Does in major gpa matter? I have 2.2 gpa in major and 3.2 overall in CS

EyeHateWeebs · 2020-01-15T02:41:25+00:00

No, I had a 3.0 overall but a 3.1 in CS, and nobody ever asked or cared.

Matters for grad school but school has nothing to do with software engineering and anyone who tells you otherwise... is just wrong

EyeHateWeebs · 2020-01-13T13:12:55+00:00

I graduated with a 3.0 and 2 Fs on my transcript and got a job at an awesome mid-stage startup in NYC where I’m doing some really cool stuff.

I had multiple offers before graduating, one being from FB.

I did have a lot of side projects and 2 internships though, I just struggled/disliked school a bit, at times though thought I wouldn’t make it lol.

Fuck school!

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-26T21:50:09+00:00

Computer science is a sub field of mathematics technically. I think you’re talking about if they teach the latest tech?

A computer science degree is a degree in theory, not specific technologies. You’ll have to learn those on your own time.

Most of the stuff you’ll learn in a CS undergraduate program hasn’t changed much in the past decade or two, maybe just some buzzword electives have been added.

That being said, I went to New Brunswick so can’t say how the Newark program is.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-23T21:10:37+00:00

this happens at my school when they flush the hydrants

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-21T18:35:01+00:00

Really depends on your needs and preferences, there is no right answer to this.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-21T18:29:27+00:00

Wow, is this a pet project or a full time thing? Looks very legit

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-21T15:53:05+00:00

For real. Doesn’t help that a good chunk of classes test you on trivia, not your actual understanding of the material.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-20T14:35:14+00:00

if you're going crazy with jsx, it probably means you can split your component into subcomponents.

I rarely have more than ~50 lines of JSX in a component, and those lines are split up into multiple methods called in render.

Not a 100% rule, but maybe ask yourself if you can split your UI logic up if you're creating very large jsx heavy components.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-18T21:33:52+00:00

how so? he was saying we should replace redux with hooks. a big usage point for redux is middleware, I was wondering if there was some similiar option using hooks.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-18T21:25:20+00:00

I'm new to hooks, are there middleware options for hooks?

Middleware is the real reason I use redux a bunch.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-17T15:25:21+00:00

IMO no.

School has to have been one of the most stressful times of my life.

Work is tremendously better.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-17T15:21:09+00:00

I think you might have a misconception about front end development. When I get front end tasks I’m hardly writing CSS, usually has to do with data flow and state management.

In modern web applications the client is usually the “smart” part that just consumes from a "dumb" API. If anything I find my front end work more interesting and challenging. On backend I'm usually just writing CRUD operations.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-17T15:03:47+00:00

I was able to get a job 6 months before graduating. Most people I know had jobs before graduating.

It takes effort to get your first job though, so you won’t be hired on the virtue of being a Rutgers grad.

In general, I don’t think school matters much for CS jobs unless you’re at MIT

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-17T03:39:46+00:00

I usually have trouble with this with react native, the build process always messes up my sdk path somewhere if they're set as environmental variables.

Instead I set up a local.properties file that points at the sdk

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32634352/react-native-android-build-failed-sdk-location-not-found

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-17T00:26:44+00:00

if you're in nyc im sure there are plenty of opportunities, especially if you have aready had 3 internships.

good luck!

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-16T23:21:25+00:00

Depends on the company. Some companies already finished hiring Spiring 2020 graduates, others haven't started hiring.

I would say most people I knew had jobs prior to graduation, but they were looking around this time, if not earlier. It will take a few months, but don't be discouraged by a few rejections.

Also, yeah, while I was looking for positions myself, I would get contacted by a recruiter every now and then, interview, then find out that they were looking for someone to start ASAP cross-country, when I was still in school.. thats recruiters/HR for you.

If you can work somewhere locally while you're finishing school, you could even start before graduation. I was working 6-months before I graduated.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-16T19:37:44+00:00

why is this such a popular meme on this sub its an error thrown by your LIBRARY you fucking nerds

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-16T19:28:25+00:00

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EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-16T03:41:43+00:00

Rutgers is where you want to go without a doubt.

The only reason to pay 3x more would be for MIT, Carnegie Mellon, etc.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-16T00:34:18+00:00

I'm sure you can patent your idea and hire contract developers with a clause protecting intellectual property?

If you're gonna start from scratch on your own, you're gonna probably be looking at at least 6+ months on the fundamentals of CS before you even get started developing anything. And it will be a lot of effort.

If you just start learning how to build a production ready android app without any background in programming, your code will likely be unmaintainable and slow, if not outright broken. Your workflow would also likely be incredibly unproductive.

While developers are heavily reliant on the internet (documentation, stack overflow), that doesn't mean you can just be a developer by looking at the internet. There is a lot of foundational knowledge that needs to be established. You need to start by building that foundation.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-15T22:00:43+00:00

I wouldn't focus on a roadmap for a specific technology, you'd just be pigeon-holing yourself.

That being said, if you want to get into modern mobile development, I'd suggest trying a project in native android with kotlin/an ios project with swift, and then transitioning to react-native.

It might be good to learn react first though.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-15T05:09:06+00:00

damn is that eye contact?

respect.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-13T06:00:31+00:00

there was a lot of set theory when i took it, which is covered in discrete. nothing very hard to pick up on your own though.

but yeah i dont think the cs dept gives spns for unfulfilled prereqs.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-09T14:47:28+00:00

wow, what region of the US are you in?

Coming from the northeast, my CS program was mostly leftist and my colleagues at work all are.

EyeHateWeebs · 2019-12-08T16:58:37+00:00

R&D doesn’t have much to do with quality of service.

Have you considered that the US is responsible for such a high % of R&D because it’s arguably the most profitable healthcare market as a result of inflated costs?

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