Going To College For Computer Science?

SnoopyDrew

SnoopyDrew

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It's something that I have never really thought about before growing up. I always had the thought in my head that college was for suckers. I thought school in general was for suckers. I even dropped out of high school to get my GED as fast as possible so I could start working on Internet Marketing.

The more I have been thinking about it the more its starting to sound like the right plan. I know nothing about coding / programming at all. I watched an introduction to CS and I was blown away. I just wanted to get some opinions of some of you here.

Do you think going to college for CS is worth it? I would be applying to a Community College near me. I think tuition for full time students costs like 1600 bucks. I would love to hear some of your opinions as I don't really have many IRL friends that do this kind of stuff.
 
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Sure college is a big thing and will help you a lot since you are a beginner.
But have in mind that probably you'll learn pretty basic things compared to what CS has to offer.
Then you'll have to do your own research and if you like it and love it and you are passionate about it,then dont worry..everything will be even more interesting!

Go on and try it. Surely its not a waste of time.
 
chrispliakos said:
Sure college is a big thing and will help you a lot since you are a beginner.
But have in mind that probably you'll learn pretty basic things compared to what CS has to offer.
Then you'll have to do your own research and if you like it and love it and you are passionate about it,then dont worry..everything will be even more interesting!

Go on and try it. Surely its not a waste of time.
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Did you ever end up going to college? It seems like CS classes are just barely putting my foot in the door. Then there are internships and all that crap.

All I know is that I am pretty sick of wasting my time and energy on shitty 9-5 jobs. I guess at some point you need to look at the bigger picture of things. Thanks for the reply by the way.
 
Yes definitely worth it . i did know basic programming before start studying computer science so it was easy for me but the part when you start learning algorithm is sometimes can get complicated
 
I go to college and drop out. Now I self study while also doing ecommerce. For me, studying alone is so much faster than being dictated by lecturer. And if I face roadblock in programming, I hire freelancers to help me solve it
 
depends

if your country and city is up to date you can go. here you will face only outdated languages if you attempt to learn from school.

but I guess you are from USA and schools there are very good


I have been learning java online from up to date source. not that hard. just takes a lot of dedicated work and time. much better choice for me than travel hours daily then learn outdated stuff after paying some big amount of money
 
So I took computer science for two years and dropped out (due to health reasons).
During my time off, I was able to learn everything else online - for free - and better quality. The dev community is open to beginners, and we accept people from all backgrounds and previous careers.

It would be better to join a meetup, or reddit board where you can share your interests and progress with mates.


Finally, I would advise you to specialize: Machine Learning, Data Analysis for Big Data, AI, AR, VR, etc. Computer science major will give you more theory and science, not much application. Aim for software engineer (where you handle high-level architecture problems instead of coding hands on.), web development (learn the basics of design), or even cybersecuity - a job that YOUR COUNTRY will NEVER outsource (you'll never be out of a job)
 
zanekills1 said:
So I took computer science for two years and dropped out (due to health reasons).
During my time off, I was able to learn everything else online - for free - and better quality. The dev community is open to beginners, and we accept people from all backgrounds and previous careers.

It would be better to join a meetup, or reddit board where you can share your interests and progress with mates.


Finally, I would advise you to specialize: Machine Learning, Data Analysis for Big Data, AI, AR, VR, etc. Computer science major will give you more theory and science, not much application. Aim for software engineer (where you handle high-level architecture problems instead of coding hands on.), web development (learn the basics of design), or even cybersecuity - a job that YOUR COUNTRY will NEVER outsource (you'll never be out of a job)
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This is probably the best advice I have gotten in a while. I am going to do all of this. Not sure if cyber security is something that would be a job I would love but it sounds to me like something that will keep you very comfortable. I gotta find something in that comfortable medium.

I have zero clue on how college really works. Would it be possible for me to take computer science and say web development at the same time? Or does it not work like that do to time restrictions? Or is that just a little too overwhelming?
 
