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2018-07-16 04:21:59 UTC  

It also helps that i love maths myself

2018-07-16 04:22:13 UTC  

It's the most creative part of STEM

2018-07-16 04:22:17 UTC  

I used to, but now I just struggle with it.

2018-07-16 04:22:45 UTC  

i never had difficulties in math but i hated it

2018-07-16 04:22:52 UTC  

I'd say with that knowledge computer science should definitely be pursued.

2018-07-16 04:23:02 UTC  

Hey, American education isn't too bad

2018-07-16 04:23:10 UTC  

Atleast the students aren't killing themselves

2018-07-16 04:23:12 UTC  

it really is

2018-07-16 04:23:15 UTC  

Having any programming knowledge these days should be pursued

2018-07-16 04:23:46 UTC  

The education here is really bad. Completely based on rote learning, memorisation

2018-07-16 04:23:49 UTC  

Coming out and not qualifying for jobs and a path to prison and drugs doesn't help though

2018-07-16 04:24:00 UTC  

that can be difficult

2018-07-16 04:24:14 UTC  

Comp Sci is kinda different. You can get a good job if you don't have a degree

2018-07-16 04:24:24 UTC  

American education isn't bad, the problem is that it is not good.

2018-07-16 04:24:31 UTC  

many employees care more of what you've done vs. what your degree is

2018-07-16 04:24:47 UTC  

though not to knock having a comp. sci degree

2018-07-16 04:25:10 UTC  

Degree can certainly help more in the what you learn vs the accolade itself

2018-07-16 04:25:16 UTC  

@RedShipley what would you say i do to increase my chances of getting a job?

2018-07-16 04:25:34 UTC  

a good github profile

2018-07-16 04:25:57 UTC  

maybe a website that they can browse

2018-07-16 04:26:21 UTC  

Cool. I'll do that!

2018-07-16 04:26:54 UTC  

If you can do a lot currently, building a portfolio always helps.

2018-07-16 04:27:00 UTC  

If you have a bunch of projects on that, you'll be steps ahead of your fellow grads that don't

2018-07-16 04:28:50 UTC  

One of the more important things you learn with schooling is the algorithms really.

2018-07-16 04:29:58 UTC  

also this website: https://www.careercup.com/

2018-07-16 04:30:10 UTC  

has a lot of the questions that interviewers ask

2018-07-16 04:30:21 UTC  

sometimes even straight from it

2018-07-16 04:30:43 UTC  

people are often too busy to be creative

2018-07-16 04:31:34 UTC  

My uncle tells me that clean, organized, and optimized code are often sought after, it is not always best to just make it work, but needs to be ready to be adapted.

2018-07-16 04:32:27 UTC  

very true

2018-07-16 04:32:54 UTC  

i often dont finish until the deadline because product owners change their mind constantly

2018-07-16 04:33:20 UTC  

Also notes are absolutely necessary, because it will help others that you work with, or someone in the future who will be doing updates, or even yourself because you will forget why you even did something. Ether way employers will look for this.

2018-07-16 04:33:30 UTC  

Good point.

2018-07-16 04:35:48 UTC  

I imagine that a lot of programs rely on each other as well, especially when considering databases, so I would guess that being organized would help in that sense as well.

2018-07-16 04:36:47 UTC  

Good documentation for the future

2018-07-16 04:38:03 UTC  

I imagine there are moments when a programmer remembers there was something super effective that they used before but cant quite remember what it was.

2018-07-16 04:39:05 UTC  

It happens. After thousands of lines of codes, things get forgotten

2018-07-16 04:40:36 UTC  

Something my friend would often use.

2018-07-16 04:45:58 UTC  

Also good place to practice, run into problems that if you find an answer for will help you down the line.