#computer science and software engineering

[bansalcollegeofengineering]

Pursue a computer science and engineering degree to build a career in technology, software development, and engineering solutions.

[thewinastudyblog]

some advice i have for future computer science students

as soon as you learn data structures & complexity, run, don’t just walk, RUN to leetcode while the knowledge is still fresh in your mind. your entire career and whether you’ll get a well-paying job vs an average paying job depends on how good you are at leetcode.

build as many projects as you can, and i’m not talking tutorial projects that take a few hours, i’m talking big projects. working on a project for a month or two will get you really far.

if you don’t have an internship, do not waste your summers, learn new technologies, languages, concepts and build projects you can put in your cv.

try to participate in hackathons and coding competitions. it’s okay if you fail, but you’ll learn a lot.

learn how to read documentation. most tutorials don’t even cover a quarter of what a language, framework or software has to offer. the sooner you make reading documentation a habit, the better it is. and yes i know, documentation is long and hard to read. my advice is only read the sections that are relevant to you in the moment. something i also personally do is look at the code examples at the same time as i am reading the paragraphs, it really helps easily absorb the information.

try not to use chatgpt. and if you do, then at least use it for stuff you know you can do yourself and will be able to correct if the bot gets it wrong. using chatgpt is a very slippery slope and the more you use it the less you learn.

the math is important. math teaches you how to reason and how to develop better logical thinking. just because you don’t see yourself using the xyz theorem you’ve learnt anytime in the future doesn’t mean the math is useless.

be prepared to get comfortable with erros, issues, bugs and just problems in general. you’ll be coding 30% of the time and debugging 70% of the time (i’m exaggerating but sometimes it feels like this is the case lol), and that’s okay, it’s how we learn and the sooner you embrace it the better. if you’re someone who easily gets frustrated, then this is a heads up.

learn as you go. there is no such thing as waiting until you know everything before you start on a project. the only way and the best way to learn in this field is practice, so build, build, and build.

these are all the ones i could think of for now. feel free to comment your thoughts and questions <3

[omeletcat]

i got an old laptop from my grandpa and was googling about it, and the wikipedia page for the micro-soft acer aspire has an image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page, containing the image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page, containing the image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page, containing the image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page, containing the image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page, containing the image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page, containing the image of the acer aspire with the wikipedia page....

[gentlewareblooming]

I've been having a hard time with programming lately. Considering that it is my job i kind of need to get it together.

My plan is to start learning stuff that isn't just the only thing I need for my current project. Try to find things about programming and computer science that interest me and maybe talk about it on this blog. I think I need to expand my curiosity about the subject.

I have all these hang ups about feeling stupid and incompetent and how hard everything is, but I need to reframe it. Yes, it doesn't come as easily to me as to others, but that's ok because I'm capable and I can put in the effort to do and learn the hard thing. And I know that at the end it will be totally worth it.

[fatcatluver69]

this might be a long shot but can anyone help me with recursion? preferably in python?

i'm at a weird spot where i get the concept but can't write any recursive functions. kind of like how some people can understand a language but can't speak it...

some sources also say that you can learn by trying to turn iterative functions into recursive ones but i can't even do that. it's just not clicking. i only know the fibonacci sequence and factorials because they are the only examples ever given.

[capitalism-and-analytics]

[soapdispensersalesman]

Still the wildest find at the computer science section of the library:

same energy as this:

Computer science people fascinate me so much, what kind of things are going on inside the terminal?

(side note: this made me super excited about the next update of my saturation plugin)

The "software engineer to living off the grid in a cabin far away from society" pipeline needs to be studied:

What was the name of that former Gameloft employee again who now makes Instagram videos in a cabin in the middle of the woods?

[stollemyheart]

🍓⸝⸝˚₊・september

days 5-7 of 30

THURSADY, 5TH SEPTEMBER-SATURDAY, 7TH SEPTEMBER

whew!! uni kicked my ass lol. it's finally the weekend, but I have a lot of work i need to catch up on. but i met my friends for dinner yesterday, which was pretty awesome. it's so weird to have all my friends living so far away because we all ended up in different unis lol. but the weather has been very nice recently, and i hope it stays that way. also happy ganesh chathurthi to everyone who celebrates!! it's one of my favourite festivals

things i did today:

did a LOT of coding; i learnt C today, and i'll never look at semi-colons the same again

played the piano <3

went to the temple

🎧: gajanana by sukhwinder singh

[dreamdolldeveloper]

[lumettaria]

i resurrected this zombie account solely to get academic support so riddle me this bitches: phd students, will this path be the end of me or a 0/10 not recommend please advise

[possibly-j]

A little tip that helped me land a software engineering internship: Work collaboratively when possible and put it on your resume. Outside of rare circumstances, software engineering is a collaborative field. Learning to work in a collaborative environment by using GitHub, planning projects, delegating tasks, and writing documentation is immensely important and is highly valued by potential employers.

Bonus Tip: Game Jams are a fun way to practice this!

[thewinastudyblog]

this weekend summarised in one picture. hope this pays off tomorrow during the technical interview. but honestly, even if i don’t pass, i’m still going to be so proud of myself because the old me could’ve never been able to do all of this in one weekend.

[cerulity]

hashmaps are O(n) worst case but y'all aren't ready to talk about that

[cutiequisitor]

there's truly no sobering experience quite like reading code you wrote years ago and trying to understand what the fuck you were thinking when you wrote it

[a-typical]

In some respects, one can think of a quantum computer today as being analogous to an analog computer from years ago. The cooling is key to reduce energy and thus vibration in the system. If a quantum computer is run for too long the processor heats up and the noise in the results increases. So sensitive is the computer to heat or vibration that at the $150 million Nanoscience Hub at Sydney University, scientists have to use stairs rather than the lifts because the quantum computer would feel the vibration of the lifts in the building and produce meaningless results. Thus in Devs, the quantum computer main lab space is depicted as a suspended hovering isolated block, inside a bunker style building. This art directed visual feature, like so many in Devs, had one foot in reality and another in fiction.

[capitalism-and-analytics]