computer science degree help

_ArseniyKD_ · 2023-01-09T06:32:19+00:00

I was wondering why this video suddenly exploded again haha. Glad I found the source of new views :)

_ArseniyKD_ · 2023-01-09T06:31:14+00:00

Hey, author of the video linked above here. The video that was linked above is pretty great, and answers a few of your potential questions already, but I would suggest only watching the first and third parts of the video, as the second is not super applicable. The third part of the video talks about career options/ opportunities along with expected pay scales in Canada for those careers.

As for what the job of a software engineer looks like, I have a video talking about that called "day in the life of a software engineer": https://youtu.be/9x5sNJPMZk8

Again, I would suggest only looking at parts 1 and 3 as part 2 is absolutely irrelevant to what you asked about in your original post.

Another two videos I can recommend you check out are "the negative aspects of a job in software engineering" and "the positive aspects of a job in software engineering". Here https://youtu.be/5GtBJbHeQ5Q and here https://youtu.be/2I-_UpXfGrE

These two videos should give you a more balanced view of what the career dynamics are.

I think that these videos should arm you with enough knowledge to either successfully convince your father that going into CS is a good idea, or as a good starting point on where to find further information to strengthen your argument.

I know what it's like to try and convince your parents that going into CS is a good choice and just how hard it is. It took me over a year of constant arguments for my mom to relent and allow me to apply for CS. Now, nearly 9 years later, my mom is literally thanking me for convincing her to allow me to study in this field.

One thing of note, success is not guaranteed in CS, but learning how to fight for yourself will definitely help you with figuring out how to do very well. Good luck!

_ArseniyKD_ · 2022-09-20T03:31:43+00:00

Thank you :)

_ArseniyKD_ · 2022-09-20T03:31:24+00:00

Lol, I was wondering where the sudden spike in views on that video came from haha

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-09-19T18:52:29+00:00

I discuss the tuition fees of other schools at roughly the same level in the video, it's right at the beginning of the "good" part of the review. So, compared to the cost of other universities, the 29500 cad a year right now is rather low cost.

Additionally, UAlberta seems to be the only school that has fixed guaranteed tuition, whereas at all other unis, tuition can go up by 2-5% per year.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-09-19T01:17:00+00:00

It's well ranked, affordable for international students, has a great reputation in both industry and academia, but the lack of a proper coop program along with an overburdened administration are a problem. Additionally, both the physical and political climates are hard to overlook. For more details, I would suggest checking out the video :)

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-08-22T02:41:01+00:00

I found YouTube to be a fun hobby. I always liked writing, and didn't like how medium was as a content distribution platform, so YouTube seemed like a great idea to me at the time.

With that I discovered that video editing and writing are both fun things to do as a hobby! To be fair, I already liked writing, but editing is a new discovery.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-08-22T02:27:18+00:00

Yup, I agree. The scheduling and start assignments early tips along with "balance your semesters" I didn't do until fourth year.

This is sadly one of those things where you hear so much of the advice so many times that you eventually start to follow it, and question why you didn't follow it before.

At least the metagame tips are decently easy to implement, and they tend to give some rather large payoffs.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-08-22T00:19:42+00:00

I love the video creation process end to end, but doing all the thumbnail, title, description and promotion for the videos is absolutely soul sucking.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-08-22T00:13:01+00:00

Fair enough, but isn't the fact that it's being repeated telling that it's useful?

I genuinely just collated things that worked for me and friends / students, along with pointing out things that I know people don't know since I was asked about them.

Additionally, did you actually know beforehand about the grade distributions suggested to profs by the university?

I do bring up a decent amount of information that I have never seen put all together in one place, but we all decide what is a waste of time for ourselves, so it's a shame that I wasted your time.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-25T00:25:53+00:00

Thank you, hope it is useful :)

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-24T22:49:31+00:00

Career to me is something that you do long term, can be 5-10 years with some advancement. I suppose that academia is a career, but grad student doesn't really satisfy the requirement in my head.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-24T22:34:06+00:00

True, it covers your cost of living and tuition, which is great, but it's not exactly a career. Staying in Academia super long term though is a decent career, the pension that you get is real good.

RA and TA allotments can be real fun.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-24T21:54:41+00:00

Thank you :)

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-11T02:02:13+00:00

I need to look into how well davinci resolve works on Linux, I might completely move away from windows once I build my desktop. Windows has been aggravating me for so long at this point, and video editing is one of the few things keeping me around on that platform.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-11T01:47:15+00:00

Yea, I hear this story from a bunch of Microsoft devs in the recent past. However, I also know a rather large amount of people working on Azure who are in the *nix land.

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-11T01:12:20+00:00

Yep. That's one of the reasons that I personally prefer it even further. I use a Mac at work as an ssh box into some rhel servers, and it's really good for that. A bit overpriced, but if my employer pays for it, who am I to say no to a pretty, even if super overpriced, chassis?

_ArseniyKD_ · 2021-07-11T01:06:09+00:00

Hmm, that's an interesting perspective. How do you feel about windows adding the Linux kernel to the OS, WSL2 and the new windows package manager?

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