(September 29, 2014 at 3:23 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Go for the masters, the 4 year will get you a job as a tech support guy at a bank, that's about it. Does the program you're in have a Nand2tetris module?Rhythm, you should right away start a thread for the best resources for learning about computer architecture and programming.
(if not, I highly recommend you check it out http://www.nand2tetris.org/ , a programmer that understands how his programs are implemented is worth ten of his "purer" peers)
I would like to add the importance of finding an Apple iie emulator and playing through Robot Odyssey.