14:27 | comment | added | Paul | That would really only apply if a programming job was your first job. That seems extremely unlikely. You are not getting hired with no experience, no schooling, and no prior jobs of any kind. I worked a number of other jobs before getting a programming job. | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 10:03 | comment | added | Nelson | A caveat is that a self-taught programmer has no idea how to work for someone, because they have been working for themselves. There are details of this in the other answers, and you REALLY need to know your stuff, not just the technical side of things, but proper etiquette in working in teams. Either that or you have super charisma (Steve Jobs, read his book) and basically make people do impossible things. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 22:51 | history | edited | anongoodnurse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
remover off-topic and irrelevant material.
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| Nov 11, 2015 at 22:07 | comment | added | Paul | One note to add: Companies are generally acceptable to programmers who are self taught. It shows initiative, and it means you learn well. On the other hand, no one would allow a surgeon to operate on them who said "I taught myself all this!". So my answer is mostly based on your choice of profession. I expect my children to go to college. And yes it can only help (not hurt) yourself as well. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 22:00 | history | answered | Paul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |