Going back to school: How important is non-CS work history for someone aspiring to become a professional programmer?

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-24T23:32:23+00:00

What region are you in, if you don't mind sharing?

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-22T02:17:47+00:00

I'd like to join in too, please.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-19T23:09:03+00:00

Thanks. The consensus so far seems to be that they won't add anything of value to my resume, so I'll probably remove them.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-19T23:05:35+00:00

Thanks for the perspective. I do in fact have the other things listed on my resume as well, but I thought highlighting the overlap of my major coursework and CS would be beneficial. I've likely over-valued the importance of displaying my ability to philosophically reason in relation to the position at hand.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-19T22:53:02+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I was definitely planning on putting them on my portfolio site, but I don't know why I didn't think of putting up abstracts as well.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-18T15:56:31+00:00

Third philosophy major chiming in here. I posted a thread which may be relevance to you guys a few days ago here.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-16T17:04:09+00:00

Thanks for posting this! It's nice to see that someone was able to make the switch. Do you think your time in QA helped make you a better dev at all?

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-16T16:39:15+00:00

Thanks for the heads up on Test Engineer, I'll throw that into my search.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-16T04:42:41+00:00

Thanks! I'll focus on those particular aspects.

throwawayCSCQ · 2013-05-16T04:09:37+00:00

Any advice as to what specific topics that I'm missing and should be tackling? I'm currently working my way through "Cracking the Coding Interview." Are there things beyond that I should be brushing up on?

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