CS major crew

[spazzin]

Seems like 50% of miscers are CS majors, and we didn't have an active CS major crew thread. So here it is.

Start by posting:

-What programming languages you are proficient in (Know basics + how to use data structures in them)

-What your favorite CS class was so far

- What you plan on doing with your CS degree when you graduate

Me:

Proficient in Java

Favorite CS class so far was data structures

I plan on graduating with a bachelor in CS and minoring and possibly majoring in math also. I want to be a software engineer when I get out, and possibly join a startup company. Also plan on getting an MBA down the road (once I have 5+ years of experience)

[xMetalocalypse]

You CS majors should make it.

[sourcecode123]

in i guess

[spazzin]

You CS majors should make it.

I think anyone doing anything tech wise will make it. Robotics is going to be the new wave of technology, most of the general population doesn't know how far robotics has advanced in the past 15 years

[xMetalocalypse]

I think anyone doing anything tech wise will make it. Robotics is going to be the new wave of technology, most of the general population doesn't know how far robotics has advanced in the past 15 years

Tech, engineering, and some medical should make it. Those are the fields that will face the biggest growth.

[spazzin]

Java, Python

Software design, though I think I'll like the theory of computation more

Torn between grad school and industry

and yes CS+Math master race

interesting, ever thought of joining the industry while going to grad school at night?

[spazzin]

Tech, engineering, and some medical should make it. Those are the fields that will face the biggest growth.

yes and a huge field right now is bioinformatics, combines the CS and medical fields. I'd do it if I wasn't mediocre in biology

[MuscleXtreme]

Seems like 50% of miscers are CS majors, and we didn't have an active CS major crew thread. So here it is.

Start by posting:

-What programming languages you are proficient in (Know basics + how to use data structures in them)

-What your favorite CS class was so far

- What you plan on doing with your CS degree when you graduate

Me:

Proficient in Java

Favorite CS class so far was data structures

I plan on graduating with a bachelor in CS and minoring and possibly majoring in math also. I want to be a software engineer when I get out, and possibly join a startup company. Also plan on getting an MBA down the road (once I have 5+ years of experience)

Sup brahs. Going back to school to my degree in CS. Already have two BA's from uundergrad but they're worthless. Trying to decide if I want to double major in either Math, Stats or Electrical engineering.

Learning VB.NET right now. Class has me building a lot of different calculators right now I.e converting binary to decimals.

Really enjoy it so far. I find myself writing code out on a notebook when I'm at work then running home when I'm off to try it out.

Going to do some C# and database programming next followed by Java.

[xMetalocalypse]

yes and a huge field right now is bioinformatics, combines the CS and medical fields. I'd do it if I wasn't mediocre in biology

Biology is a srsly confusing degree. While it is pretty much worthless alone as an undergrad, it is invaluable as a stepping stone to grad school. But since not everyone can get into grad school, what do if you have a bio degree alone?

Scary chit brah.

[Rain50]

yeah I've been playing Counter Strike for about 8 years now.. just about to graduate

[spazzin]

Sup brags. Going back to school to my degree in CS. Already have two BA's from uundergrad but they're worthless. Trying to decide if I want to double major in either Math, Stats or Electrical engineering.

Learning VB.NET right now. Class has me building a lot of different calculators right now I.e converting binary to decimals.

Really enjoy it so far. I find myself writing code out on a notebook when I'm at work then running home when I'm off to try it out.

Going to do some C# and database programming next followed by Java.

Just by that sentence, I know you're gonna make it. You have the dedication to make it. The best programmers are the ones who not only read the book and do the programming labs in school, but go out of their way to test out code to see how certain things work and don't work.

[xMetalocalypse]

interesting, ever thought of joining the industry while going to grad school at night?

This. Grad school is way more merciful for working around a career. They offer you lots of options.

[LetMeBang]

planning on going for masters in healthcare/medical informatics next yr after becoming an RN

how long does it take to learn a language like python? Im planning to teach myself over the winter.
for those with healthcare backgrounds, would u say CS is more difficult than your healthcare studies?

[spazzin]

Biology is a srsly confusing degree. While it is pretty much worthless alone as an undergrad, it is invaluable as a stepping stone to grad school. But since not everyone can get into grad school, what do if you have a bio degree alone?

Scary chit brah.

yeah most people who major in bio do it for pre-med, but by itself it really doesn't amount to anything in the perspective of job hunting. You can become a high school teacher, or pursue grad school and get a Phd and become a college professor.

You can also do research in research labs, such as cancer. My biology 1 teacher was a cancer researcher as her main job while teaching at night and hated her day job.

My cousin has a phd in genetics and barely gets paid squat, but she did marry a politician in Pennsylvania, but I don't think he won the primary lulz.

[smbrown3706]

the real fun is watching the CS "majors" drop like flies when they start actually taking CS courses and not just gen. eds. and intro courses

[MyBaddBrah]

In. I've done some computer stuff in the military (building networks). Going back for cs. I know absolute chit about coding/languages (looks confusing as ****). Still doing general ed. classes. Feelsbadman.

