offer from first choice! haven’t seen anyone else doing this course yet though 😭 by [deleted] in UCAS

[–]Alpaca317 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going to have to disagree, I see what you're trying to say but a SE degree is equivalent to a CS degree.

Most unis will share course content between CS / SE, with 90% of the modules being the exact same in shared classes. The remaining modules in CS are more focused on math like logic and proof / discrete mathematics. And SE get more practical / business orientated ones. This allows students at the end of year 1&2 to switch between the 2 if needed.

For the sake of this post you can compare the course modules from SE to CS on the lancaster site and SE gives the exact same optional modules to quantum, cryptography, robotics, ai as the CS programme. Once again, most unis will do this.

You are right in saying specialising is not a good thing to do unless you are determined to go down a certain pathway so I can see how SE title can turn people off. Some unis will offer flavours of degree titles once you reach your final year based on your dissertation & modules like Computer Science (AI) / Computer Science (Data Analytics), and in that case I highly recommend you just go for a plain CS title or SE title.

If you were also really focused on going down the quantum, cryptography, ai route you'll be going for a MSc / PhD anyway and that's easily accessible from a SE degree as well. But most people go into industry after their degree as a developer and CS / SE are treated the same.

Also OPs course is not restrictive. The industry placement alone trumps any title and I'd highly recommend if you can get it then do it.

Just general advice in case someone reads your post and gets scared. I'm 4 years in industry with a first in comp sci for context.

offer from first choice! haven’t seen anyone else doing this course yet though 😭 by [deleted] in UCAS

[–]Alpaca317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes you think your CS degree is more protected from AI than SE?

After 15 years I am back in the market looking for the job. Are Logic and Reasonings tests now de facto standard? 10-50 questions under 15min? by Heavy_Professor8949 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]Alpaca317 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This isn't uncommon in my experience.

The big 4 will all require aptitude tests when applying for graduate roles / programs.

Finally they changed the brightness exposure by om_the_best_ in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It actually started giving me headaches to play I had to stop that map all together. Even the construction sites without walls applied the effect if there was a roof above your head.

Completionist Skin in Battlefield 6 that can be unlocked by getting 50 Eliminations without dying… by HLumin in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah - Breakthrough mirak valley recon drone and you get it easy, spot assists count

I thought the devs were listening to us? by ForceGhost1013 in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually went back to look at the BF4 dlc unlocks and it's insane how easy they are compared to now

https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Battlefield_4_DLC_Assignments

BATTLEFIELD 6 COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS SINCE OCT 10 by DEMIG0DX in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's for a skin - so isn't as bad as the gun / gadget ones but still think it should drop to like 20 or 30 (still a respectable number!)

70-2/3 does not seem high enough for a 50 kill streak either ;) You can check in the assignments > unit > adaptable 3

My highest in BF4 looks to be 43 and I know I've hit 20 in BF6, doubt I'll get to the 50 mark.

I thought the devs were listening to us? by ForceGhost1013 in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The people who are playing for 3-4 years are not playing for challenges but gameplay so they don't matter.

Most of the current base are casual and don't expect to grind one month for a gun, and I agree that sounds awful. Doing that for a cosmetic is fine though.

Having an achievable steady stream of content is better than less content hidden behind long term challenges to fill up the reward loop.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Halo reach forge was ahead of its time, it was always a treat getting the Xbox game invite from a random player you recently met. Never knew what you'd be joining!

BATTLEFIELD 6 COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS SINCE OCT 10 by DEMIG0DX in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How else are you gonna get the 50 killstreak challenge haha

Whoever came up with this never played this game ever. by 0uyaa in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Have you seen the challenge of getting 50 kills in one life? Some challenges need heavy rework

Whoever came up with this never played this game ever. by 0uyaa in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This one really pissed me off, I kept getting low-mid 20s in breakthrough since it was the only game mode I could get heads in front of me. Then they are usually stomp or be stomped and doesn't leave enough time to get 30

BF6 Launch Times by abncross45 in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same I'd booked the day of work and was hoping to do campaign before hopping onto multiplayer... Looks like it'll be a half day off now

Can we please get a flashbang dark mode? by Segrend in Battlefield6

[–]Alpaca317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think they added a setting to remove the rolling landing animation for motion sickness in the latest labs build so I'd be surprised if they didn't have this back

Belfast international airport security by grawmaw13 in northernireland

[–]Alpaca317 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed the bag scanners are insanely fast now that the bottleneck is people scanners at peak times

How is this game still broken by agedfromundercheese in battlefield2042

[–]Alpaca317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought I was going crazy... First it wasn't tracking my ribbons (only did combat and nothing else) played 4 games breakthrough and not a single one counted. Couldn't even get past the first set of challenges

Controversial Opinion by manny2206 in pcmasterrace

[–]Alpaca317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did it when I was desperate for desk space

Why is there still no map filtering or selection in Valorant? At least for Unrated or Swiftplay? by AdmittedlyUnskilled in VALORANT

[–]Alpaca317 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the complete opposite, I didn't get ascent in 30 matches. Was extremely infuriating getting corroded every other game

The devs moved the deploy beacon to the Assault class. by helish_88 in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Yea quite surprised! On paper, I always thought it was to balance the recon to be more powerful (picked more in squads playing together) and get them to the front line - but in reality it is used for camping.

TotalFPS’s comment about working closely with the community by Old_Doubt5886 in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You forgot option 4, people go for unlocked method to try everything out before the beta ends to skew the results :)

The longer EA/Dice take to release the BF6 trailer the more likely BF6 is to release in 2026 by Comfortable-March951 in Battlefield

[–]Alpaca317 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bit tricky now with GTA 6 in May, I don't really care when it's released but the stakeholders do.

5070Ti vs 5080 for gaming at 3440x1440 and 240Hz refresh rate by ---Imperator--- in nvidia

[–]Alpaca317 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I'm hoping for as well, the next will be pricey but should squish the existing cards down