Is CS as meme degree as people claim?
Thinking of switching from math major to cs.
Is CS as meme degree as people claim?
Adrian White
Jordan Allen
Please respond
Jason Bennett
Let me run you down our college, I'm first year, 4 months in:
We have
1.) Programming,
2.) Math (Discrete Structures first semester),
3.) Web Development,
4.) User Software (basically getting familiar with power of Word, Excell, math tools, writting shell scripts, etc.. anything you can imagine),
5.) Computer systems a.k.a hardware
6.) Language
First month was pretty easy, if you don't count math, but then all of the sudden all hell broke lose.
You spend whole days doing poorly written assignments for everything, other than math (which we have to study on our own).
So you go from zero to suddenly learning about structures and pointes, memory allocation, etc.. learning about HTML/CSS/JS/jQuery/Bootstrap/PHP, etc.. while getting absolutely raped with assignments at User Software and having to do seminary work at computer systems for application that connects through API and scans shit and documenting it. All this while having to learn math on the side, which I wouldn't say is even the hardest, since you just study on your own and don't have ridiclious deadlines and defending assignments.
Basically, I'm studying and working on assignments all day every fucking day, because they rape you with everything, while studying math. Prepare to think about concepts 12 hours per day and memorizing Word, Excell and other software functionalities like a rainman.
It's fucking insane, complete fucking rape where I'm from. I'd rather study math on my own without deadlines than work on assignments all day everyday like a fucking robot and having to memorize hundreds on new small things everyday about every program, language and concept you work with.
It's kind of a meme in my case, because you end up doing every other assignment that takes 10 times more work, than actually learning programming. I don't fucking know anymore how am I supposed to do everything while studying. You have to have zero life in order to pass. It's only Jow Forums that thinks it's a meme mostly.
Austin Watson
Basically, there's not enough time to do and learn everything unless you are the most good boy in the world without life that can focus on learning and doing tasks 24 hours per day. Which is kind of what you are supposed to do in college, but fuck me, I'd rather have bad grades and go out and connect with people than spend 3 days doing some retarded fucking shit in Excell or reading an assignment on how to write macros (which is mandatory assignment) for 2 hours and still having no idea what the fuck am I supposed to do.
It's fucking insane workload in every possible direction. They stretch you ass hard as they can. Basically throw you in water and say learn how to swim lmao, you got 7 days.
Connor Jones
I also think about 30-50% have already stopped going to college and gave up.
Ethan Ross
What country?
I'm from northern europe and people I know studying CS don't have it as bad I think
Jackson Ross
Central Europe, but our college is kind of known to be insane. Every time you mention you are going to the "CS meme", they kind of think you are crazy to go into this insanity and just start praying for you.
Logan Bennett
>basically getting familiar with power of Word, Excell, math tools, writting shell scripts
meme
Adam Wood
Depends on where your studying. CS education is unstandardized as hell. Some people would argue thats a good thing but in all honesty it can make getting consistent programmers outside of the meat grinder a total clusterfuck.
Grayson Campbell
Jesus Christ. Got me scared there for a while. Sounds fucking insane, but I am sure that your story is most likely not most peoples experience in CS.