They have a programm for computer science, maybe you will learn php/css/html there
as in my uni we study 220 hours of php , no css and html but you can learn them your self
and yes we will have next year web development too, but as i know less then 100 hours
 
With the rise of Udemy, Lynda, free coding camps online and this forum which has a great amount of free content on programming, I guess it doesn't really make sense to me. Tech is always changing and it's moving at an alarming rate. Now it's all about Node and React and a few years ago it was about different technologies. I do my own freelance web development using WordPress for small to medium sized businesses and I am happy I didn't go and get a diploma in Web Development because it wouldn't help me at all today. I was listening to John McAfee the other day talk about this. How colleges try to structure everything, but to be honest in development there really is not much structure in the day to day operations. One day you are building a rebranded website with CSS and JS and the next day you are figuring out how to speed the website up by minifying CSS and JS so that consumers don't have to wait 8 seconds for the website to load. Also I know a good amount of software developers and web developers and most of them don't care that you have a degree, they just want to see your work and what you can produce for them. But it's definitely not a bad idea, it will get you a good paying position and other opportunities.
 
I say go for it. I am 100% self taught in IT and whilst I agree that you can learn quicker in a practical setting, and that a lot of stuff you learn in the classroom might be irrelevant in the real world I do think that you get a very solid base from it.

If I could go back to school I would of definitely have stayed on and went to college + uni.
 
SnoopyDrew said:
This is probably the best advice I have gotten in a while. I am going to do all of this. Not sure if cyber security is something that would be a job I would love but it sounds to me like something that will keep you very comfortable. I gotta find something in that comfortable medium.

I have zero clue on how college really works. Would it be possible for me to take computer science and say web development at the same time? Or does it not work like that do to time restrictions? Or is that just a little too overwhelming?
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Computer science is the theory of storing data in 0s and 1s. Web development is the application of that. You'd be going into two different directions. With today's advancements in Computer Science, most of the low level problems you'll be dealing with have been solved and abstracted away.

For example; to implement a stack in C/C++ will take you a week to learn and implement in the classroom. With Javascript (web dev), arrays have the "abstract functionality of a stack" where using "pop" and "push" are just 2 lines of code! Do you really need to know how to build a stack object? or just apply it? If you said yes to the first question - CS. Otherwise - web dev.
 
totally worth it , also it can help you with IT as well so , id go for it
 
No, it's not worth it. Anyone can make money now on the internet. This removes the need to 'get a job', which and has always been the sole purpose of going t school/college. In fact - fun fact - school was set up as a system to create factory workers.

Makes sense doesn't it.
 
SnoopyDrew said:
Did you ever end up going to college? It seems like CS classes are just barely putting my foot in the door. Then there are internships and all that crap.

All I know is that I am pretty sick of wasting my time and energy on shitty 9-5 jobs. I guess at some point you need to look at the bigger picture of things. Thanks for the reply by the way.
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I'm currently studying at a uni here in Greece.Yeah its not a college but it's the best you can get for free as I got into one of the most difficult (from the perceptive of how difficult it is to enter,with a really high grade at the final tests and how difficult it is to finish it) "classes",Mechanical Engineering.
I'm pretty sure that if in our uni and every uni you get a pretty basic knowledge for the thing that you are studying comparing with what you'll have to learn and master if you want to succeed,its the same for colleges,maybe colleges have a little better educational system explaining the fee that you pay.

I have friends in colleges but yeah,its all about the country,the fees that you are gonna pay,the interest that you have for the object etc.
But its a very good start for what you are looking for
 
well, women will treat you like HERPES if you mention anything with "computers", just to warn you.
however, thats for "westernized" ones. ones from former USSR think think anything with computers is a REAL MEN JOB.
oh, and please dont come Putzshaming now. I done my studies even in that matter. Love first hand real world experience.

"unemployed" beat Computer guy, btw. best was "architect" (they never asked WHAT I build. eifeltower, websites, YT accounts.. never)
 
darulez said:
well, women will treat you like HERPES if you mention anything with "computers", just to warn you.
however, thats for "westernized" ones. ones from former USSR think think anything with computers is a REAL MEN JOB.
oh, and please dont come Putzshaming now. I done my studies even in that matter. Love first hand real world experience.

"unemployed" beat Computer guy, btw. best was "architect" (they never asked WHAT I build. eifeltower, websites, YT accounts.. never)
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i was expecting your post about women here
 
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