[spazzin]

planning on going for masters in healthcare/medical informatics next yr after becoming an RN

how long does it take to learn a language like python? Im planning to teach myself over the winter.
for those with healthcare backgrounds, would u say CS is more difficult than your healthcare studies?

Best way to learn a programming language is buying a book, not an ebook, but a textbook. Ebook = distractions with internet access.

Read every chapter, every paragraph, every line. A lot of textbooks come with reviews at end of chapters to help you review the written material.

They also have programming exercises that utilize what you read and learned by reading the chapter. Try them out and see if you can do them. Not sure if you need a compiler to code in python, but you will definitely a text editor to type in the code.

A compiler is basically a program that translates your code into machine code so the program can run.

[4g64fiero]

How does it feel to know you are teh next in line to get outsourced?

SRS no hate

[spazzin]

the real fun is watching the CS "majors" drop like flies when they start actually taking CS courses and not just gen. eds. and intro courses

Yeah a lot of people dropped after my computer assembly and architecture course, but that is still a sophomore class. I didn't even get to the harder classes yet.

IMO so far it isn't a hard degree at all, after this semester I'll only have 2 required math classes to go (Discrete math 1 and 2), but I'm going to try to minor in math. Shouldn't be too hard since I know some CS electives can also count as math electives.

[xMetalocalypse]

yeah most people who major in bio do it for pre-med, but by itself it really doesn't amount to anything in the perspective of job hunting. You can become a high school teacher, or pursue grad school and get a Phd and become a college professor.

You can also do research in research labs, such as cancer. My biology 1 teacher was a cancer researcher as her main job while teaching at night and hated her day job.

My cousin has a phd in genetics and barely gets paid squat, but she did marry a politician in Pennsylvania, but I don't think he won the primary lulz.

Not all of them end up going for grad school too. For example, majoring in bio then becoming an RN will give you amazing job prospects compared to the RN alone. That's a last resort however.

[iCAMETOPLAY]

Mathematics master race checking in.


Bow down to your overlord brahs.

[smbrown3706]

How does it feel to know you are teh next in line to get outsourced?

SRS no hate

outsourced? maybe really basic sh*t, but actual enterprises and software companies require communication between engineers, you can't just outsource those types of jobs because of language barriers, time zone differences, etc. A lot of the outsourced CS jobs are for basic stuff like writing tests or performing QA testing, since that doesn't actually require any knowledge of programming or the underlying code itself

Yeah a lot of people dropped after my computer assembly and architecture course, but that is still a sophomore class. I didn't even get to the harder classes yet.

IMO so far it isn't a hard degree at all, after this semester I'll only have 2 required math classes to go (Discrete math 1 and 2), but I'm going to try to minor in math. Shouldn't be too hard since I know some CS electives can also count as math electives.

are you going for a BS though? trust me, it'll get harder but it sounds like you have a good work ethic so it'll definitely be achievable

[spazzin]

In. I've done some computer stuff in the military (building networks). Going back for cs. I know absolute chit about coding/languages (looks confusing as ****). Still doing general ed. classes. Feelsbadman.

It looks confusing because it looks like a foreign language lol. Take a intro to CS class before freaking out, there you'll learn the basics of hopefully a OOP language (object oriented language). (loops, recursion, arrays, if statements, switch statements, etc)

do you think logically?

[xMetalocalypse]

outsourced? maybe really basic sh*t, but actual enterprises and software companies require communication between engineers, you can't just outsource those types of jobs because of language barriers, time zone differences, etc. A lot of the outsourced CS jobs are for basic stuff like writing tests or performing QA testing, since that doesn't actually require any knowledge of programming or the underlying code itself

This, you're more likely to get outsourced performing networking functions and chit like that. Coding ain't going nowhere.

[dattrance]

Best way to learn a programming language is buying a book, not an ebook, but a textbook. Ebook = distractions with internet access.

Read every chapter, every paragraph, every line. A lot of textbooks come with reviews at end of chapters to help you review the written material.

They also have programming exercises that utilize what you read and learned by reading the chapter. Try them out and see if you can do them. Not sure if you need a compiler to code in python, but you will definitely a text editor to type in the code.

A compiler is basically a program that translates your code into machine code so the program can run.

Reps for good books about iOS programming + Objective C. Those two things really interest me

[4g64fiero]

outsourced? maybe really basic sh*t, but actual enterprises and software companies require communication between engineers, you can't just outsource those types of jobs because of language barriers, time zone differences, etc. A lot of the outsourced CS jobs are for basic stuff like writing tests or performing QA testing, since that doesn't actually require any knowledge of programming or the underlying code itself

Doesn't stop oracle....

[Beauuu]

Mirin. *IT major because CS looks too hard crew*

[spazzin]

How does it feel to know you are teh next in line to get outsourced?

SRS no hate

this is a common misunderstanding. It's not the CS majors who are getting outsourced, it's the IT majors

and the low level programming shyt.

[DP197]

Not a CS major but would like to learn a language in my spare time. Where should I start? I was looking at C?

[AhDo]

CS major Business admin minor checking in.

I don't care what I do. I just want to have an easy job (srs). Ideally it would be in a chill startup company but if that doesn't work out, I'm fine with going into QA or IT and just miscing all day lol