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<header> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="software-development-vs-computer-science.html"
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rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Software Development vs. Computer Science">Software Development vs. Computer Science</a></h1> </header>
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<abbr class="published" title="2009-05-05T20:52:00">
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Tue 05 May 2009
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<p>In <a href="./category/Code.html">Code</a>.
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<p>Most developer job applications that I see have a "BS in Computer
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Science or equivalent experience" requirement.</p>
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<p>During my studies in Computer Science at
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<a class="reference external" href="http://kennnethreitsz.com/was-college-worth-it/">George Mason University</a>,
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though short, I learned a number of things. One of them was what a
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waste it was to learn such higher math in my field. I want to
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develop software, not develop the most cunning-edge
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earth-shattering algorithms. I don't want to reinvent ssh or find a
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better way to implement pgp keys. Of course, those things are
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necessary in certain fields, but not in mine.</p>
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<p>I was taught that Programming is to Computer Science as a Telescope
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is to Astronomy. Its a tool to get to a means. If this is true,
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than why wasn't I thought how to make software?</p>
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<p>Many Software Developers also have degrees in Electrical
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Engineering. Why is this? A CS degree doesn't seem to quite fit
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either. Perhaps we should make a separate degree for Software
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Development?</p>
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<p>Computer Science should be separated from Software Development.
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They should be two different Degrees.</p>
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<p>When I realized this, I started spending my time focusing on design
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rather than math. I learned a great deal of things from color
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theory to relational spacing and I found myself a new home: web
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design. It's a beautiful field. I started to spend my own time
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learning software development, rather than spending hours studying
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Calc 2.</p>
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