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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On June 21 2018 03:35 BluemoonSC wrote: If it's never going to happen, the best thing you CAN do is meet girls. Get your mind off it and start healing sooner. pretty sure thats not true right now. pretty sure that right now the best thing i can do is work on myself as much as possible and work on a lot of goals i just established for myself, ie gradschool | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On June 21 2018 03:45 intotheheart wrote: What sort of grad school are you planning on doing, research or course-based? well, at least initially, ill be a part time student, and doing computer science which is a completely different field so i gotta do prereqs, so course based. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On June 21 2018 03:55 Comeh wrote: well, at least initially, ill be a part time student, and doing computer science which is a completely different field so i gotta do prereqs, so course based. Has the school laid down conditions for accepting you, or forcing you to do prereqs? When I took my materials course, the prof let me in and just told me to read certain chapters out of a book, without making me take the prereqs entirely. But I guess it may be different for a course-based master's. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On June 21 2018 04:00 intotheheart wrote: Has the school laid down conditions for accepting you, or forcing you to do prereqs? When I took my materials course, the prof let me in and just told me to read certain chapters out of a book, without making me take the prereqs entirely. But I guess it may be different for a course-based master's. im taking the GRE so i haven't started applying yet (though i know which schools i will apply for), but considering i have no background in programming would be a tall task to not take prereqs. some programs have accelerated prereqs and stuff though so that would be ideal. | ||
TheEmulator
28102 Posts
On June 21 2018 03:55 Comeh wrote: well, at least initially, ill be a part time student, and doing computer science which is a completely different field so i gotta do prereqs, so course based. I'm taking classes again part-time with the intent on doing a CS masters as well. I already did 4 CS courses as electives during my Econ degree so I'm thinking of just finishing a second minor in CS quickly (got one minor in math already) then applying for grad school. Helps that I've been self-learning for a couple years already so these courses are relatively easy. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On June 21 2018 04:05 TheEmulator wrote: I'm taking classes again part-time with the intent on doing a CS masters as well. I already did 4 CS courses as electives during my Econ degree so I'm thinking of just finishing a second minor in CS (got one minor in math already) then applying for grad school. dang we gonna have a similar background. except you'll have tons of math courses which i wish i had. I only got up to Calc 2 and that was 9 years ago i took that course. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On June 21 2018 04:05 Comeh wrote: im taking the GRE so i haven't started applying yet (though i know which schools i will apply for), but considering i have no background in programming would be a tall task to not take prereqs. some programs have accelerated prereqs and stuff though so that would be ideal. I'd recommend you emailing the grad studies coordinators at those schools to talk about it to be honest. May help you shape what areas of programming you should work on before you formally apply. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
That's only me though. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On June 21 2018 04:07 intotheheart wrote: I'd recommend you emailing the grad studies coordinators at those schools to talk about it to be honest. May help you shape what areas of programming you should work on before you formally apply. That's a pretty good idea, I've just been messing around with Java but actually curtailing my studies to a program might be smarter. Granted, lately i've just been doign GRE studying and I can't wait to be done with it cause its really boring to study for. On June 21 2018 04:09 Artisreal wrote: The thing that helped me most when sad is to meet friends, preferably in a bigger group stop I can just sit and listen and be around nice people and not actively engage in conversation or play when not in the mood. That's only me though. Yeah i've been making some friends and its been pretty cool. Helps a lot I finally moved out of my parents' place...lots of stuff i wish i had done years ago but had too many issues and didn't get the kind of therapy / medication i needed. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On June 21 2018 04:11 Comeh wrote: That's a pretty good idea, I've just been messing around with Java but actually curtailing my studies to a program might be smarter. Granted, lately i've just been doign GRE studying and I can't wait to be done with it cause its really boring to study for. Yeah i've been making some friends and its been pretty cool. Helps a lot I finally moved out of my parents' place...lots of stuff i wish i had done years ago but had too many issues and didn't get the kind of therapy / medication i needed. It would also be easier if you asked about the particular types of programming you wanna do. Messing around's probably the best way to learn some of the things you can't look up as easily, or get taught. When I worked on my final project for undergrad, we had to build an app, and tinkering around was more efficient than trying to look up particular solutions to problems. Unfortunately we were still awful at what we did, so there were all sorts of things we didn't understand that had to be implemented anyway. Shame we didn't have a dedicated coder, but there you are. Hope you'll be able to crush the GREs! | ||
