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banging your head against your laptop until code works

99% male

nobody parties
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if it works, don't change iet
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Math out the dick and then beating code into a computer for weekends at a time
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Sciencing.

With computers.

Link HT posted...

banging your head against your laptop until code works

99% male

nobody parties

LAN parties.
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Smells kinda bad, never looks like they didn't get dressed in a hurry, does weird shit like milk before cereal
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whole lotta math
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Link HT posted...

banging your head against your laptop until code works

99% male

nobody parties

Does it ever click tho and then you pretty much understand everything or is it one long uphill battle

Will I be at an advantage or disadvantage iyo because I'd be the 1%

I'm okay with that
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if youre going into the major to prove that you're smart, youre majoring in CS for the wrong reasons
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High level math requirements, a lot of programming, a lot of CS theory.
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ThePrinceFish posted...

Math out the dick and then beating code into a computer for weekends at a time

Does it get tedious?
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Harpie posted...

Does it ever click tho and then you pretty much understand everything or is it one long uphill battle

you'll always feel overwhelmed by how much more there is to learn

Harpie posted...

ThePrinceFish posted...

Math out the dick and then beating code into a computer for weekends at a time

Does it get tedious?

yeah. youre definitely doing it for the wrong reasons
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Harpie posted...

Does it ever click tho and then you pretty much understand everything or is it one long uphill battle

Programming is either easy or it's not. Most programmers are shitty programmers that write shitty code that works good enough.
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

Smells kinda bad, never looks like they didn't get dressed in a hurry, does weird shit like milk before cereal

I do cereal without milk i'll fit right in

BlackHorse6969 posted...

if youre going into the major to prove that you're smart, youre majoring in CS for the wrong reasons

I'm pretty sure that no one majors in something just to prove that they're smart. Besides, there are better majors to prove that with

Puglia77 posted...

High level math requirements, a lot of programming, a lot of CS theory.

How does math fit into the equation?
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Harpie posted...

Link HT posted...

banging your head against your laptop until code works

99% male

nobody parties

Does it ever click tho and then you pretty much understand everything or is it one long uphill battle

What hes referring to is is a common occurrence no matter what level you are at. But at the beginning if you have no previous experience it can be absolutely baffling at first until you can put the ideas together
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ok then why do you want to major in CS?
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Harpie posted...

pls tell

math
math
virgin nerds, no girls
math
math
jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time
capstone assignments that involve your self taught comp sci skills
math
virgin nerds, no girls
math
math

FLUFFYGERM posted...

Harpie posted...

Does it ever click tho and then you pretty much understand everything or is it one long uphill battle

you'll always feel overwhelmed by how much more there is to learn

I like learning though. If I felt I knew everything that'd be pretty boring

BlackHorse6969 posted...

yeah. youre definitely doing it for the wrong reasons

u ok

I Like Toast posted...

Harpie posted...

Does it ever click tho and then you pretty much understand everything or is it one long uphill battle

Programming is either easy or it's not. Most programmers are shitty programmers that write shitty code that works good enough.

I guess I'll find out if it clicks for me soon enough. What's a good language to familiarize myself with before I go to college?
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I just started college to go for a two year CS degree and I already am considering changing it. It's exactly as described above. I'm 24 and not really in touch with my nerd side anymore (yes I'm still here) and the moment I start to grasp some of the shit I'm doing with C++ the instructor adds five more things that I don't even begin to comprehend. Feels terrible....
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BlackHorse6969 posted...

ok then why do you want to major in CS?

I like math
I like computers
i like high salary
???
profit
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SamuelHayden posted...

jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time

honestly tho this is the best prep for the real world
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SamuelHayden posted...

Harpie posted...

pls tell

math
math
virgin nerds, no girls
math
math
jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time
capstone assignments that involve your self taught comp sci skills
math
virgin nerds, no girls
math
math

good thing i like math
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alexander37 posted...

I just started college to go for a two year CS degree and I already am considering changing it. It's exactly as described above. I'm 24 and not really in touch with my nerd side anymore (yes I'm still here) and the moment I start to grasp some of the shit I'm doing with C++ the instructor adds five more things that I don't even begin to comprehend. Feels terrible....

Hmm, I guess it's not for everyone. I hope this doesn't happen to me though. What are you thinking of switching to?
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liking math and begin good at math are two completely different things. some people say they like math because they think they are good at math, but once they reach higher levels of math they realize they dont like math because they really are not that good at math
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Harpie posted...

BlackHorse6969 posted...

ok then why do you want to major in CS?

