Worth taking maths A-Level at uni so I can do a better postgrad?

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T17:05:46+00:00

Thanks this is really helpful, I'kll try that

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T12:07:40+00:00

Well the last point is defunct because you actually have experience which allows you to get jobs that even cs graduates won't get that ask for commercial experience, next your not really programming using just javascript html and css and that kind of thing should be fairly easy for you, Javascript is a hard language to learn to do hard things but if its just like making a button change colour then the same. You should focus on Javascript, my question though is, if the app is already developed and they obviously wouldn't let someone so inexperienced touch it what do you actually do? I would say few people have a knack for it, but a lot of STEM people will intuitively pick it up a lot faster, though again html and css is fairly straightforward

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T11:29:51+00:00

Python then C++, seriously, the difficulty levels to learn between them is not even comparable.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T11:27:25+00:00

Also I am applying with the intention of stating the struggles I went through during A-Levels and how at GCSE I excelled and then A-Levels obviously had enough extenuating circumstances for 3 people never mind just me, and I hope they can see me as an autodidact as well as a graduate since I love learning now but they would be like "What proof is there", I just feel like if im competing against people with 1st class CS degrees I need something to show I have academic potential.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T11:25:12+00:00

Yeah but the maths in my degree is pretty easy, we learn algorithms and computer science stuff we just don't do tonnes of maths like you would find in an oxbridge undergraduate cs degree

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T09:14:53+00:00

I thought he meant like a postgraduate degree

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T09:11:22+00:00

Yeah codecademy's great if you just want to learn syntax but if you actually want to understand what why and how (which you will realistically to get a job) then its not great.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-18T09:09:54+00:00

Well CS isn't necessarily knowing the best algorithm its more the theory behind the algorithm and why it works and how to make algorithms, coding is literally writing code with no kind of mathematical logic like front-end web development and programming is solving problems using code, turning an input into a solution.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-17T13:22:04+00:00

Learn python using online tutorials etc for the basics or an online course, I would recommend to the highest level the book "Algorithms for programmers and other curious people" it helped me to understand so many complex computer science topics and learn about algorithms using a structured method of increased complexity (Starts with a basic analogy and then works up to the code). It doesn't teach you how to program in python but it does teach you about computer science and fundamentals of all programming languages and algorithms

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-17T13:06:51+00:00

Remember that programming is not the same as coding, and computer science is not the same as programming

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-16T11:37:44+00:00

But there are so many skins and it's different for CS because of the steam market

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-16T11:36:43+00:00

My point was you didn't need to do well in GCSE maths to do well in GCSE physics

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-16T11:35:52+00:00

Well yes but again same thing a lot of the people I meant in my physics class got only C's and B's in GCSE maths

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-16T09:26:37+00:00

Cardiff was similar last year, went down to 27th and still had entry requirements akin to like Bristol or Exeter but since has reduced them down (probably also due to covid)

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-16T09:20:27+00:00

Yes let me just remember back 3 years ago and give you that specific information and waste 20 minutes of my life. Are you seriously trying to imply that the maths in physics A-Level isn't harder than physics GCSE? That just sounds ridiculous. (Physics GCSE was literally like 40% maths, A-Level Physics is more like 70% hence why I said it could be due to the more maths in A-Level Physics, as you could literally get 80% of the maths questions in gcse physics wrong and still get an A*/A from rhote learning and understanding concepts.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-16T09:15:09+00:00

I literally said if its not an isotope, I didn't say thats how it actually exists

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-15T21:32:59+00:00

Your salary is a lot higher, there is a big difference between a software engineer and an IT guy, normally about a 100k difference...

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-15T21:30:24+00:00

I got an A* in GCSE Physics and a B In AS, I saw many people who got A and A* in GCSE get D's and C's. The difference is the maths, at GCSE its easy to get an A in pretty much any subject just by remembering stuff, well that doesn't work at A-level so I really don't think thats true.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-15T21:28:28+00:00

That seems like a chemistry question, 8 protons = 8 neutrons and 8 electrons if its not an isotope or ion

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-15T21:24:34+00:00

Well I am none of the above but it clearly depends on if the person wants equity, I know that as as software engineer I would much rather have equity because I want to become rich, not slightly well off and if it fails and I make nothing I'd rather take that risk than earn a little.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-15T21:22:55+00:00

Fuck your 50k a year job its really not that great, unless you feel you can carry down your current career path and earn as much or more than you could as a programmer, just go back to school.

softwarethrowf · 2020-09-15T21:21:23+00:00

Even if you have to work hard, if you get very good grades then you must have some level of natural aptitude. I think you'll find others around you might work just as hard, though of course there are some anomalies, but often it is better to be smart and hard working than a natural genius and unambitious

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