[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/sci/ - Science & Math

View post   
File: 78 KB, 640x960, 483459_140776102736297_1831079743_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
5903544 No.5903544 [Reply] [Original]

Hay /sci/ I am in the middle of picking what degree I want to do. I have always enjoyed computers and have a great interest in them. So I was wondering is it worth taking a computer science degree, or is it a waste ?

>> No.5903550

Forget about what you enjoy: go toward what you have talents in.
You'll find a way to involve what you are good at later.

Two things: your degree isn't 'what you want to do.' It is what you will learn, and you will tell employers later how it helps you do their jobs.

Second, the aphorism: do what you enjoy, and you'll never feel like it is work. (and the cautionary: you probably haven't got any idea what you would enjoy yet, so assume you do not know.)

>> No.5903565
File: 125 KB, 948x543, csers3.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
5903565

>>5903544
>computer science degree

>> No.5903572

>>5903565
What degree do you suggest I take ?

>> No.5903593

>>5903572
Electrical Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Computer Engineering

>> No.5903609

>>5903593
This. Or Physics.

Btw, check out one of the other threads in which we try to convince people why not to waste their lives away with a computer science degree.

(I develop high performance software professionally and academically. I would not touch CS with a 10 foot pole.)

>> No.5903626

>>5903609
Why is the degree so bad ?

>> No.5903675

>>5903626

inferiority complex

a computer scientist learns the basics of what a computer engineer would learn, plus more abstract stuff that builds on that technology - so in a professional environment, a CS could do a CE's job, but not the other way round.

>> No.5903683

>>5903609
>Getting a B.S. in Physics

Good little pleb

>> No.5903687

>>5903675
>a computer scientist learns the basics of what a computer engineer would learn, plus more abstract stuff that builds on that technology - so in a professional environment, a CS could do a CE's job, but not the other way round.

The fuck are you smoking? A CE can do (and often do) CS work, but a CS major could never do CE work.

>> No.5903689

>>5903683
I can't study Physics, I do not have the required A levels to go into any sciences, I only have ICT btec with a Maths A level

>> No.5903691

>>5903687
Nearly every uni I have applied to does not offer a CE degree on CS

>> No.5903693
File: 3 KB, 948x543, average brain function3.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
5903693

>>5903626
A 10 year old could major in it without problem

>> No.5903695

>>5903544
Don't listen to these fuck-wits who would have you believe that the only degree worth pursuing is physics or mathematics.

Now, before I set out giving advice, I ask you... do you like the way computers work physically (like the hardware, circuitry, design of them), or are you more interested in software?

>> No.5903697

>>5903544
Celsius, Fahrenheit or Kelvin?

>> No.5903700

>>5903695
Software really

>> No.5903703

>>5903700
Then do CS. Fuck these uni freshman who just took calc I.

>> No.5903704

>>5903691
CSE, EECS

>> No.5903711

>>5903703
Ahh thanks

>> No.5903717

CS if you go to a top 10 uni

Math
Physics
EE
CompE

otherwise

>> No.5903715
File: 12 KB, 343x355, 1326168505837.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
5903715

>> No.5903725

>>5903717
>CS if you go to a top 10 uni
Still sucks balls.

CS should only be considered as a graduate degree after getting an undergraduate degree in something else.

>> No.5903728
File: 171 KB, 558x400, 1370461856118.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
5903728

>>5903717

>not just going to a top five physics school

lelf

>> No.5903733

>>5903700
>>5903695
>implying CS is about computers and software design

>> No.5903738

>>5903733
I don't know what you think CS is. Really, I'd like to know.

>> No.5903739

>>5903733

CS at the undergrad level is more engineering than theory, because you're being graded on your ability to hack together working programs and squash bugs rather than your ability to perform abstract conceptual analysis and problem solving. If you want to go straight into the workforce, it's perfectly acceptable, but physics is a better way to learn to problem solve, and math is a better way to learn pure logic.

>> No.5903741

>>5903738
The study of computation. Computers are just a tool used to achieve the goal.

see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Op3QLzMgSY&list=PLB6A5561FCC9850C7&index=1

>> No.5903750

>>5903739
That's not engineering

>> No.5903754

>>5903739
That's a fair point. I just want OP to understand that "I like computers and I know how to ping on cmd.exe" is not a good reason to pursue CS.

>> No.5903768

>>5903741
Wow. After watching that, I'd say DEFINITELY study CS. Shit's ace as fuck.

>> No.5903775

>>5903750

That's exactly engineering. Engineering is about practical application of science, not the pure pursuit for the sake of furthering our knowledge.

>> No.5903778

>>5903593
>>5903717

So guise what about Mechanical Engineering, would you recommend it?

>> No.5903784

>>5903775
No math, no science, no engineering

>> No.5903813

Hay guys, would it be worth it for me to get a dual Math and CS degree from a top ten university that my parents have to pay out of state tuition for?