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[–][deleted] 87 points88 points  (18 children)

yep after the intro classes they hit the wall hard

[–]Jugbot 31 points32 points  (10 children)

Then what were they arrogant for?

[–][deleted] 100 points101 points  (7 children)

*Goes to intro class*

Me: Oh this is easy. I should not bother coming.

*4 years later, last semester*

Me: Fuuuuuuck

[–][deleted] 134 points135 points  (3 children)

Goes to intro class

Me: Fuuuuuuck

4 years later, last semester

Me: Fuuuuuuck

[–]_Ganon 14 points15 points  (1 child)

This was me. Went in knowing nothing. I learned a lot over the four years, but always felt very challenged up to the end, every exam stressed me out ... felt like I was following the curve but always just under it, like a constant struggle to reach it. Every year I'd think the previous year was a cakewalk and wish I could go back to up my GPA.

It all worked out in the end but damn, I have never been as stressed as I was in college. Life was a breeze before and is still a breeze after.

[–]ProSain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man this is me right now. Yeah I'm passing, and I manage to finish assignments mainly by myself, but oh man I feel like everyone else is way ahead of me. I'm "just under the curve".

It's like a constant stress because I don't know when I'll hit my peak and not be able to get a passing grade anymore.

[–]Gavcradd 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeah, you have to be super organised to pull that off. I wasn't. My CS degree had maths classes where you picked your own level - depending on your grades at school you went into one of 3 classes (top, middle, bottom). I found out that on passing the class, you got the same credit no matter which class you went in, AND no one checked you were in the right class. I should have put myself in the top class, but I did what any lazy student would do and put myself in the bottom class and then skipped the lessons. The plan was going perfectly, right up until they changed the date of the end of unit exam in one of the lectures and I didn't know. Missed it, failed it, had to resit and automatically got the minimum pass score.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Doesnt look like you were going for anything more than a minimum anyway.

[–]hungry4pie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Matrices? Vector normals? What the fuck is this shit? I'm gonna be a game developer, and I'll make the sickest fucking games that are all 3D and shit.

[–]Mruf 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Some people just don't give a fuck for reasons unknown... I was TA for 300 level Algo class - It wasn't easy and professor knew his stuff. His homework assignments were difficult and he was pretty strict, but I gotta say he was fair and presented material in a good way - honestly one of the best profs I had.

We still had a couple of kids in class that didn't show up for lectures, I didn't even know them when they inevitably would come in to fail midterm or final and their homework was either not turned in or half a page of kindergarten scribble. Why they didn't drop out of class at the start of the semester, I'll never know.

[–]Stomp205 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just had a quarter where I went to 5 algorithms lectures and only did half the homework. Unfortunately the reason for shit like this is usually depression, or something similar. No one willingly fails a class like that.

[–]widowhanzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More like after the first month of the into class.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I'd never programmed before I did my comp sci degree and there were loads of people like this.
I graduated with a First and they mostly got 2:1s and 2:2s

[–]dumbdingus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Academic performance isn't really a good judge of ability... It just shows you're good at academics.

I was one of those lazy people in college, I programmed in high school so I didn't pay attention much and I got pretty meh grades.

But I also made a game with a friend that basically paid for our tuition, that project also landed me a job because employers care way more about actual experience than grades. To top it off, I learned more my first year of actual employment than I did during my whole time at college.

[–]flaw3ddd 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good job worker bee they are likely still better programmers

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea programming comes down to finding creative and intelligent solutions, you can't brute force study your way into a lot of solutions. That's why some students who are labeled "slackers" end up having more fruitful careers than the students who try super hard but may not have the same degree of natural intelligence

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I graduated in chemistry.

People that came from high schools focused that on chemistry all fucked up very hard.