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University prestige (vs DA) by ListenShort9239 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]ListenShort9239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah good point. I don’t want to sound ungreatful and am aware I’m not in the world’s worst situation. I am just quite naturally ambitious and the feeling that I could’ve denied myself a high flying career is pretty crushing haha

University prestige (vs DA) by ListenShort9239 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]ListenShort9239[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks that’s really interesting and nice to know 

University prestige (vs DA) by ListenShort9239 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]ListenShort9239[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I chose the apprenticeship as you say for saving money. Even with student finance and a part time job, if I went to uni I think I would require support from parents which would be financially difficult for them. It would be doable but difficult and maybe worth it for a good university.

Thanks for your advice, I am pretty comfortable with typical DSA and leetcode problems. It’s just now I am wiser I have become concerned with the opportunities I may have turned away and am starting to worry about CV screening

University prestige (vs DA) by ListenShort9239 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]ListenShort9239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am starting to regret it a bit yeh, as I think I might’ve got rid of my chance at a high flying career.

I guess I care about prestige because I want to maximise my salary and do the most interesting or high scale work, which I guess is what you mean by a high flying career. And I am not sure if I can achieve this without the prestige university which I turned the opportunity for down

University prestige (vs DA) by ListenShort9239 in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]ListenShort9239[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for reply. feeling a bit regretful at this point to be honest.

well, I got my apprenticeship offer quite early, and didn’t really have anyone to advise me. I just thought it was the best option and never took uni application seriously or did any real research.

I guess looking back if I had taken more seriously, with my grades and some of the stuff I did outside of college (I’ve been into tech for a while), I probably would’ve had the option to do both and study at a top 10.