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It's very trendy to bash at Computer Science degrees saying that it costs a lot of time and money and at the end, you haven't learned much useful things for your day job. My experience going to EPITA, a French school in Paris, has been the complete opposite! I started programming when I was around 10. By 13, I was already being contracted for real money by someone in the US (Hi Thott!). So, when I started EPITA at 18, I already had a ton of experience as a self-taught programmer. My biggest fear was: "Would I learn something new?" and, I did learn a ton! I know wouldn't have done all the impactful things I have at Facebook without it. What struck me was that I already knew a lot and I knew there was a lot left to learn, but I didn't really know what nor how to get started learning it on my own. Here are some themes where I learned entirely new domains of knowledge at school, many of which I would likely not have learned, or at least not as in depth if I didn't do a CS degree. What was

Vjeux >> My CS Degree at EPITA Was Worth It Vjeux Frenchy Front-end Engineer Home All posts Curriculum Vitae Talks & Written Reports Dec 21 My CS Degree at EPITA Was Worth It vjeux EPITA 2017-12-21 It's very trendy to bash at Computer Science degrees saying that it costs a lot of time and money and at the end, you haven't learned much useful things for your day job. My experience going to EPITA , a French school in Paris, has been the complete opposite! I started programming when I was around 10. By 13, I was already being contracted for real money by someone in the US (Hi Thott!). So, wh

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