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Any non-tech-background self-hosters? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by explorer5A@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I assume most users here have some sort of tech/IT/software background. However, I've seen some comments of people who might not have that background (no problem with that) and I wonder if you are self-hosting anything, how did you decide that you would like to self-host?

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As someone who majored in CS and is now in a software engineering position, the people in tech who come from a completely different field are always my favorite. On top of just proving people wrong about the "right" way to get into the field, they've been around, they know how to think about problems from other perspectives, and they're usually better at working with other people.

Honestly, I think more people should minor in CS, or if they did their undergrad in CS, they should have to do their grad work in something else. The ability to compute things is only useful if you're well versed in a problem worth computing an answer to, most of which lie outside of CS.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I'm currently doing comp sci but have always debated doing comp eng or ee. However, I don't want to do comp eng or ee as a career, just more as a side hobby. So I'm sticking with comp sci and I'll do all the comp eng and ee stuff at home.