20 years I was taught languages (Pascal, Basic, LISP), data structures and algorithms, and math classes. I would like to know what is being taught in the last 10 years? Are there courses on process and life cycle? Are there Microsoft .Net and Java specific courses? Are there business application development and enterprise computing ...
How important is an MBA for a Computer Science Major if the CS Major wants to eventually reach a management position? Should I go for the dual degree program in college? EDIT ------------------------- So based on the 1 answer so far, if I want to get into a management position I NEED an MBA eventually...Its very useful / essential in ...
Are there any good (as in recommended) (and free) resources available for finding CS related scholarships? ...
As an experienced software developer, what advice would you give to a first-year college/university student for things to do during a software engineering course? I was asked this yesterday by a local college student who had to interview an IT professional for an assignment. I suggested three things: Write lots of code - you get good ...
I will be attending college in the near future and would love to be prepared and ahead of of the curve. Will be attending to get a BS in Computer Science. Are there any recommendations on what to read/study before starting classes? I already started reading some books on C++ and will be starting with some java books next along with pyth...
I am in a quite unusual family situation. For the next two years, I have to stay at home where the only post-secondary institution available is a community college. After two years, I will have to start earning a living. I do not really have any real-world programming experience to put on my résumé. I did some not-too-advanced work in PH...
Hey guys, I am a computer science student "at some university" and am quite appalled at the lack of CS/programming clubs on my campus. We have an ACM presence but ideally what I am looking for is a place for CS students to hang out, maybe work on some projects and generally just socialize. We also do not have an actual lounge, as opposed...
A friend is contemplating pursuing a career in software development and has asked me, I just wanted to know if there are jobs in this field. I didn't know how easy it would be for me to get into the field once I complete the classes. What do you think? Please describe your experience/perception on breaking into the field at the ea...
I work for a community college in North Carolina. Our most central repository of data is a software system called Datatel, aka Colleague (why it has two names, I don't know). In our case the underlying data store is IBM Unidata. I develop with .net technologies. Does anyone have any idea about consuming data from Datatel/Colleague in a...
I know this may seem a strange question, but pretty soon I have to give a presentation on my project and I'm gonna have to explain why it doesn't work as was specified. I'm worried I will lose grades due to missing the spec, and I suppose I should technically, but this project in my opinion was overly difficult for the timespan. This is...
Hello all. I've searched over the posts I could find on "What's the best AI book" and I found all the responses I expected to see, but I did not find what I was looking for. I'm interested in a book that I can use in a teaching environment that explains AI topics such as Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Decision Tree learning, Indu...
I'm a rising senior studying CS. I'm going to be taking the Senior Project course at my university. I already have a couple of ideas, but was curious to hear about ideas from others. I'm kinda leaning towards something systems related (operaing, distributed, web app, whatever), but I'm also interested in programming language theory and ...
I finished second year Computer Science at university with a very good reputation. I was looking for internships and jobs for graduates in general and it seems that going to college for cs is useless. They haven't taught me anything that employers are looking for (like Java EE, C#) all I have been taught is theory which I'm sure most peo...
I've completed high school studies and interested to learn programming, web developing/designing. Now instead of MPC(maths,phy,che), I'm thinking of taking some easy subjects like CEC(civics, economics, commerce) or MEC(maths, economics, civics) in college. Because we get less free time when we take MPC. So, I wanna take easy subjects ...
What's the difference between them? Which is better? Please share your thoughts on it.. ...
In light that many of the Stackoverflow members are CS college students (myself included), and there are many veterans surfing the website at the same time, I feel that it would certainly be beneficial for us to get some advice during our time in the college. I've read th article Advice for Computer Science College Students from Joel on...
I recently came across Erlang, the programming language, and I've become interested in developing large scale real-time browser based web-applications. I'd like to know if there are any graduate courses, anywhere in the US, which will teach me about writing scalable web-aplications or something similar. ...
I am considering working towards a BA in CS. What are the disadvantages of going with distance education? I am willing to work hard and do what it takes to succeed. What do employers generally think of a distance education degree? What schools would you recommend? I am 22 have about two years of self-tought experience in VBA, have done...
Hi, I've taken VB.net, Java, and C++ ~3months each in a college so basically, right now, what I know are basic stuff.. This fall, I'm going to do a bit of web development course with XHTML/HTML/Javascript and some database management course as well. Since I'm learning something new (bit of web dev), I'm not keen on learning a new langua...
I don't know what every university calls that, but I'm talking about a course that primarily teaches you compilation principles, and how to implement a basic compiler. Do you think it's helpful for a programmer to have that knowledge (not necessarily one who wishes to develop a compiler in the future)? ...