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aaabre2476
3y ago
When you've got a prestigious school on your resume you don't need to worry as much about improving your skills to get hired. They don't have to put in as much effort to be marketable to employers, so they don't in some
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aaabre2476
3y ago
There are networking benefits to this as well. You are significantly more likely to meet people already working in industry at the CC than at a university.
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aaabre2476
3y ago
The people teaching at the community colleges don't tend to be new at teaching, since you need to already be financially well off to be able to do it. And the credential requirements are still high enough that you can't just walk
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aaabre2476
3y ago
That's another advantage of community college courses, is it may actually be practical to implement that sort of discipline. It certainly isn't when it's you and a TA and 100 students in a big lecture hall.
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aaabre2476
3y ago
Most of the time it's professors from universities that are financially well off already and who like teaching, often nearing retirement. If you need another fancy job on your resume or a big paycheck then it isn't for you. It cer
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In many cases it's literally the same instructors at the community college that teach the first two years of a CS program at the universities. Don't waste your money sitting in a room with 100 other students while the instructor i