alt Hacker News>> It depends on where you took computer science.
Well, yeah. That's true for any field of study. Every college has strengths and weaknesses- its the opposite of a franchise.
>> I took a few foundational classes at community college.
A few foundational classes is somewhat different to classes you take in prep for a major. I did a foundational class in astronomy, designed for students who were just looking for an introduction. It was very different to my comp Sci classes in tone and style.
Yes there was some math involved, but not much in the comp science classes. Math was a pre-requisite though so we got our math in, well, math.
This is one of the only skills you can learn for practically nothing. A cheap laptop is all you need. I taught myself enough to get a middle class job with nothing but free time and 3$ iced coffees.
I just don’t like the idea of gate keeping it behind an expensive degree. The source code for most popular frameworks and tools is free for anyone to read.
It’s not like medicine or something where you need to drop 300k on education.