I still dream of tetris (NES tetris 2 more than the original) and finally rolling over the score twice. what was worse, though, was realizing I was thinking in code--int closeWindow (window* handle) and that sort of thing..
I went to university right after high school, got a business degree (majored in MIS), did what I was supposed to after graduation work-wise, hated it and am now back doing a BSc in compsci and enjoying it immensely. In contrast to the "crash courses" I also considered (versus another degree program), I am learning not applications or environments, but *how* to learn them for myself, so the prospect of being given a project in a language I've never seen with an environment I've never used doesn't cause an aneurysm. As for content--courses like like algorithms or non-procedural programming languages don't nessarily have a direct, immediately visible application in your day-to-day toilings as a sysadmin or developer or systems analyst--but they do let you look at a problem from different angles and give you an expanded toolset.
and generally--university grads have better writing skills, which are important if you want to move into management, or even senior development positions (in proposals and correspondence, grammar and spelling count).
This budding geek girl isn't impressed with the pickings in her cs program. Then again, it could be because I'm five to seven years older than all the geeklets...
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I own a PS2 and refuse to upgrade to a PS3 until I find that damned Amulet of Yendor. That gives me about three years.
I still dream of tetris (NES tetris 2 more than the original) and finally rolling over the score twice. what was worse, though, was realizing I was thinking in code--int closeWindow (window* handle) and that sort of thing..
I went to university right after high school, got a business degree (majored in MIS), did what I was supposed to after graduation work-wise, hated it and am now back doing a BSc in compsci and enjoying it immensely. In contrast to the "crash courses" I also considered (versus another degree program), I am learning not applications or environments, but *how* to learn them for myself, so the prospect of being given a project in a language I've never seen with an environment I've never used doesn't cause an aneurysm. As for content--courses like like algorithms or non-procedural programming languages don't nessarily have a direct, immediately visible application in your day-to-day toilings as a sysadmin or developer or systems analyst--but they do let you look at a problem from different angles and give you an expanded toolset.
and generally--university grads have better writing skills, which are important if you want to move into management, or even senior development positions (in proposals and correspondence, grammar and spelling count).
the ultimate geek toy?
the zorb
http://www.zorb.com
This budding geek girl isn't impressed with the pickings in her cs program. Then again, it could be because I'm five to seven years older than all the geeklets...