U hate computer science?

[eliteorange]

How many of you guys tried to major in CS and found out that you really really really hated it?:|
learning to program is driving me nutz!
any1 else feel the same? and what major u switched to?

 

[stso]

me

 

[oLLie]

My first quarter was good, but my second quarter (after goin to the honors cs track) is turning out to be pure death.

 

[kpxgq]

that would be me.. switching to business major next semester

 

[singh]

HATE the theory.. but love to program

 

[ShadowHunter]

I've done well so far. Granted I haven't gone very far, so we'll see. My friend has already decided to switch to business from CS cuz he hated it so much.

 

Yup, I took it for 2 years, and then dropped it all togeather.
I broke too many keyboards and my hair I ripped out is not coming back.

 

[erub]

I took an AP course, and liked it...not sure about majoring it in though....

 

[Danman]

Now you are scaring me, I wanted to major in CS......

 

[kpxgq]

okay all you CS major contenders...

okay i am first year CS 307...

here is my current assignment..

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/scottm/cs307/Assignments/assignment8.htm

LINK


look over it.... if that kinda stuff floats your boat, by all means take CS as your major.... i am absolutely going insane now.

 

[Jingleheimer]

Count me in as switching from CS to CIS in the business college. Easier classes but now I'm required to get better grades so I can be accepted into the business school. It pretty much evens out I guess. By the way, I'm at Arizona State University.

 

[EpsiIon]

Wow, that program looks intimidating... Of course, I'm only a first-year CS student, but that sounds like fun. If I had any idea how to implement it... My last program for class was our first Java Applet. We made three cars appear in three different places... lol

Epsilon

 

[notfred]

I like it

 

[Harv22222]

Just switched from Math, to CS. You guys are starting to scare me also.

 

[arcain]

I don't know if you have taken any AI yet, but on first look it looks like it can be accomplished with a depth first search on trees rooted at each letter.

 

[oLLie]

Here was my latest assignment, I didn't finish in time (no one else did either, and it's only semi-workin )
Lab4

 

[glidez28]

count me in.. im switching from cs to Economics. i know i have a knack for programming and the logic behind it, but its just too damn repetitive for me. besides, id rather be wearing a nice suit and telling people what to do rather than sitting in front of the god dam screen all freakin day just programming endlessly.

 

[kpxgq]

<< Here was my latest assignment, I didn't finish in time (no one else did either, and it's only semi-workin )
Lab4 >>



i know exactly how you feel...

back in high school i took 2 years of AP Comp Sci (C++), it was really fun.. i got really good (90+) grades.
so i took CS as my major in college...

i already failed my first test with a 67... only half my assignments actually work, and java developing is a pain in the @ss.

any suggestions for a new major??? i am very computer lterate, i just hate programming now

 

[Noriaki]

I hate the Theory junk. But that's just what a university degree is like.

The programming and the applications are great.

But everyone like their own thing right?

 

[kalvor]

I'm majoring in computer science and engineering which is almost the same as computer science except I get to learn about circuits too.
I have no idea why everyone thinks that CS majors will become programmers when they get a job because that's not exactly true.

With a CS degree, you're not going to be a drone typing away on the computer and cranking out code. You're going to probably be doing more theory related things and research.

 

[MWink]

I'm majoring in Computer Engineering and I have to take some CS classes. So far we have done only 2 programs and I'm really thinking about changing my major. It took me hours just to get HelloWorld! to work! :| I really suck at programming. I got over 50 errors the first 50 times I compiled HelloWorld! I seem to make minor errors (like spelling "printf" "prinf") but they take me hours to track down, even in the smallest programs.

Honestly, I never really expected CE to work out but I was hoping. I'm going to look into other computer related majors. I had never heard about IFSM (still not sure what it is) but it sounds like it may be better for me. I don't know. So far this year the only class I have found interesting is Psychology 100, though I doubt I would want to major in it but who knows.

Be afraid! Be very afraid! (of CS/CE)

 

[swai]

it's a common misperception that CS is just programming, but that's just a small and almost-insignificant part of it
and when people find out it's a lot of math, they don't like it anymore

... at least that's been my experience

 

[GigaCluster]

I'm currently in my 2nd year of C++ programming, and I love it!
I suppose one of the reasons is that I really like my Computer Science teacher.

I'm currently writing a Matchmaker program for my entire school that will be used on Valentine's week to process questionnaires that each student will fill out, and print out a file where each page contains a student's list of matches by interest and percentage of compatibility. Each result sheet will cost the student at least $1, and the school hopes to make a nice profit on it.
I've already spent about 70-100 hours (I don't keep exact count) on it and it has 780 lines of code right now. It's about 80% finished.
Needless to say, since I was assigned this task, I'm one of the best programmers in the school, and I recently won 8th place in a regional UIL Computer Science competition, where about 1/4th of Texas high school programmers competed.

Now that I'm done gloating (), I want to finish by saying how much I love computer programming (and computer science) and hope to progress in my abilities.

 

[worth]

I would say I generally like programming and the logic behind it, but I too, think it would be a bit too repetative. I just don't see myself programming for the next 40 years. Heck, I don't see myself programming in 10 years.

I think I'd rather do something that is based on computer science/engineering, but also has a broader field. Maybe I am missing something, maybe people who major in computer science don't end up being code writer monkeys ...

I think I'd rather do research/more biology related stuff instead.

Can someone describe Bioengineering to me?

 

[prodigy]

Yes