I like math
I like computers
i like high salary
???
profit

Lol

I'll be waiting for your topic wanting to switch majors in your first semester.

CS isn't for everyone. I started out with a major in CS, now I'm majoring in IT Game Development and ended up doing a CS minor.
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Butterfiles posted...

SamuelHayden posted...

jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time

honestly tho this is the best prep for the real world

Isn't that most colleges tho. You study out of class
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You will do almost no math after your degree unless you end up doing research level work. Which you won't because if you had the passion for it you'd have been programming 10 years ago.
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Don't do it tc, just don't. Pick something else tbh
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Less math than some of the more heavy theoretical majors like physics or electrical engineering. So for the most part you won't be spending 15hrs a week doing proofs, but you will do that some of the time. The majority of your time will be spent programming, depending on your school this will take up a lot of time. Also, when you first start programming it's pretty difficult, but you will become good at it if you manage to persist.
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BlackHorse6969 posted...

liking math and begin good at math are two completely different things. some people say they like math because they think they are good at math, but once they reach higher levels of math they realize they dont like math because they really are not that good at math

I grasp concepts fairly quickly and easily. I think I'll be okayish. Maybe. Hopefully. Pls

Puglia77 posted...

Lol

I'll be waiting for your topic wanting to switch majors in your first semester.

CS isn't for everyone. I started out with a major in CS, now I'm majoring in IT Game Development and ended up doing a CS minor.

Who knows maybe I'll be a wiz at it. Or I could suck. But you can't criticize me when I havent even tried it yet :p
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come on, harpie. lets discuss the real reason why you want to major in CS. you only want to be around a bunch of guys who will give you attention in real life
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I Like Toast posted...

You will do almost no math after your degree unless you end up doing research level work. Which you won't because if you had the passion for it you'd have been programming 10 years ago.

That's reassuring lol

V-E-G-Y- posted...

Don't do it tc, just don't. Pick something else tbh

butt y

Worst case scenario I switch to finance or something

IllegalAlien posted...

Less math than some of the more heavy theoretical majors like physics or electrical engineering. So for the most part you won't be spending 15hrs a week doing proofs, but you will do that some of the time. The majority of your time will be spent programming, depending on your school this will take up a lot of time. Also, when you first start programming it's pretty difficult, but you will become good at it if you manage to persist.

Thanks for the tip. Gotta keep practicing I guess until you git guud
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Harpie posted...

Butterfiles posted...

SamuelHayden posted...

jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time

honestly tho this is the best prep for the real world

Isn't that most colleges tho. You study out of class

nah what I mean is that you'll graduate and start applying for jobs and realize you have no idea about any of the languages and frameworks they want you to know anyway
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BlackHorse6969 posted...

come on, harpie. lets discuss the real reason why you want to major in CS. you only want to be around a bunch of guys who will give you attention in real life

Nah not into the socially awkward type
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Where is all this math talk coming from? I graduated with a CS degree in May, and there really wasn't that much math for a STEM major. I took college algebra in HS, trig and calc 1+2 at community college, and then discrete math (barely math), linear algebra (easy) and stats (not hard) at university.

That's a solid number of math courses, but these posts are making it out to be like a CS major is a math minor, which isn't the case. I consider myself kinda subpar at math, and I made it through just fine aside from Calc.

Butterfiles posted...

Harpie posted...

Butterfiles posted...

SamuelHayden posted...

jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time

honestly tho this is the best prep for the real world

Isn't that most colleges tho. You study out of class

nah what I mean is that you'll graduate and start applying for jobs and realize you have no idea about any of the languages and frameworks they want you to know anyway

Oh that's convienent. But isn't that what internships are for? To prepare you for real world problems?
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SuperGamer5 posted...

Where is all this math talk coming from? I graduated with a CS degree in May, and there really wasn't that much math for a STEM major. I took college algebra in HS, trig and calc 1+2 at community college, and then discrete math (barely math), linear algebra (easy) and stats (not hard) at university.

That's a solid number of math courses, but these posts are making it out to be like a CS major is a math minor, which isn't the case. I consider myself kinda subpar at math, and I made it through just fine aside from Calc.

I think they're trying to scare me away from a CS major. Ce does not approve of it which is surprising lol

That's super reassuring. They're making it sound like it's gonna be super intense mathematics >.>
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Harpie posted...

SuperGamer5 posted...

