Learning CS

[MyThirdEye]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Mo0o
It's not very hard. Click left mouse to shoot, WASD to move. pew pew pew

LAWL

was thinking the same thing.

 

[olds]

<---- CS

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: nkgreen
For me, programming has been the easiest part of my curriculum.

<- junior in CS

I'd absolutely agree with this. I'm half way through my 2nd year in CS.

Agreed (aside from university core classes for all majors). Graduated this may with a BS, starting MS in the Fall.

Theoretical CS classes (data structures, algorithms, compilers, etc.), a crap load of mathematics (calculus series, relational algebra and most importantly linear algebra and discrete) with a slice of hardware (NOT A+ hardware classes, think building processors with gates) will give you a good tour of CS, a large field. I highly suggest you attend a university.

 

[Kev]

It's really hard for most people. Except for 90% of the people on this forum, for whom it is pretty easy. YMMV.

 

[shiz stain]

I guess that I always thought that if you were meant to be a coder, that you would automatically just take to it like a duck to water. I may just take a class and see how I go.

 

[shiz stain]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
For me, programming has been the easiest part of my curriculum.

<- junior in CS

When you say easy, what exactly do you mean? How quickly you learnt it, or how easy it is to break problems down logically etc?

 

[dwell]

Originally posted by: shiz stain
I want to know either from anyone who taught themselves Computer Science, or who went to a college how quickly you should pick up the concepts?

Taught my self everything from books (programming C++, Java, etc) then got a real job and got my degree in 2 1/2 years going at night all year round. There's some things you can't really teach yourself. I suggest classes for algorithms, etc as well as soft skills (writing, English) and Math.