Comments by "Lepi Doptera" (@lepidoptera9337) on "A Computer Science Degree is (Mostly) A BAD Decision" video.

Yes, it is, right until you have to solve a real problem and then you are completely lost without it. ;-)
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Why would I even watch a video that starts out with a deceptive title? I already know that whatever comes next comes from a person who can't be trusted. :-)
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That's because they produce exactly what you are saying: software that is full of cracks. ;-)
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That's exactly what the average conman will say. ;-)
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Depends on what kind of job you want. I have met very few people in the tech field who only had a BBA. There is a reason why they call it "support ENGINEER", even though it's more or less a sales job. You have to know the lingo and the technology, otherwise a tech savvy customer will have a very hard time talking to you. They will immediately feel that your company doesn't care about their concerns if you can't tell them a proper solution to their problems. If you want to work in an Indian call center, then BBA is probably fine.
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@TravisMedia There are rational countries, e.g. in Europe, where higher education is (basically) free. I got a physics PhD from one of the world's best universities and I didn't pay a thing. In the end they paid me more than I ever spent on books and other costs for my masters degree by providing me with several years of a nice teaching assistant salary.
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@TravisMedia My parents did with their taxes. That's no different from them paying for roads, hospitals and the police force, which are all public services that the civilized world needs. The delusion that higher education has to be for the rich only or for people who are willing to get into debt works exclusively in a country like the US which gets most of its educated workforce by immigration. I used to work at a US national lab in the past. On the introductory tour our tour guide pointed out that we would meet scientists from all over the world... half the PhDs in that lab were foreigners at that time. What does that tell you? :-)
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That is true right until you have your first interview for an engineering position. A physics PhD is worth five years of industry experience and you are more or less guaranteed to get the job because you are way smarter than any apprentice ever will be. ;-)
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@vitalyl1327 Because you are not a certified engineer and you don't want to be one. You want to solve problems that are not the result of some civil engineering code (building, safety, environmental, transportation etc.) but that involve the design of novel systems or products that are operating at the physical limits. In other words... you want to do the interesting things in life. Yes, you won't be building bridges with a PhD. You might build spacecraft that are flying to Pluto, though. :-)
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@vitalyl1327 Dude, physicists have made measurements with eight to ten digits of precision. Engineers rarely go beyond four. :-)
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@vitalyl1327 My "rules" can describe all of the known universe correctly, child. You don't have to prove to me that you weren't paying attention in high school science class. I already know that. ;-) I know that you would have screwed up, kid. I am a high energy physics PhD, who once had to rescue one of your student projects. You didn't screw up because you were physicists. You screwed up because you were still green behind the ears. ;-)
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Most employers don't. Many want at least master's degree AND five years of industry experience or PhD. The safe bet is the PhD. It also gives you a lot more confidence.
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@benzemamumba A regular tech job is not a career. It will stay a regular tech job for the rest of your life. You will soon be working for a PhD who is ten or twenty years younger than you. Don't believe me? It happened to me. I was the PhD in that unfortunate relationship but after a year I made more than the guy made after 25 years on the job. I really liked the guy, too, and even wrote a letter to our bosses to have his pay grade upgraded. He deserved it but was caught in a bunch of HR rules that kept him down in the boons, despite his obvious experience and achievements.
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