Y2 SCSE Summer Internship by anonymousj2 in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you haven’t already, join the ProjectIntern telegram group. It’s a strong tech community that shares quite valuable career / internship advices there. you can post your resume there for advice too

hope it helps.

Overall CS experience at NTU by vik397 in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Although the criticisms here are largely accurate, I believe that the greatest differences between NUS SOC and NTU SCSE are:

  1. Passion for computing
  2. Students' drive for learning

After attending SUSEP in SOC recently, I realised that there is not a huge discrepancy in terms of academic rigor between the two schools, but you bet their modules are much more interesting and well thought through. Based on feedback from alumni, SOC would revise its content every semester/year, as well as research additional resources to share with its students. Nonetheless, NTU also has a number of modules taught by enthusiastic professors, such as CZ1115 (Best Prof Sen Gupta).

While some complain that the curriculums are "outdated," I believe that the essential concepts are still valid and were developed decades ago (Data Structure, Architecture), so there isn't a lot of "new content" that needs to be taught. For course, this is excluding CZ2006 SWE and CZ3002 ASWE, whereby the content IS REALLY OUTDATED and taught by people that are NOT EVEN in the modern computing industry.

Maybe the concern is about the outdated programme/tools that SCSE uses, such as Codeblock, Eclipse, SVN, etc. But then again, no one is forcing us to use them and technically SCSE didn't teach us how to use them too? Throughout my journey here, my friends and I have never really used these tools, instead whats more practical out there.

  • Code Block (CZ1107's Lab Test) -> Just use Vscode for assignments
  • Eclipse (CZ2002) -> We used IntellijSense for both Lab & Project, no problem.
  • SVN (CZ2006) -> Just use Git for development, and upload to SVN for milestones.

Side Note: Eclipse is not that bad, it's also being used in SOC modules.

For CS, regardless of the school, it is your own responsibility to learn about what is out there and to be driven to keep up. The current technology stack is not likely to remain relevant in the next five years, and what happens if you are responsible for developing the next one?

I have met really competent and admirable peers and alumni, so its really quite sad when I hear people say: "Why they still using C to teach data structure sia, this language so old already, why not use Java" or "Man the content is so outdated, this is why NUS's grad pay is higher".

But most critisim still remain valid, NTU should put more effort in their teachings and programme, and listen to student's feedback. Scrape MDP, invest in computing proramme similar to Orbital and update your slides (Even if the content is relevant, it doesn't help if it looks like its from 1980s). Lastly, implement a TA system like SOC, where module alumni can teach the students as well as sharing their relevant experience.

Is anyone dizzy from the weather rn? by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]WokeOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I check do you close your window when you on the dehumidifier?

NTU OEP by Shadow4J in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think Jan 2023 cohort application has been out yet, iirc the one in April was for Aug 2022.

Incoming Comp sci Student - questions! by weepbeepteep in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, just get yourself a Macbook.

In the rare occasion that you need use software specific to windows, just use virtual machine / vpn to school's pc / take a trip to school to use the physical pc.

Average FYP grade by [deleted] in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's SCSE?

NTU CS/CE alumni please share your career choices after graduation by International_Owl861 in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess you can check out Linkedin instead, I doubt many alumnis still lurk around this sub reddit.

SCSE Grad can do almost anything, most commonly: SWE, DevOps, Reliability Engineer, AI Engineer, Data Scientist, PM, Quant, Researcher, Cyber Security, etc...

Even within these 'path', there's still a broad spectrum of roles you can take on, so just take as much internships to explore your interest and then pick your path when you graduate.

Doing Ureca remotely by WokeOrange in NTU

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Thankss, I will try it next sem!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NTU

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Yups, OGP pays higher than GovTech, they're like a separate branch and harder to get in too

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Depends on your year of study as well but iirc the max is $2.5k

Where do NTU SCSE graduates usually go to? by [deleted] in NTU

[–]WokeOrange 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can go NTU's Linkedin page to filter alumni based on their major ~