mathematics or computers

[choof]

Re: mathematics or computers

okay so, I've decided what I'm going to do, after having researched my va benefits, financial aid, and the programs that unlv has to offer. this is all full time because while I only get 70% post 9/11 gi bill, I still get full housing if I do full time school. I can also use government financial aid to supplement what the gi bill doesn't cover. the gi bill only covers a total of 36 months of classes, so I'll be able to get the associates in math with very little in the way of debt.

associates of science in mathematics at csn
use that to transfer to unlv, since unlv guarantees acceptance if I have an associates from any other accredited college in nevada.

the only issue now, is whether I want to do the BA or the BS program for computer science, but I think that's a decision for when I get there.

thoughts on how well this would work? I don't think I see anything wrong with it but I'm an idiot about college

also, women's studies for the meme aspect and spanish for the employable aspect

[choof]

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shoutouts to ketchup

[Reincarnate]

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god damn it man

[choof]

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god damn it man

what

[Reincarnate]

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disregard, I'm just biased

[choof]

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no if I'm doing something blatantly wrong I'd like to know so in the inevitable case that I fail I'll know what I did wrong

[Reincarnate]

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This topic will get you many different opinions from different people, but this is mine:

In short, I don't think there's anything necessarily *wrong* with it, but I feel like if you want to combine math with CS, go big or go home -- or go with some kind of dedicated applied math thing if you can.

While that math program posted earlier is versatile enough to get your feet wet, I don't think it's enough even if you combine it with a bachelors. It's not really specialized enough to be useful when it comes to things like job interviews or applied skills or whatever. Most of that stuff you can literally read off a website. It might be nice for getting your mind used to thinking about certain problems in a certain way, but that's a skill you can pick up by doing the same thing on your own time while putting your school hours to better use.

If you can't go heavy into both somehow, then go heavy into the CS side of things (IMO). CS programs tend to call for a lot of math that you'll pick up along the way by default.





But all of this is just advice

Do whatever the FFFFFFFFUUUCKKKK you wanna do

[choof]

Re: mathematics or computers

This topic will get you many different opinions from different people, but this is mine:

In short, I don't think there's anything necessarily *wrong* with it, but I feel like if you want to combine math with CS, go big or go home -- or go with some kind of dedicated applied math thing if you can.

HAHA DUDE

[3/12/2015 6:01:29 PM] October: there are two different programs, a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science
[3/12/2015 6:01:34 PM] October: I'd do bs
[3/12/2015 6:01:37 PM] Halogen-: oh ok, so yeah
[3/12/2015 6:01:39 PM] October: go big or go home
[3/12/2015 6:01:44 PM] Halogen-: good man (y)

[Reincarnate]

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lmao

but yeah I would agree, go with the BS

[choof]

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I've done research on the BS program for Computer Science at UNLV; I'd only need two more math classes at UNLV to meet that side of the requirements

[choof]

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I'm going to bump this because I just received my Post 9/11 GI Bill certificate of eligibility, and I spoke to the VA today about benefits. I get 60% tuition paid for by the VA, the remaining 40% I have to pick up with federal aid. But I also get 60% book stipend ($600/yr for books), and 60% housing allowance, billed as an E-5 with dependents, which ends up being $808/mo for my zip code.

With Post 9/11, I get 36 months of benefits, and I have until 2026 to use all of them.
So I'm going to be double majoring in Network Security and Mathematics, staggered (so I will start Network Security one semester before Mathematics), and then will transfer to UNLV to finish a BS in Computer Science. I'm doing it like this so, in the event that my benefits arent' able to cover my BS costs, I can use my AAS in Network Security to get a job and I'll just finish up going to school part-time.

I'm so fuckin happy right now you don't even know.

[Jtehanonymous]

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that's great to have everything all sorted out, congrats~

[Arch0wl]

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congratulations man

[MarioNintendo]

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Yo choof, that's great! Congrats!

[enjineer]

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#realshit

the double major is a poor choice, stick with only mathematics; you're loading yourself with ancillary bullshit that you don't need. going for a pure math degree will get you hired to a dev incubator that creates sha/md5/3des hashing algoss and type-1 encryption algos ANYWAY, which they require you to have a pure mathematics degree. the NSA, with all of it's netsec, is the #1 hiring entity for mathematicians.

99% of network security fundamental understanding can be accomplished by studying the ccna-security and working with ASA models and wireshark, or studying the cissp with a little bit of ceh/rhel unix coding (nmap, netcat, metasploit). your army-provided ccna/sec+ was mandatory, but don't discount it: you still have introductory experience so you at least know the basic shit of what i'm talking about, and know that value of certifications should you choose to find work part-time.

if you puss out of mathematics and go into cs instead, realize you're taking the leap from hardware-intensive security-algorithm development to software-defined coding. instead of applicative algorithm training for encryption, you will be doing programming work. whether you become a DBA, SQL admin, python/c++/java dev, realize that they are completely different levels of IT.

do not squander the gi bill and think you can live within the e-5 pay year round and splurge on stupid shit: the 36 months are broken up into the 4 9-month school years, so you better remember to save up before the summer and winter breaks. i know too many airmen/soldiers/marines who think they're hot shit going to CC/uni for free and not have to work that they feel privilege as fuck with a medical separation.

keep your head straight and knock that shit out - congratulations choofers.