Should i build a bridge

[Mastered_again]

And get over it? An anonymous (of course) comment to my story:

I started laughing at 'associate's degree in computer science' and couldn't continue after that. Too ridiculous

Is it really that grotesque an error? Should I have said computer technology?

It's fiction for crying out loud!!

Here endeth the rant.

 

[oggbashan]

No, you shouldn't. Different universities cal their courses different things.

Just ignore (or delete) the comment.

 

[Mastered_again]

No, you shouldn't. Different universities cal their courses different things.

Just ignore (or delete) the comment.

Thanks, your majesty❤

 

[windar]

https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/associate/as-in-computer-science

 

[ElectricBlue]

No, you shouldn't. Different universities cal their courses different things.

Just ignore (or delete) the comment.

Agree with Ogg. The comment is stupid, needless, worthless, and wrong (different university, different courses, different names for courses, duh). Delete and forget, is what I'd do with a comment like that.

 

[SimonDoom]

That comment is so dumb it's not even worth thinking about.

The Internet is full of stupid and bad people who see the anonymity of the Internet as an opportunity to let their stupidity and badness out on full display. You can't do much about it, and it certainly isn't worth engaging with them.

Don't build a bridge. Just shut the door.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I don't even understand what the commenter is complaining about. Are they assuming all associate's degrees are useless or something?

 

[LexxRuthless]

Roughly one-fifth of the comments on my stories appear to simply be people taking the opportunity to be dicks. Ignorant dicks, most of the time. Unless the comment actively detracts from the experience of the story (like someone posting a really gross personal experience), or if they are obviously trolling, I just leave it alone. What often happens is that other commenters will jump in and call the knucklehead out without me having to lift a finger.

Your story was good, sweetheart. Don't worry about that clown.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I don't even understand what the commenter is complaining about. Are they assuming all associate's degrees are useless or something?

We're assuming the dick-wad is being smug and superior because in his tiny universe a degree in IT isn't called what the OP has called it.

 

[Rustyoznail]

"He" probably has an Associate Degree (minus the 's')...

 

[Comshaw]

And get over it? An anonymous (of course) comment to my story:

I started laughing at 'associate's degree in computer science' and couldn't continue after that. Too ridiculous

Is it really that grotesque an error? Should I have said computer technology?

It's fiction for crying out loud!!

Here endeth the rant.

Not an error at all. There are many colleges that have degrees in Computer Science. I believe what your anonymous troll is laughing about is the Associates Degree. There's a faction who believe that a 2 year Associates Degree is worthless, that if you don't have a 4 year degree, you really don't have one, nor can you accomplish anything of note in your chosen field. Ignore it. An arrogant comment from an anonymous AH who wants to make themselves feel good at your expense. And as an interesting comment on this, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Paul Allen had no college degree! Go figure.

Comshaw

 

[Bramblethorn]

"He" probably has an Associate Degree (minus the 's')...

FWIW, both "Associate" and "Associate's" seem to be widely accepted, though some style manuals prefer without the 's.

 

[Rustyoznail]

FWIW, both "Associate" and "Associate's" seem to be widely accepted, though some style manuals prefer without the 's.

Actually, it depends on what is issued by the institution. A quick look in Australia only shows "Associate" Degrees.

 

[PennameWombat]

I have a BS in Data Processing and an MS in Computer Science. Back in my time (the years started 1-9-8, and this was in the US, not discussing my current residence country), the area community colleges didn't offer an Associate degree in 'computer science.' Or, too many other IT-focused fields.

But if you check out their current website, a few decades later than when I was running about the area, they now offer an Associate (their spelling) of Science (AS) in a number of different fields related to Computer Science. So, you could graduate from there with an AS in Computer Sciences and Information Systems. They also offer an AAS (Associate of Applied Science) in the same field. The difference is the AS is focused on transferring to a 'four year' program (for earning a BS and on) while the AAS if focused on employability (this is all the community college's description, but this usage is not unique to them.) They similarly offer CA (Certificates of Achievement) and Diplomas in a whole range of focused areas, such as Windows Systems Administration and Computer Programming with a focus on QA.

The young, female MC of one of my stories is attending a community college to get her AA in Business, because she wasn't yet confident enough for "the big place up on the hill" (the four-year university). She refers to her community college once as "like a bigger high school."

My one comment on Australia is that, through TAFE as an example, you can get similar programs.

So the commenter is an idiot, but if I'd never paid any attention to developments in the world these last four decades, I might've had a thought "hey, you don't get an AS in Comp Sci..." because if we go back far enough, that was the case. But to dismiss a story for that is... well, incredibly stupid.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Is this the bridge you are trying to build, or should I say rebuild?

Newark Bay bridge

Actually, the bridge was fine; it was just in the open position. The crew in the locomotive died, so no one knows why they didn't stop. Anyway, some of these commenters don't know what a real problem is like.

Hey, you're from New Jersey. Have you ever heard of this incident (1958)?

 

[TxRad]

Please, no bridges. We have enough trolls without building them a condominium.

