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I've always thought that Computer Science is a field best mastered through experience in actually programming in your chosen language(s).

I wonder how many people do Master's or PhD programs simply because they want to stay in school.

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That's if you want to be a good programmer. But I don't see how programming experience is that relevant to solving a lot of the theoretical problems that exist.

I'm really interested in computer architecture. I somehow doubt that there's a company that's going to sit me down and do that straight out of undergrad...

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