The College Thread

[L.B.D.D]

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do u guys know a sophia feng

[arcnmx]

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Oh, I would've graduated Comp Sci in 2013 had I not dropped out after a year or so... So uh yay no degrees here.

For those of you doing Comp Sci, do you have any intentions or goals to go a certain direction with that? I haven't really decided where exactly I want that to end up so I'm curious if any of you may have your goals already set. (If that didn't make sense I'm basically asking if you intend to have any sort of focus or specialty within Computer Science)

Honestly, just be proficient in CS enough to be able to market your skills to the various subindustries. Understand the fundamentals in a language like C or its derivatives (and be able to pick up new languages and technologies quickly) and you'll be valuable no matter where you end up, whether in enterprise, web or mobile development, games, media, etc.

If you have an interest in something specific by all means go for it, just don't close those other doors for yourself by not being versatile - it tends to help a lot in the current job market. Despite my own background being in security and hacking skills, I've ended up doing mostly vanilla mobile development and some gamedev jobs by happenstance. I guess I've been too lazy to actually look for jobs that pertain to my skills and have just ended up wherever I happened to get offers >.>

[justin_ator]

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Honestly, just be proficient in CS enough to be able to market your skills to the various subindustries. Understand the fundamentals in a language like C or its derivatives (and be able to pick up new languages and technologies quickly) and you'll be valuable no matter where you end up, whether in enterprise, web or mobile development, games, media, etc.

If you have an interest in something specific by all means go for it, just don't close those other doors for yourself by not being versatile - it tends to help a lot in the current job market. Despite my own background being in security and hacking skills, I've ended up doing mostly vanilla mobile development and some gamedev jobs by happenstance. I guess I've been too lazy to actually look for jobs that pertain to my skills and have just ended up wherever I happened to get offers >.>

This is honestly my hopes, but was curious where other people sat on it. Thanks for the input! I definitely understand the thought of keeping the options open, and that's what I intend to do in the long run. Just trying to figure out if there was something I wanted to attempt to get into before I fall back on the rest of the knowledge. I'm hardly into the program and I've got a decent understanding of C++/HTML/CSS and basic knowledge of Java/PHP/JS/SQL/+ a few application API's such as Google Maps, Twitch, Twitter, and Instagram's API's. I was trying to get into the Facebook API but seeing as I didn't have any practical project at the moment I put that on hold (the original intent was to learn it for use with FFR but it sounded like you guys already had that on the agenda ;p)

I want to build more of a foundation in actual application knowledge and industry level skills in what I do have my feet in already. For example, I can comfortably code something for myself in C++ that does a number of things, but I can tell you that at this time a company wouldn't do themselves a huge favor hiring me for a project yet as I'm not at that level. In due time.

[funmonkey54]

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I'll bite.

Indiana Wesleyan University
Sophomore
Philosophy/Theology, Humanities, and Christian Ministry.

Originally committed to Wheaton in Chicago, but IWU bought me. And with the job market the way it is, I like the idea of making it through at least my undergraduate work with no debt.

[hi19hi19]

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Was MIT 2013, went on leave, things happened.
Now Brown University class of 2018.

No idea about major. Some psychology, economics, applied math, neuro... something like Behavioral Economics encompasses most of that, I guess?

Definitely not Comp Sci lol

[Reincarnate]

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Finance here

But if I could do it over I would have gone CS

[andy-o24]

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Is finance pretty bad, Rubix? Or do you just find CS to be more applicable/flexible?

-o24

[robertsona]

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columbia university, majoring in english. just finished my first year

[L.B.D.D]

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Finance here

But if I could do it over I would have gone CS

everybody feels this


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[leonid]

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CS is overrated

[L.B.D.D]

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CS is overrated

yeah counterstrike is pretty lame now

[Frank Munoz]

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Still at Del Mar(Corpus Christi Texas, just finished my 3rd year, gonna start my fourth this fall), being a music major.

and by "being a music major" i mean

Piano lessons [1 hour every week, practice atleast an hour a day]
Large ensemble(band) [1:30 hours every weekday, practice atleast an hour every other day]
small ensemble(Jazz) [1:30 hours every M,W,F. Practice arleast an hour every other day]
Orchestra [2 hours every week, practice atleast an hour every other day day]
Private lessons(trumpet) [1 hour every week, practice atleast one hour a day]
Music theory [1:30 hours every T,TH. study and do homework for atleast an hour every other day]
music composition lessons [1 hour every week, practice and compose atleast an hour every other day]
sight singing and ear training [1 hour every M,W,F.]
and an online core every semester [usually 5 hours for hw and studying when there are assignments]

which, this maymester i am doing hw everyday for about 8 hours. brutal
absolutely no free time. (I take a while to do core work cause i just don't understand what I am doing most of the time)
[How do I have time for a job or eating or buying necessities and my girlfriend and other shxt? I don't know, you tell me.]
This fall won't be as bad anymore being that i've finished every music core I need(woo!)

Gonna get a certificate for wielding this fall and graduate this December! (most likely)
Don't really plan on going anywhere after I finish this.
Just gonna make some easy money with hard labor and then maybe play in some groups for some side cash.
Then prolly continue my education once I actually have a car and or home and live happily ever after.

[Reincarnate]

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Is finance pretty bad, Rubix? Or do you just find CS to be more applicable/flexible?

-o24

I enjoy it more, that's all.

[choof]

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i was gonna go comp sci but i found out that comp sec degrees are a thing

[L.B.D.D]

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show your skills