 

[TheRedChamber]

For what it's worth, I thought the Associate's Degree was a nice touch to the story because, having had to get it at night school while working full-time, suggested the character maybe hadn't the as many opportunities in life as she may have done and set it in contrast to the highly achieving love-interest. When I worked in IT over twenty years ago it was still (just about) possible to get a job in it by messing around with computers then rolling up at the interview with some cool coding you'd done (depending on how chill the owners were). Anything less than a Bachelors degree is probably looked down upon these days though.

 

[PennameWombat]

For what it's worth, I thought the Associate's Degree was a nice touch to the story because, having had to get it at night school while working full-time, suggested the character maybe hadn't the as many opportunities in life as she may have done and set it in contrast to the highly achieving love-interest.

I'll have to read the story, not done so as yet. I've used community college in stories in a similar way. I've always had a soft spot for people who use community colleges to advance themselves.

When I worked in IT over twenty years ago it was still (just about) possible to get a job in it by messing around with computers then rolling up at the interview with some cool coding you'd done (depending on how chill the owners were). Anything less than a Bachelors degree is probably looked down upon these days though.

This is not exactly true. There is a loud and divisive discussion around needing a Bachelors versus the mass of coding 'bootcamps' that've sprung up. At least on the programming slash software engineering side. My personal opinion is the boot camp or self-taught focuses on a specific language or framework, not always understanding the underlying concepts. But, such folks can do solid work. A track record of open source contributions can also help.

But that's separate from "IT", which today is largely on the systems building and administration side of things, not coding. COMPTIA, for one has a dense map of certifications which are often the more effective paths into this. Plenty of employers hire on these.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Actually, it depends on what is issued by the institution. A quick look in Australia only shows "Associate" Degrees.

But elsewhere: https://www.regiscollege.edu/blog/c...iates-degree-bachelors-degree-can-impact-your

Polk State has a bet each way: https://www.polk.edu/academics/degrees-and-certificates/

So does Cal State: https://www.calstate.edu/apply/transfer/pages/ccc-associate-degree-for-transfer.aspx

If university websites are using both, it's probably reasonable to use either in a Literotica story unless there's some specific context that makes one of them more appropriate.

 

[stickygirl]

A degree in Sociology would have been laughing about

 

[Mastered_again]

Your story was good, sweetheart. Don't worry about that clown.

❤

P.S. Good to see you all haven't lost your abilities to debate minutiae.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

A degree in Sociology would have been laughing about

Hey, you got an ology, you're a scientist!

(you may be too young to remember that ad).

Cambridge and UCL both call the subject computer science, to pick two top-10-in-the-world unis at random.
Presumably whether you have an Associate vs Associate's degree depends on whether your local system awards Bachelor or Bachelor's degrees, etc.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

And associates degree in a specific field is just the bachelors degree without all the required course in Language, Math (although you need the math for a computer science degree), etc. they make you take to see if you were taught correctly in high school.

There are other ways, well they were there when I started on the path in computer science. I went to a school that was call Control Data Institute and they taught me everything about computers at the time. No, there were no personal computer back then, the smallest you could get was about the size of a refrigerator, double door and was called a mini-computer. The next step up was a mainframe and filled a room the size of a house.

A ten megabyte disk was the size of half a refrigerator, single door, and had 19 platters in it about 2 feet wide. That was the mainframes. In the minicomputer you got a 10 meg disk drive with 2 platters about a foot wide.

And IBM controlled the industry. Control Data along with others were providers of mini-computers.

I learned about computers on a Control Data mini and an IBM mainframe. When you get right down to it, all computers, except maybe AI's, do the same exact thing... Math. It's all math inside the machine. How it's get that data and displays that date is done by attachments.

 

[gunhilltrain]

A degree in Sociology would have been laughing about

History would be about as bad. At least City University of New York was tuition-free until my final year (1976), and even then it was minimal.

What is student loan debt nowadays? About $1.5 trillion in the United States. Who was dumber, the people who lent it out or the ones who took it?

 

[stickygirl]

Hey, you got an ology, you're a scientist!

(you may be too young to remember that ad).

Cambridge and UCL both call the subject computer science, to pick two top-10-in-the-world unis at random.
Presumably whether you have an Associate vs Associate's degree depends on whether your local system awards Bachelor or Bachelor's degrees, etc.

It's a kind of an in-joke at my Uni and everyone disses Sociology. A friend of mine took it and now coaches troublesome teens, so there can be a purpose to it. I was a bit cruel, sorry.

History would be about as bad. At least City University of New York was tuition-free until my final year (1976), and even then it was minimal.

What is student loan debt nowadays? About $1.5 trillion in the United States. Who was dumber, the people who lent it out or the ones who took it?

It's about training the mind, not learning the stuff. Anyone can google history, provided you have the right person recording it. Academic courses teach someone how to think and that discipline is difficult to pick up when you're in a job. Plus it makes you really useful in pub quizzes. I'm science though

There can be good and bad courses in anything, but I'm sure the Trump Uni version of history would be entertaining