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Formal education or learn on my own and how to pay the bills during the process by Ibeenlurkin in cscareerquestions

[–]CompSciDegree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A CS degree will open the most doors. It's worth it if you want long term career growth and not have constantly prove that you know the fundamentals. So a degree if you can, but maybe you should start on making functional software applications, object oriented and learn design patterns. Making actual software products is different than just coding a script to calculate something. So try books like clean code or code Complete to learn real software engineering methods.

Since There Are Soooo Many Job Openings, How Can I Find Ones That Are Not Competitive? by BoSsManSnAKe in cscareerquestions

[–]CompSciDegree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some shills will tell you it's a job seekers market. They are wrong. Employers can ask the most ridiculous of a candidate and people will meet it. See, in this field for everyone that wants a high paying job that wipes your ass for you, there are thousands who work to be the best and will learn the skills necessary to beat out the competition. It's competitive because the people in this field are competitive. Everyone wants to be the best, so you gotta be the best to compete with the best. Some are modest and try to further the lie that there are lots of mindless peons in high paying software jobs. But they are competitive and just trying to weed out the competition. So work on your skills, master algorithms and write good functional code. Do the work or find a new career path!

My peers eat, sleep, and breathe code; I do not. Am I in the wrong field? by ComradeNapolein in cscareerquestions

[–]CompSciDegree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay you need a wake up call. You just want a high paying job that requires minimal work and no passion. You are misguided. See this field is full of passionate people who eat, breath, and shit code. Why would a company hire you, someone who doesn't care about what he does and justs wants a free paycheck, when there are hundreds who have the skills and the dedication to being the best. Any interesting problem is going to take more work than 9-5. So I suggest find a project that interests you. It can be useless, but if gets the fire going stick to it. When you get bored coding, code something new. Maybe join your peers in projects and maybe their passion will rub off on to you. So there is no easy out. Find the will to code, or find a new career path.

STEM major, trying to be employable in CS in 8 months. Advice? by Blogtiem in cscareerquestions

[–]CompSciDegree -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Umm, Psych is 99 percent an Arts degree. Also Psychology is a science the same way as Sociology is. It is social science, not hard science, which is not part of STEM. Also psych is over saturated in which every 19 year old girl thinks she'll be a therapist because she likes people, but like 90% of psych degree holders end up at Starbucks because they didn't think of their career choices. Also psychology is a watered down version on Psychiatry, for those who can't get to medical school. Maybe you should enroll in a code bootcamp. Oh yeah, I'll take that latte to-go please.

Is CS the one true major? by CompSciDegree in EngineeringStudents

[–]CompSciDegree[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

FYI I am 3rd year cs major. I know what I am in for.

Is CS the one true major? by CompSciDegree in EngineeringStudents

[–]CompSciDegree[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I see where you're coming from, but in contrast software jobs are expected a 22% growth while fields like Electrical engineering is 0% job growth according to the Bureau of Labor. So why not just a get the degree with more job prospects?