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TheEmulator
28102 Posts
On June 21 2018 04:07 Comeh wrote: dang we gonna have a similar background. except you'll have tons of math courses which i wish i had. I only got up to Calc 2 and that was 9 years ago i took that course. Math isn't too important in programming (with the exception of Discrete Math), but you'll run into quite a bit of it in a masters CS program depending on what field you're interested in. Certain CS fields have more Math than Programming at the masters level. Calc 2 is more than enough. I'd brush up on it. There's a lot of good MOOCs you can find online, or just read a textbook. You may need Linear Algebra as well. Definitely take some time to learn Discrete Math since it's just important for coding in general (similar logic). You'll be familiar with some of it already if you've done any stats during your econ degree (set theory, etc). | ||
BluemoonSC
SoCal8933 Posts
On June 21 2018 05:24 TheEmulator wrote: Math isn't too important in programming (with the exception of Discrete Math), but you'll run into quite a bit of it in a masters CS program depending on what field you're interested in. Certain CS fields have more Math than Programming at the masters level. Calc 2 is more than enough. I'd brush up on it. There's a lot of good MOOCs you can find online, or just read a textbook. You may need Linear Algebra as well. Definitely take some time to learn Discrete Math since it's just important for coding in general (similar logic). You'll be familiar with some of it already if you've done any stats during your econ degree (set theory, etc). IIRC Comp Sci in my undergrad required Calc 3 but when i was doing some programming, i don't recall ever needing any of the shit i learned in calc 3. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
Like these crazy chemistry models or solving differential equations or building a weather model. Cray zy stuff | ||
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CorsairHero
Canada9491 Posts
are you all trying to get into google and ibm or something | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On June 21 2018 06:31 CorsairHero wrote: masters in CS eh are you all trying to get into google and ibm or something nah just makes more sense for me to go for a masters than a bachelors imo. most ppl in the field ive asked said to go for a masters than anything else. | ||
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TheEmulator
28102 Posts
On June 21 2018 05:56 BluemoonSC wrote: IIRC Comp Sci in my undergrad required Calc 3 but when i was doing some programming, i don't recall ever needing any of the shit i learned in calc 3. Pretty much depends on what school you go to. I don't think my school requires you to go beyond Calc 2 in their CS program. Pretty much all programs will require Discrete Math, and Linear Algebra seems about 50/50. And yea even if you have to take Calc 3 there's really no application for it in programming outside of very niche things. CS in school is very theoretical so extra math is generally useful, but in the real world like 95% (maybe even higher) of software engineers probably don't use anything more advanced than high school Algebra on a day to day basis. Which brings up an important point. CS is not Programming, although Programming is an important part of a CS curriculum  @CorsairHero I actually thought of doing a second bachelors at first, but I've been self-learning for a while so a masters probably makes more sense. I don't necessarily want to get into a big N or unicorn startup (altho if I can that's great lol), but I'd like to have the ability to get a job away from Saskatchewan. It would be hard without at least some kind of CS credentials. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
(And yes, a Master's degree seems to be about what a normal bachelor's was about 30 years ago, so I'd recommend a Master's far over it) | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
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CorsairHero
Canada9491 Posts
a masters might get you an interview but if someone with a bachelors also got an interview then you're both on even ground a major company might bump you up a level for having a higher education but you could get the same if you just worked the 2 years it takes to get a masters On June 21 2018 06:36 TheEmulator wrote: @CorsairHero I actually thought of doing a second bachelors at first, but I've been self-learning for a while so a masters probably makes more sense. I don't necessarily want to get into a big N or unicorn startup (altho if I can that's great lol), but I'd like to have the ability to get a job away from Saskatchewan. It would be hard without at least some kind of CS credentials. Bsc / BAsc is definitely good enough here in BC for a dev job at the top paying companies. | ||
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