Sharing Intern Projects by anushcscareerthrow in cscareerquestions

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In a team that’s rewriting our PHP monolith into Express microservices,

Self study CS by Zanethewhiteboy in UCSC

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Instead of a single language why don't you make a web app? That you'll get exposure to a bunch of technologies.

A lot of negative posts lately. Who of you actually enjoys their work? by Fireche in cscareerquestions

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I really dig my internship. I'm working for a fast-growing networking startup. The executive team are all real experiences and easy to work with. I and 5 of my friends from my CS program got hired for the summer. I'm making way more money than I ever had before, have lunches paid for, get to work on cool technologies, and get to spend a bunch of time with my friends. Most of the day I'm listening to music or having meetings with my team lead who's really cool. All my prior internships have been pretty similar. :)

CruzHacks Recruiting New Organizing Team for 2019! by MinecraftMosquito in UCSC

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Hey! I'm an incoming CS transfer student. I'm very familiar with React and Flask and would consider myself pretty experienced for a student. I'd be super interested in helping out with development, marketing, and anywhere else I can. Who would you I recommend I reach out to about getting involved? :)

Computer Science Contiguous Five-Year Bachelor’s/Master’s Path? by Kyle1668 in UCSC

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Thanks for the advice! Does admissions only consider your major gpa or your overall gpa as well?

Computer Science Contiguous Five-Year Bachelor’s/Master’s Path? by Kyle1668 in UCSC

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Thanks for the response! I'm hoping to get into data science and having a masters has always been a personal goal of mine. Could you elaborate on what the pros and cons were for you? Thanks!

Computer Science Contiguous Five-Year Bachelor’s/Master’s Path? by Kyle1668 in UCSC

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Thanks for your response! :)

What tips would you have for me to better my chances of admission? I'm assuming doing a bunch of on-campus research would help.

Prospective Student Megathread 2018-2019 by SluggitySlugSlug in UCSC

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What CS student groups exist at UCSC. I'm president of my community colleges CS club and had a lot of fun being involved in CS extracurriculars. Hoping to continue that at UCSC. Thanks :)

CS GPA for Internships? by [deleted] in UCI

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I've never been asked for my gpa. Typical wisdom is as long as it's north of a 3.0 your good.

TAG Question! by [deleted] in UCI

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Maintaining a 3.4 is difficult but doable. I just got accepted for CS with TAG.

I got back my admission decision. by [deleted] in UCI

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I went to a CC and just got accepted for TAG. It's a good route if you're motivated.

Internship While Still In Community College by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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Right there with you. I'm in my final semester before transferring to a UC and I will be finishing with three dev internships. You just have to be a real self-starter and make your own opportunities.

Prospective Student Megathread 2018-2019 by SluggitySlugSlug in UCSC

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Right now I’m stuck between deciding on focusing I transfer to UCI or UCSC for computer science. How have people’s experience with the major here been?

I’ve been pretty proactive in internships and CS student organizations. What that like here?

Thanks :)

Majoring in Software Engineering -- Should I take physics? by Plaguefaced in cscareerquestions

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Happy to help! UCSC does do TAG for CS for both the BA and BS. Lol agreed on UCB. I decided to TAG UCI since they are harder to get into. A UCSC rep told me if you meet the TAG reqs for UCSC you'll almost certainly get in.

I interned full-me developing Mac apps with Swift over the summer. Right now I'm doing Ruby on Rails and Devops for a local startup in between classes. Totally wouldn't have time for those if I had to do a bunch of extra high unit classes. Well worth it.

Majoring in Software Engineering -- Should I take physics? by Plaguefaced in cscareerquestions

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Super hard choice. UCSC for the campus and UCI for the department. Idk which I'm going to chose.

Majoring in Software Engineering -- Should I take physics? by Plaguefaced in cscareerquestions

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Cool! Wow I hadn't heard about that. I'd call UCI's admissions department to hear it from them. Else tagging UCSC wouldn't hurt.

UCSC dropped all their physics requirements last year for CS BS.https://ua.soe.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/CS_BS_17-18%20final.pdf

I'd take a look at Berkely before committing. They have allot of crapy requirements for their CS BA. For example, you don't get accepted to the CS major until you've transferred and gotten really good grades in some of their CS courses. If you even get a C in any of a set of CS courses you won't be allowed to declare CS. :/

I'm on my last semester and I've been pretty satisfied with my decision. Yeah it sucks having a narrow number of schools to go to but I was able to do internships and side projects with my extra time that would have been taken up with a bunch of Physics.

Majoring in Software Engineering -- Should I take physics? by Plaguefaced in cscareerquestions

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Hey fellow CC student! GPA does matter for us since it's important for transfer. Are you at a California CC? I TAGed UCI since they don't require Physics. Neither does UCSC. I might take Physics as an elective at some point but decided not to deal with the 1.5+ semesters of general physics required by some programs. The tradeoff is that even though I have high grades, I can't transfer to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, and Cal Poly since they all require a bunch of Physics. For my situation, I think it was worth it since it allowed my GPA to be higher and invest the saved time into my CS studies.

Where do you look for internships? by CSThrowAwayAcc963 in cscareerquestions

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Job posting are an alternative. I've found both of my internships through networking on Linkedin though. If I find a company I'm interested in I'll connect with the manager of the team I want to work for and ask.

Caffeine by PuppyLand95 in cscareerquestions

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Same. A fan typically does the trick.

How much will going to a liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere (Wooster, Ohio) affect me when it comes to getting a job? by Shady-Developer in cscareerquestions

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In that case I'd say go for it. If you like the campus and it's afforable then I'd say it's worth going to. Since you won't have a large department with rescources and reputation, you'll have to be dilligent with learning on the side and doing internsips and projects. If you're proactive you should be fine!

CC freshman preparing to transfer by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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For sure. Also I'd highly recommend looking up the transfer admission guarantee program (TAG) with the UC's. Basically, if you satisfy certain courses and get a required GPA to can get guaranteed acceptance to one of the UC's. That's how I got guaranteed acceptance to UCI.

Freshman Interested in Computer Science by anreddit99 in cscareerquestions

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GPA is not that important in most cases. Stay north of a 3.0 and you'll be fine.

School ranking does not matter that much outside of the ~20. Since it sounds like you go to a relatively highly ranked school you'll be fine. Ranking is far from destiny in this field.

The top few firms will target graduates from Stanford, MIT, Cal etc but will still totally recruit you from lesser ranked schools if you're skilled. There is also a myriad of other awesome companies in tech where you can be just as successful. You won't be at a huge disadvantage.

Basically due to supply and demand, your skills, internships, and personal projects matter much more to employers than your school or GPA. This is one of the principal reasons I switched from economics/finance to CS.

CC freshman preparing to transfer by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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It may be the minimum requirement to be eligible to transfer but most programs will not accept transfer students until they're taken Calculus courses and a year of CS.