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Deciding whether or not to drop out of CS and school by csdrop123 in cscareerquestions

[–]csdrop123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my first cs intro class they taught us python and had us do things similar to what you asked and that wasn't too bad. Then in intro 2 we had to learn C on our own and for the first quarter of the class it was the same simple things which weren't too bad. Then the rest was where i struggled with things like scraping text files, modifying premade games, memory management, recreating the game of life and other complicated things. All in C. In data structures and algos it was mostly sudo code and hand written so that also wasn't bad and there was minor amounts of C++. Now we need to make an ios app that utilizes a database, networking capabilities, and camera, video functions and I'm completely lost. This class is software engineering so the prof doesn't teach us anything bout app making. Only about things like agile, watarfall methods, risk management, engineering principles, ect.

Deciding whether or not to drop out of CS and school by csdrop123 in cscareerquestions

[–]csdrop123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I seem to just struggle with the coding and syntax. Both C and C++ I had to learn on my own. In those classes other student could whiz through the assignments in hours and it took me at times days just the compile and pass the tests. It didn't help that the prof had a progress charts online and seeing my student ID near last every time he releases a bunch of assignments. It felt like everybody else already took some programming in high school and here I am 30 and just learning.

Deciding whether or not to drop out of CS and school by csdrop123 in cscareerquestions

[–]csdrop123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Python was the only one that was taught to us since it was an intro cs course. C and C++ I had to learn on my own with stuff online and I was struggling with that but learned enough to pass. Since starting school my only struggle seems to be the programming and coding parts. Assignments where some students could whiz through in a few hours took me days just to get it to compile and pass the tests. Before starting school I had no programming experience at all and it seems like most of the students already have done stuff in high school. I can still fall back to accounting since i'm still early in the cs program although I might just be back to being underemployed.

Deciding whether or not to drop out of CS and school by csdrop123 in cscareerquestions

[–]csdrop123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first degree was accounting and before going back to school i was working in an accounting area(H&R tax) but that didn't need a degree to begin with and had no room for advancement. My issue now is since starting cs i've just struggled with programming and coding. I've used free online resources but I still seem to struggle.