I am a BSc student who is going to start the last year of my degree and I am wondering how relevant my final year project choice is going to be when looking for a job next year - and how it will affect what jobs will be open/closed to me when searching for my first programming/developer job. I presently have a couple of options for my f...
I'm looking to do a masters in computer science on the east coast of the US in the next couple of years but I'm one of those people who's mostly self-taught. I graduated in 2005 with a law undergraduate degree (in the UK) so i have several questions: Is professional experience useful in my masters application, or do they value 'formal ...
Hi, I have recently graduated from University with a 1st class computing science degree and I'm looking to get work as a programmer (Java or C#). I am looking for opinions / recommendations regarding any UK (Preferably Yorkshire area) graduate schemes which offer good experience, pay, etc... Many many thanks. ...
This article in the NZ Herald got me thinking. It's entitled "IT grads halved over past 4 years". Some of the points mentioned: stereotype of the IT nerd following the dot-com crash there was a perception that IT was not a solid career choice Is this just a NZ thing? Given the shortage, the decent salaries and the fact that these...
I was wondering what is considered to be a "good" undergrad GPA in the industry for new grads? I understand it is a vague question and involves lots of variables, but say you graduated from an average college (University of Minnesota) what would your GPA have to be to give you a solid shot at getting jobs at decent companies. I am in my ...
I am currently in the process of preparing for the computer science GRE and I was wondering if anyone at Stack Overflow could offer some advice or point me towards some useful resources? Here are some resources I'm already familiar with: Titanium Bits Practice Exam - Additional practice questions made by a third party. Slashdot | GRE ...
I'm in my final year of Computer Science studies at an Australian university. Everywhere I look, somebody is asking if I "have any plans for when I graduate". Aside from wanting to work in a small programming shop, I have none. Should I be applying for jobs now even though I don't graduate until October? I was planning to simply send ou...
Hi, I was wondering whether I could get some advice from some more experienced developers out there. Basically I will be graduating this summer with a degree in computing and am keen to go into web development. At the moment I have a a fair bit of experience with php (object orientated) and while I have also have a fair bit of c# expe...
I got my theme for "graduate work" (I dont know if this is the right term but I think you'll understand :)) which is: Developing CMS in ASP.NET/MVC What I need is some good literature and if someone could recommend something I would appreciate it! ...
Hi all, Not sure if this is entirely on topic, but it seemed just as relevant as questions about programming books, etc., so here goes. I'm about to be a junior in college, planning on majoring in Computing and the Arts, which will be roughly half computer science and half music. I've programmed in my spare time for years, last year go...
I started my first graduate job couple of days ago, but I'm quite surprised and a frustrated. My mentor is a person who has been working in the company for couple of months. He is really nice guy but I can see he is also frustrated, and my manager seems to be ok with it. I was going to raised this issue along other ones but I thought th...
I just graduated from a fairly well-known liberal arts college in May. Interestingly, I majored in psychology, with a concentration in social psychology. In college I took Intro to Computer Science and hated it (used to blame it on myself; now I blame it on the professor :) However, I've always wanted to be a programmer, and finally got ...
I graduated in June from Ohio State with a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering and I'm frustrated with figuring out what to look for in a job. I haven't had much help from Engineering Career Services. I've had a couple appointments at the school but they've mostly only helped me with mock interviews, going over my resume, etc. The ...
I just completed the "Practice test" from the ETS website: http://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about/content/computer_science and I've just noticed that you have to post it off to them to get it marked! Is there any list of answers for this booklet anywhere that I can use to grade myself? ...