Can I be taken seriously with a social science background?
Still struggling to make a decision as to whether to go ahead with the second degree CS program at UBC, or self study. Would I ever be taken seriously as a software professional with this background if I self taught with teachyourselfcs & developed a portfolio?
Curious to hear from developers with a background in Econ or a social science. Do you wish you had gone back for a second degree in CS? Or did you regret it if you did?
Should I try to leverage my data analysis background and rebrand as a data engineer, focusing on learning python & spark etc?
Or should I deliberately delve into difficult topics, and program in C or C++ to be taken more seriously?
I think I'm going to end up studying this stuff anyways regardless, starting going through SICP and loving it.