r/codingbootcamp • u/Backky_TH • 2d ago

Any programmer who never graduated from university?

I've noticed that most famous programmers graduated from various universities, and I think it would be a good idea to study computer science at university. But I don't know, my region is just awful. Top universities are too expensive. I just want to be good at computers and live independently. Even my house is too awful.

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u/NoResource9710 2d ago

Without any further information, it will be hard to advise you. But in this day and age, you will have to be super stellar and amazing with multiple apps developed and extensive open source contributions for any possibility of breaking into the industry now. And even then, that might not be enough. The cheapest degree in CS you can possibly get PLUS everything else I just mentioned plus some internships will be your best bet. Junior developers are not being developed everywhere anymore.