Finished!
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Cool. What you need to remember now is, academia and the real world are not always related. You should do what they ask you in school, but also keep a finger on the pulse of the real world, and learn the stuff that actually pays, while you're at school. Do that, and you can't go wrong.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
:thumbsup: thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind! :-D
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They will probably start with boring subjects. (Java programming for noobs for example, they'd take an hour to explain
ifeven though it does exactly what it looks like it should do) And I hope you already have a lot of programming experience, the people who don't all fail, usually during the first year.Damn looks like I'll have to listen to all that boring sh*t again :rolleyes:
harold aptroot wrote:
And I hope you already have a lot of programming experience
Ya I do have a good bit but not in java, mostly c++ and c#. I sorta got interested in assembly(I have a chance to do some more research on it now that the exams are over :) ) when I read this[^] article recently so ya I hope I don't fail :)
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Cool. What you need to remember now is, academia and the real world are not always related. You should do what they ask you in school, but also keep a finger on the pulse of the real world, and learn the stuff that actually pays, while you're at school. Do that, and you can't go wrong.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
This is totally great advice. Enjoy uni, it's a brilliant opportunity, but always remember that the academic world is a million miles from the real world with totally different goals and different ways of working. Keep up to date with the latest in real programming, it'll keep you one step ahead of all the other graduates when you leave.
Simon
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Good for you. I finished about a year ago (counting study leave). Knowing that you cannot be forced to go to school any more is quite an exciting feeling. It takes something like 6th form to dampen that
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow
Computafreak wrote:
Knowing that you cannot be forced to go to school any more is quite an exciting feeling
Ya it still feels sorta surreal, but its cool.... I'm FREE!!:cool:
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Computafreak wrote:
Knowing that you cannot be forced to go to school any more is quite an exciting feeling
Ya it still feels sorta surreal, but its cool.... I'm FREE!!:cool:
crayzeecoder wrote:
I'm FREE!!
...until you get your first job!
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molesworth wrote:
I remember when this was all fields...
Yeah, now it's all objects...
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crayzeecoder wrote:
I'm FREE!!
...until you get your first job!
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
...until you get your first job!
Got one already for the summer... starting on Monday ;P But at least I'm free for the weekend :)
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Damn looks like I'll have to listen to all that boring sh*t again :rolleyes:
harold aptroot wrote:
And I hope you already have a lot of programming experience
Ya I do have a good bit but not in java, mostly c++ and c#. I sorta got interested in assembly(I have a chance to do some more research on it now that the exams are over :) ) when I read this[^] article recently so ya I hope I don't fail :)
crayzeecoder wrote:
Damn looks like I'll have to listen to all that boring sh*t again
Actually, you don't :) Just skip class if it's boring, right? It's the results that count..
crayzeecoder wrote:
assembly
Good, already 1 step ahead of the rest of the students ;)
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I just finished school today... forever! I had an applied maths exam with two others. It's always left till last because hardly anyone does it :^) Cant wait to start computer science next year! :-D
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crayzeecoder wrote:
I just finished school today... forever!
Congrats
crayzeecoder wrote:
Cant wait to start computer science next year!
Perhaps you jumped the gun on forever?
Check out the CodeProject forum Guidelines[^] The original soapbox 1.0 is back![^]
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crayzeecoder wrote:
I just finished school today... forever!
Congrats
crayzeecoder wrote:
Cant wait to start computer science next year!
Perhaps you jumped the gun on forever?
Check out the CodeProject forum Guidelines[^] The original soapbox 1.0 is back![^]
EliottA wrote:
Perhaps you jumped the gun on forever?
Perhaps not. In the UK (and I presume Ireland too) "school" ends at the end of high school (usually somewhere between age 16 to 18). Any further or higher education after that is conducted at a college or university, not a school. Therefore the statement that "I just finished school today... forever!" is accurate given the cultural context of the writer.
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Damn looks like I'll have to listen to all that boring sh*t again :rolleyes:
harold aptroot wrote:
And I hope you already have a lot of programming experience
Ya I do have a good bit but not in java, mostly c++ and c#. I sorta got interested in assembly(I have a chance to do some more research on it now that the exams are over :) ) when I read this[^] article recently so ya I hope I don't fail :)
crayzeecoder wrote:
Damn looks like I'll have to listen to all that boring sh*t again
Word of warning on that. I was the same. Got very blasé about it all especially when I finished in the top 5% at the end of the first year of my degree. Second year got harder and I'd just spent two years relaxing (last year at school and first year at uni') so it shocked me when my grades started to tumble. I'm pleased to say I never had to resit anything, but I got awfully close on a couple of occasions until I bucked up my attitude.
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:thumbsup: thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind! :-D
Just to reiterate what Simon Stevens just said (because it was excellent advice) is to keep up with what the real world is doing as it will stand you in good stead when you leave university (unless, of course, you want to pursue an academic career) Join a local user group. Find out what real world problems are play with some of the ideas and tools they mention. As you are in Ireland (according to your profile) you should be able to find something close to you. There is also the DDD Ireland conference (free community conference) which is well worth going along to. I hear the organisers may be aiming it at March 2010 for the next one. This year was in Belfast, last year was in Galway. Don't know where the next one will be. Keep an eye out here for the next one: http://www.developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/[^] The MSDN Ireland community page[^] is not as good as the as the MSDN UK Community Page[^] as we have lots of user groups listed. However, you may find more information over at the Microsoft Technology User Groups website[^]
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If you stay with computing you NEVER leave school. 13 years since uni and I SILL have to sit exams
Twinkle: I had that... dream again. The one, where I do terrible things, to penguins, with a croquet mallet.
Software Development is all about life long learning. Anyone that does not understand that, or does not wish to go through that, has no business being in the industry as far as I'm concerned.
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Just to reiterate what Simon Stevens just said (because it was excellent advice) is to keep up with what the real world is doing as it will stand you in good stead when you leave university (unless, of course, you want to pursue an academic career) Join a local user group. Find out what real world problems are play with some of the ideas and tools they mention. As you are in Ireland (according to your profile) you should be able to find something close to you. There is also the DDD Ireland conference (free community conference) which is well worth going along to. I hear the organisers may be aiming it at March 2010 for the next one. This year was in Belfast, last year was in Galway. Don't know where the next one will be. Keep an eye out here for the next one: http://www.developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/[^] The MSDN Ireland community page[^] is not as good as the as the MSDN UK Community Page[^] as we have lots of user groups listed. However, you may find more information over at the Microsoft Technology User Groups website[^]
Thanks for all the links and stuff :-D Twas a great help, I'll keep some of them in mind :)
