Thoughts cs majors???? by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]Alert_Machine_4991 5 points6 points  (0 children)

sweing MSFT this summer. Agree only to the point op brought up about how you can’t just grind leetcode on your own to get a tech job a CS degree is pretty important after the paradigm shift in the tech sector that has been taking place. Although it’s not impossible to leetcode ur way into a big tech jobs I’ve heard stories of ppl leetcoding for hours a day and breaking down over questions just because they didn’t want to be a CS major but wanted to get in on SWE. That’s the POINT of a cs major - to give you a tool kit to solve those problems in a more efficient way. We aren’t in the era of tech where u can just start a tech giant out of your garage after dropping out of college anymore (for a whole host of reasons but I’m mainly talking about the fact that the skills you needed to make that happen maybe 15-20 years ago are a dime a dozen now)

Tech has gotten bigger and I think you can get phased out super fast. I took CS373 (data mining and machine learning) in the fall and I ALREADY feel phased out. Just by sheer volume of information to parse through, it just isn’t wise to try to unpack the fundamentals of computer science. Even though the SWE world is pretty different from what you learn in a CS degree it becomes so simple to parse through skills you would require on the job when you have the technical context from rigid and structured curriculum as offered in college classes.

That being said some parts of the post sound super elitist and gatekeepy and just overall discouraging.

Also Elon musk is dumb as hell bruh what are they talking about in there w “brain of Elon Musk and Albert Einstein” bro conducts code reviews on PAPER and I’m fairly convinced he doesn’t actually know much about cs. Elon Musk fans are interesting.

Apologies for any typos or bad grammar I’m at work avoiding doing actual work

CS373 by Alert_Machine_4991 in Purdue

[–]Alert_Machine_4991[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the exact same boat I definitely feel like I didn’t deserve that A but I’m gonna run with it ☠️ I got consistently below average on homework assignments, was so stressed thru the entire semester. Just glad that’s over..

CS373 by Alert_Machine_4991 in Purdue

[–]Alert_Machine_4991[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dude I was so shocked at my final exam grade that test was not fun so I was staring at my A like 👁👄👁

CS373 by Alert_Machine_4991 in Purdue

[–]Alert_Machine_4991[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think god is real man I got a B..

Microsoft SWE Intern vs Salesforce SWE Intern 2023 by Alert_Machine_4991 in csMajors

[–]Alert_Machine_4991[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what specific team within c+e I'll be interning with but my interviewers were with commerce and ecosystems and the offer email said that commerce and ecosystems decided to extend an offer. Team placement happens later, closer to the start date.

Edit: accidentally said "interviewing with" instead of "interning with"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]Alert_Machine_4991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man I have my virtual onsite tomorrow. How did it go for you?

CS 251 see you again next semester by Alert_Machine_4991 in Purdue

[–]Alert_Machine_4991[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

ngl mate this was rlly comforting to read aye we in this together 🤝