roperopestomp

Telling someone in journalism that they should go into PR is an insult. There is gaping chasm of difference between those two professions.

You also made a huge assumption about my existing CS knowledge and what I'd like to do with it. I was asking if I should persue a degree in it, not whether I should study it at all, and the main factor here is the time involved, not the difficulty of learning it.

Aside from that, your language was dismissive and presumptuous, and what you said, more or less, was "better stick to journalism, kid, anything else is too much for you."

Re-read what you wrote and really think about what it says.

What he gave me isn't advice, that's called an "insult"

You're clearly right, because people with theoretical CS knowledge don't use markup, CRUD, Django, or Rails, and because it's a proven fact that if your tools aren't sufficiently complex, it is impossible to create something useful.

I'm impressed by your ability to derive rock-solid conclusions from thin air and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

But doesn't finishing college at all prove the discipline thing? How about an Eagle Scout award, does that mean anything to you?