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I think ruminations has a negative connotation. At least that is what I am going for.
I'm here at UCSD. Still. Haven't gotten kicked out yet 
I still feel clueless with some social things. This is OK. I will figure them out with time. I may have some anxiety issues, and be somewhat conservative, but I'm not awkward in most situations and get along quite fine. I'll ignore that.
My main source of thought has been career path and such. CS is sort of interesting, but I really dont want to do software dev. Maybe there will be an idea I will latch onto and enjoy, and I am admittedly only half a quarter into my CS education, but I've gone to society meetings and the things that drive success bother me. Write a ton of code, learn new languages in spare time. Join CS orgs. Get really focused on one thing. Don't branch out and have many areas of interest.. Maybe that will appeal me at some point but certainly not now. While the applications of CS are interesting I'm by far more interested in other fields and how CS can apply to them, not primarily CS. I'm sort of in it because I figured it would keep options open, and would pay well. My goals are really just to make enough to travel and have a job that is interesting. I dont know how I want to get there.
I do a lot of reading and find a lot of fields interesting. I just found one I hate (ethnic studies) but apart from that I read a ton and enjoy a lot of it. Especially academic works in those areas (IR/IS/Econ/Polysci/History)
Blurgh. Not sure how to weight competing thoughts.
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Hmm...well best of luck anyway, but I think I know what you mean.
Maybe you could go from the administrative path and not be so technical in your field. Being able to branch out and understand a wide variety of things is definitely a good thing with significant value.
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Aren't you in first year? There's almost no coding fun in 1st year CS. Well, personally I enjoy the mathematics and logics for computer science. I had a lot of fun with learning about basic data structures in 1st year. Lots of mind-opening experiences in mathematic, logics, and computer science. 1st year uni just throws everything you learned in HS out the door.
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On October 23 2012 17:25 The_LiNk wrote:
Aren't you in first year? There's almost no coding fun in 1st year CS. Well, personally I enjoy the mathematics and logics for computer science. I had a lot of fun with learning about basic data structures in 1st year. Lots of mind-opening experiences in mathematic, logics, and computer science. 1st year uni just throws everything you learned in HS out the door.
Frustrating bit is so far CS is sorta rehash, as with math and Music. Ethnic studies is just sorta weird.
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You can always take on a minor or double major in something else you like.
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On October 23 2012 17:42 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2012 17:25 The_LiNk wrote:
Aren't you in first year? There's almost no coding fun in 1st year CS. Well, personally I enjoy the mathematics and logics for computer science. I had a lot of fun with learning about basic data structures in 1st year. Lots of mind-opening experiences in mathematic, logics, and computer science. 1st year uni just throws everything you learned in HS out the door. Frustrating bit is so far CS is sorta rehash, as with math and Music. Ethnic studies is just sorta weird.
Maybe it was a good thing that HS did not prepare us for university in CS then. Learned a lot of new thangs. My university goes hard on the CS and less so on the software engineering so high school "computer science" classes totally did not cover these things. Well my HS "computer science" classes didn't cover anything. I learned everything from my friend.
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On October 23 2012 18:59 The_LiNk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2012 17:42 Froadac wrote:On October 23 2012 17:25 The_LiNk wrote:
Aren't you in first year? There's almost no coding fun in 1st year CS. Well, personally I enjoy the mathematics and logics for computer science. I had a lot of fun with learning about basic data structures in 1st year. Lots of mind-opening experiences in mathematic, logics, and computer science. 1st year uni just throws everything you learned in HS out the door. Frustrating bit is so far CS is sorta rehash, as with math and Music. Ethnic studies is just sorta weird. Maybe it was a good thing that HS did not prepare us for university in CS then. Learned a lot of new thangs. My university goes hard on the CS and less so on the software engineering so high school "computer science" classes totally did not cover these things. Well my HS "computer science" classes didn't cover anything. I learned everything from my friend.
Haha. I'should have taken hte harder series, I'm in the intermediate one.
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Sounds like you're a smart guy, I would not be concerned. I would encourage you to take CS - I know from experience with friends that it gets a lot more interesting, but also a lot more difficult. You'll probably find it either really interesting and something you love doing, or you'll be like my roommate who found that it wasn't what he wanted to spend his life doing. As far as I know he's still a CS major, but doing a bit less coding and a bit more working with people and organizational IT systems.
On another note, I'm coming to UCSD the weekend of November 10th for a medical school interview. Buy you a beer? 
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On October 24 2012 02:50 dGHaiL wrote:Sounds like you're a smart guy, I would not be concerned. I would encourage you to take CS - I know from experience with friends that it gets a lot more interesting, but also a lot more difficult. You'll probably find it either really interesting and something you love doing, or you'll be like my roommate who found that it wasn't what he wanted to spend his life doing. As far as I know he's still a CS major, but doing a bit less coding and a bit more working with people and organizational IT systems. On another note, I'm coming to UCSD the weekend of November 10th for a medical school interview. Buy you a beer?
We're in the states. We're not allowed to talk about that stuff XD
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On October 24 2012 04:22 Froadac wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On October 24 2012 02:50 dGHaiL wrote:Sounds like you're a smart guy, I would not be concerned. I would encourage you to take CS - I know from experience with friends that it gets a lot more interesting, but also a lot more difficult. You'll probably find it either really interesting and something you love doing, or you'll be like my roommate who found that it wasn't what he wanted to spend his life doing. As far as I know he's still a CS major, but doing a bit less coding and a bit more working with people and organizational IT systems. On another note, I'm coming to UCSD the weekend of November 10th for a medical school interview. Buy you a beer? We're in the states. We're not allowed to talk about that stuff XD
I'm 21, and as far as I know you are too, right?
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On October 24 2012 05:07 dGHaiL wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2012 04:22 Froadac wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On October 24 2012 02:50 dGHaiL wrote:Sounds like you're a smart guy, I would not be concerned. I would encourage you to take CS - I know from experience with friends that it gets a lot more interesting, but also a lot more difficult. You'll probably find it either really interesting and something you love doing, or you'll be like my roommate who found that it wasn't what he wanted to spend his life doing. As far as I know he's still a CS major, but doing a bit less coding and a bit more working with people and organizational IT systems. On another note, I'm coming to UCSD the weekend of November 10th for a medical school interview. Buy you a beer? We're in the states. We're not allowed to talk about that stuff XD I'm 21, and as far as I know you are too, right?
Isn't he a freshman in college? In the US that would mean he's aroun--
oh lolol *winkwink nudgenudge*
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On October 24 2012 11:23 Aerisky wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2012 05:07 dGHaiL wrote:On October 24 2012 04:22 Froadac wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On October 24 2012 02:50 dGHaiL wrote:Sounds like you're a smart guy, I would not be concerned. I would encourage you to take CS - I know from experience with friends that it gets a lot more interesting, but also a lot more difficult. You'll probably find it either really interesting and something you love doing, or you'll be like my roommate who found that it wasn't what he wanted to spend his life doing. As far as I know he's still a CS major, but doing a bit less coding and a bit more working with people and organizational IT systems. On another note, I'm coming to UCSD the weekend of November 10th for a medical school interview. Buy you a beer? We're in the states. We're not allowed to talk about that stuff XD I'm 21, and as far as I know you are too, right? Isn't he a freshman in college? In the US that would mean he's aroun-- oh lolol *winkwink nudgenudge*
IM ON GI BILL YEAH OFC
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