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What Do You Do When CS Isn't Fun Any More?

wonderless asks: "Long ago and far away, I thought that I was going to be a Great Geek, and that I was going to provoke a revolution in the computer industry--and indeed, the world--with my mastery of technology. I could hardly wait to throw myself into an intense, highly technical curriculum and shine. But as I said, that was long ago and far away. Now I'm one semester away from graduation, with a 3.5 average overall and a lackluster 3.0 in CS, and I'm liking it less and less every day. I used to be able to say that at least it pays well, but now I can't even take solace in that. I drag myself to classes and through projects, and it all seems really pointless--I'm just implementing what's written in the book, and eradicating the countless off-by-one bugs is nothing short of mind-numbing. I'd like nothing better than to recapture the feeling of joy I used to get out of doing this, and to once again be able to say I'm doing what I love. What do you do when it isn't fun any more, but you'd like it to be?"

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  1. What to do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    What do you do when it isn't fun any more, but you'd like it to be?"

    The Golden Gate Bridge. Is it true that they stopped counting, because they were afraid that everybody wanted to be #1000?

  2. MAEK IT FUN AGAIN!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hi there again its me :) :) :)

    i just waented to tell yuo soem things that i haev found to maek things fun again!

    for instance i liek to do thise things at work:

    talk to hot yuong actresses
    turn them to stoen

    now i cant do this all at werk so instead i just downlode picturs and use the the gimp or photoshp to maek them into stoen!!! it's lots of fun adn then icanhave "ATALIE PORTMAN NAKED AND PETRIFIED"!!!

    thank yuo.

  3. Ask Slashdot: Lunch ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hi,

    I don't know how to think or search the web
    so I'll just ask slashdot, I know they will post even my most inane questions. So here it is:
    Am I hungry ? Should I have lunch now, or maybe a bit later ?
    Thanks !

  4. hmmmm..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    take crack cocaine....

  5. Re:It doesn't get any better by Xerithane · · Score: 1, Troll

    Definitely agreed. The bottom line is you have to want to be better. Complacency gets you exactly what you deserve.

    I have no sympathy for people who hate their jobs. Everything is a choice.

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  6. What do I do when it's not fun blah blah whahhh by 2names · · Score: 0, Troll

    quit being a puss. finish your degree and get a job, or don't finish your degree and get a job anyway. if you're not already independently wealthy, you'll have to do something to make money. if you use the money properly - make it work for you - you won't have to work for someone else your whole life. "Life is a shit sandwich, and every day you have to take another bite. However, if you make more bread, you'll have to eat (relatively) less shit." -- 2names

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    "I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
  7. Whine by johnos · · Score: 1, Troll

    Awwww... Poor baby. No fun.

    What a load of whining self-centered bullshit. You are going to graduate in a few months with a valuable University degree. About 80% of the rest of the world would love to have your problems. Sounds like your real problem is that it doesn't look like an easy path to fame and fortune any more.

    If you can't cut it, go do something else because you will be competing with people that do love it, or who are hungry for success. In either case, you don't stand a chance.

    If you want a nice life handed to you on a plate, then get prozac. You won't get the nice life, but it won't bother you as much

  8. when being a geek isn't fun anymore, you should... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    get a life.

  9. ummm yeah by uf22 · · Score: 0, Troll


    I think we can all agree that Office Space is the best movie of all time!

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    Have you ever asked yourself, Is It Normal?.