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March 10 2012 11:21 GMT
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March 10 2012 11:34 GMT
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I think a specialism is great, but it can never hurt to support it with more diversified background knowledge. I wouldn't say taking classes was 100% necessary, but reading publications like The Economist and books on a selection of useful subjects that interest you will at least place you in a position where you will always be useful to someone.
Roll with the punches.
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Last Edited: 2012-03-10 11:52:32
March 10 2012 11:48 GMT
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Diversifying in general is a good idea, not just as work prospects go, but in life as general, it's good to know stuff
That said, you make some rather bold statements in your rant - barring apocalypse, software engineering will not become obsolete, that's ridiculous to say. Also, knowledge and skill is not like investment in the sense that a dollar can still get you the same 10% interest, but just knowing how to turn on a computer will not get you a job anywhere. (Extreme example, sure, but try to see my point about linearity) Your argument about becoming a "jack of all trades" seems valid and important. Also, "specializing" in the vast field of software engineering still leaves you with a lot of options.

(edit: I misread your post a bit at first, disregard my deleted second paragraph)
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Netherlands2750 Posts
March 10 2012 11:51 GMT
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Economics 102 teached me to get guaranteed by the government and then try to do the most high risk investments.
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March 10 2012 14:43 GMT
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Specializing in C++ is stupid. Specializing in computer science is not.

But then, I don't know what "software engineering" means to you. There are so many re-definitions of terms like that. At one university it's an engineering degree and you get an iron ring, at some college it's a course in using global variables in C++.

If you're talking about the field and all the accumulated knowledge related to time complexity and architecture and all of that, then yeah, a proper education in that should give you the tools to update and modernize your language-specific knowledge as time goes on. Where the Jack-of-all-trades part comes into it is the tendency of the software industry to box you into a specialty according to your work experience. Don't accept three jobs in a row doing C++.
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