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Reply With QuoteGet an internship, man. That's how I figured it out. It's really 2 different things to be doing comp sci stuff for 1 project a week, and then be doing 'comp sci projects' 8 hours a day for a few months. Go see what it's all about.
this is what worries me too. i just started my 4th semester as a computer science student. i honestly don't know if this is what i really want..... i keep hoping i figure things out soon....Originally posted by hijinks21
i feel the same way. I'm 23 working as a sys admin and can't see myself in the computer field in another 5 years.
later,
nathan
Get an internship, man. That's how I figured it out. It's really 2 different things to be doing comp sci stuff for 1 project a week, and then be doing 'comp sci projects' 8 hours a day for a few months. Go see what it's all about.
excuse my ignorance, but wtf is an internship? (i`m also 1/2 way thru comp sci/audio tech, btw)...
You go work for a company for a few months while still in school. It's a good way to get experience before you're in the job field, and gives the companies an excuse to pay you less.
you're 1/2 through a comp sci program and they haven't said anything to you about internships yet??
generally they suggest you do an internship with a company around your sophmore - junior year. you'll go work for the company pretty just for 6 months. get paid for it, get good job experience, learn a lot
later,
nathan
second semester computer engineer here. yes, i have to agree that 9-5 computer programming is damn tough - i have held several such jobs and I find it very tough.
HOWEVER, my current plan is to work for a couple years in a whatever job and then work for myself. my dad started his own business and while i can see that it is a ton of work - it is worth it in the long run.
My computer resale business did $30,000 of gross income this summer, and that was simply selling to people that I know who were going to college. I hope to expand on that this summer and hope to double that, mainly by selling online.
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Internships are also a good way of securing yourself a job before you even graduate. If you do well on your internship, its often not a hard sell to get them to hire you once you've graduated. And as was said, its a way for companies to get cheap labour from college students
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Ahh, thanx. i understand now, i was kinda confused because we have a simlar thing has a different name here in the UK: We are offered "sandwitch" courses, where there is a work placement year literally sandwitched in the middle of the course.I was going to do one myself, but i already took a year out before starting university, so I chose not to. After working for a year with no qualifications, you realise the importance of qualifications.
I talked to admissions people some more today and they informed me that very few of my credits the past 2 years would transfer over since the bulk of my classes have been science/math related. As it turns out, designing cars is not as technical as I hoped for. It's mostly an arts thing. I thought this was pretty odd, since it seems to me that the best car designer in the world would be someone who had aerospace experience and knows things about drag and aerodynamics. Apparently that isn't the case. *SIGH* I'll find something eventually!
nope - car design goes to the guy who can best augment a man's penis with a Ford V8 - just look at the designer of the Tomahawk motorcycle.
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