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David Thrane Christiansen

No what I mean is that I don't have an undergraduate degree :\

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So frustrating to email admissions people and get told not to bother applying :(

@d_christiansen

It's easier for many people to learn at universities, but much can also be learned outside them.

Colin Barrett

@cbarrett

I've had great success at that, in fact. Everywhere else wants to make some kind of short term commodity though, which isnt conducive to serious thinking...

I don’t have an undergrad degree, but I’m slowly getting my head around this stuff. It is possible, and very rewarding! A bunch of people are learning on the Pikelet gitter channel too. If you’re ever interested, feel free to drop by! 🙂

Here is the link: gitter.im/pikelet-lang/L

Steven Shaw

@steshaw

Dec 12, 2018

Amazed that you don't have an undergraduate degree,

. Did you drop out? BTW, there's also ##dependent and ##type-theory on Freenode — and #idris, #agda, #coq and probably others of interest.

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Dec 12, 2018

Yeah, dropped out. I found undergrad an annoying slog - and they weren’t teaching CS, more last decade’s software engineering, where as I was hoping to get a solid foundation in theory. Also didn’t help that I wasn’t aware at the time that I might have ADD.

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Partly was my fault for not doing enough research into the actual content of the course work before I applied. I don’t regret it (helped me get internships), but I could have got more value out of the experience.

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I did part of a graphic design course several years before, which was much more valuable from a theory perspective and helps me in CS, but had trouble due to attention problems. Now I know about them it might be easier, but I’d much rather be doing research.