Message from @RedShipley
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That's great!
Personally, i've never had difficulty in maths
Maybe cos it's the difference with the schools we attended
We were taught about differentiation in 7th grade
well that certainly helps, America education greatly falling behind.
And calculus was mostly covered by 10th grade
It also helps that i love maths myself
It's the most creative part of STEM
I used to, but now I just struggle with it.
i never had difficulties in math but i hated it
I'd say with that knowledge computer science should definitely be pursued.
Hey, American education isn't too bad
Atleast the students aren't killing themselves
it really is
Having any programming knowledge these days should be pursued
The education here is really bad. Completely based on rote learning, memorisation
Coming out and not qualifying for jobs and a path to prison and drugs doesn't help though
that can be difficult
Comp Sci is kinda different. You can get a good job if you don't have a degree
American education isn't bad, the problem is that it is not good.
though not to knock having a comp. sci degree
Degree can certainly help more in the what you learn vs the accolade itself
@RedShipley what would you say i do to increase my chances of getting a job?
a good github profile
maybe a website that they can browse
Cool. I'll do that!
If you can do a lot currently, building a portfolio always helps.
If you have a bunch of projects on that, you'll be steps ahead of your fellow grads that don't
One of the more important things you learn with schooling is the algorithms really.
also this website: https://www.careercup.com/
has a lot of the questions that interviewers ask
sometimes even straight from it
people are often too busy to be creative
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.
very true
i often dont finish until the deadline because product owners change their mind constantly
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.
Good point.
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.
Good documentation for the future