This time next year I'll have my A level results and hopefully a Computer Science place at a university. At the moment I'm fairly competent in PHP but I'd like to use the next year to learn something new that would help me next year. So what languages would benefit me at the moment? At the moment I'm thinking about picking up Java, or p...
In an age where experience seems to be paramount, does anyone still see great value in having a college (specifically Computer Science) degree? Would those three years be better spent working in a top-shelf software company? ...
After reading the responses to Is a College/University Degree Still Relevant?, I'd then ask, once you complete a university technology degree, would pursuing a masters in the field be worth it? Or is the experience you would gain working for those two years be more valuable? Or is a masters degree something that is more valuable after ...
I have found the MIT Open Courseware to be a great resource for free computer science college courses. Every software engineer should be required to take the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs class. Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon also provide some great online courses. Are there any more colleges that offer quality compu...
Over the summer, I was fortunate enough to get into Google Summer of Code. I learned a lot (probably more than I've learned in the sum of all my university coursework). I'm really wondering why they don't teach a few of the things I learned sooner in school though. To name a few: unit testing version control agile development It s...
Having just finished University I was just wondering if people think that exams are the best way to train people to write computer programs or should it be taught in a strictly practical, hands-on way. ...
I received my BS in CompSci in 2001, Im 34 years old and have never had a programming job. Due to a family business, I was obligiged to sacrifice my wanting to go out on my own so that I could help my parents with their business. Now that the business is doing extremely well and not in need of my help, I want to get out of here. :) What...
What's the one thing you would you tell someone just starting at Uni, or wish someone had told you before you started? [Edit: thanks already for the astounding advice, I won't mark any as accepted because I couldn't choose.] ...
I will be entering my third year of university in my next academic year, once I've finished my placement year as a web developer, and I would like to hear some opinions on the two modules in the Title. I'm interested in both, however I want to pick one that will be relevant to my career and that I can apply to systems I develop. I'm do...
I'm currently in my second year of a Computer Science degree and all is going well. I finished the first year with flying colours, even whilst spending a couple of months out for physiotherapy on a previous injury, and now the second year's content seems relatively straightforward. If I can keep up this rate of achievement then I'm sure ...
I am a high school senior in the middle of the college application process. I am applying to Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Cal Poly, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, and University of Washington. I have a reasonably good chance of being accepted to many of them. I want to major in Computer Science in college. Has anyone attended any of th...
I already have a good knowledge of technology, the IT industry, and IT business models, but I'm considering complementing my knowledge by studying commerce at university. Is this a wise choice? A friend told me that the courses tend to be too theoretical and not applicable to real-life business. Any thoughts? ...
Are there any good (as in recommended) (and free) resources available for finding CS related scholarships? ...
I saw this topic and had a bit of a different question. I've taken almost all the math classes necessary for a CS degree (Calculus I-III, Linear Algebra, Discrete Math, and I'll be taking Statistics this semester). To get a math minor, I only need one more class. Has anybody taken any classes other than these that they found helpful? ...
I studied hard in the high school to get a high score and qualify to the local university in which I currently study IT, but after getting to the university I found it too crappy to teach anyone anything, and that is not only my opinion but also the opinion of my fellow colleagues. Now what do you advise me to do to get that (programmin...
First, let me state that I prefer in class training. I like the exchange that students have with the professors. Now, saying that, it is very hard for me to take regular in-class courses at my local university because I am a father and husband and I need to work during the day to support my family. I never knew what I wanted to do with m...
Hi, We are currently advertising for a team of programmers with in the society to develop an open source project, and we're hoping for a turnout of about 10 - 15 fairly good programmers. Although we need to see what type of a project our team would like to do, it would be great to get some opinions on what people feel is missing / incomp...
I'm constantly being inundated with articles and people talking about how most of today's Universities are nothing more than Java vocational schools churning out mediocre programmer after mediocre programmer. Our very own Joel Spolsky has his famous article, "The Perils of Java Schools." Similarly, Alan Kay, a famous Computer Scientist...
I'm 21. My senior year of undergrad university is approaching quickly, and I don't know what I'm going to do when I graduate. Instead of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, I'm bored and apathetic about graduate school or entering the workforce. I've taught myself programming languages, computer/electrical engineering concepts, an...
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...