Where is all this math talk coming from? I graduated with a CS degree in May, and there really wasn't that much math for a STEM major. I took college algebra in HS, trig and calc 1+2 at community college, and then discrete math (barely math), linear algebra (easy) and stats (not hard) at university.

That's a solid number of math courses, but these posts are making it out to be like a CS major is a math minor, which isn't the case. I consider myself kinda subpar at math, and I made it through just fine aside from Calc.

I think they're trying to scare me away from a CS major. Ce does not approve of it which is surprising lol

That's super reassuring. They're making it sound like it's gonna be super intense mathematics >.>

Yeah, there wasn't really much more math than the standard stuff you'd expect from STEM, at least in my case.

its super intense logical thinking, which is the foundation for math. if you are good at math, then you are most likely good at logical thinking, which is what is required for CS
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Harpie posted...

BlackHorse6969 posted...

ok then why do you want to major in CS?

I like math
I like computers
i like high salary
???
profit

This was literally my thought process. Idk what I might switch to....I kinda think I should just learn a trade. I'm only going part-time atm so I've only had one class of actual programming, and it's all C++. I came in with no prior knowledge either. We use Visual Studio for all our assignments and you can read the entirety of the textbook we use at this link if you'd like! The author is cool with it being used.

http://python.cs.southern.edu/cppbook/progcpp.pdf
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Link HT posted...

banging your head against your laptop until code works

99% male

nobody parties

this except i only banged my head against the laptop when dealing with teammates' code
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SuperGamer5 posted...

Where is all this math talk coming from? I graduated with a CS degree in May, and there really wasn't that much math for a STEM major. I took college algebra in HS, trig and calc 1+2 at community college, and then discrete math (barely math), linear algebra (easy) and stats (not hard) at university.

That's a solid number of math courses, but these posts are making it out to be like a CS major is a math minor, which isn't the case. I consider myself kinda subpar at math, and I made it through just fine aside from Calc.

It pretty much is a math minor at my college. The CS advisors try to push you into a math minor because a lot of the classes overlap and you wouldn't need to go out of your way because you would already have done most of the classes anyway.

CS majors here have to do Calc 1-3, DiffEq, Linear Algebra, upper level Stats, maybe some others.
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I would not wish CS upon anyone. Then again, I'm doing pre-med so maybe I'm full of shit.
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Harpie posted...

Butterfiles posted...

Harpie posted...

Butterfiles posted...

SamuelHayden posted...

jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time

honestly tho this is the best prep for the real world

Isn't that most colleges tho. You study out of class

nah what I mean is that you'll graduate and start applying for jobs and realize you have no idea about any of the languages and frameworks they want you to know anyway

Oh that's convienent. But isn't that what internships are for? To prepare you for real world problems?

the internships will want you to know that too lol

SuperGamer5 posted...

Where is all this math talk coming from? I graduated with a CS degree in May, and there really wasn't that much math for a STEM major. I took college algebra in HS, trig and calc 1+2 at community college, and then discrete math (barely math), linear algebra (easy) and stats (not hard) at university.

That's a solid number of math courses, but these posts are making it out to be like a CS major is a math minor, which isn't the case. I consider myself kinda subpar at math, and I made it through just fine aside from Calc.

will agree with this, people here really overemphasize the math bit lol.
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Harpie posted...

Butterfiles posted...

SamuelHayden posted...

jerk professors expecting you to learn computer science on your own spare time

honestly tho this is the best prep for the real world

Isn't that most colleges tho. You study out of class

you study out of class, but you're taught in class, then you study it, not the other way around.

My code doesnt work but it should, wtf is happen

My code works but it shouldnt, i didnt even change anything, wtf is happen
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Also, not that much math tbh. A bit of discrete math and relational algebra. The rest is just programming and project management and stuff
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alexander37 posted...

Harpie posted...

BlackHorse6969 posted...

ok then why do you want to major in CS?

I like math
I like computers
i like high salary
???
profit

This was literally my thought process. Idk what I might switch to....I kinda think I should just learn a trade. I'm only going part-time atm so I've only had one class of actual programming, and it's all C++. I came in with no prior knowledge either. We use Visual Studio for all our assignments and you can read the entirety of the textbook we use at this link if you'd like! The author is cool with it being used.

http://python.cs.southern.edu/cppbook/progcpp.pdf

Thanks for the pdf fam, will leaf through it tomorrow and see what I can make of it

armandro posted...

Try
https://www.codecademy.com

Do you just want money or is creating things a passion of yours ?

Oooh that looks nice. I'll make an account tomorrow :3

I want to create things. I want to see tangible products from my work
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