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What have I missed by not studying computing?

Asked 2009-06-04T09:25:48.833
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I'm working writing C# .NET applications for a small company. For those of us who don't have a degree in programming, what have we missed that could take us years to find out teaching ourselves?

I have a degree in Electronic Engineering so it's not like I left school at 16 and sat down with Visual Studio. I've covered some basic embedded C in my studies, algorithms, control systems, maths etc. I just feel like there must be things that I should know to do this but don't.

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Think on what you have not missed: girls, parties... just joking ;)

I think having studied EE the only areas you would need to reinforce are those related to Software Architecture: UML, patterns, design...

Yes, there are other areas you'll miss (compilers, networks, etc.) but the knowledge you might use from them you'll learn working, not a big deal.

answered 2009-06-04T10:36:59.877

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