2/23 To all the CS graduates, how much do you like your job? What exactly
are you working on? Would you recommend CS? -sophomore declaring
\_ I love my job. I mostly do distributed system programming.
The only way I can recommend CS as a major is if you've tried
at least one CS class and *REALLY* enjoyed the work -- if
you're thinking of declaring CS strictly for the money, you'll
probably be pretty unhappy. -mice
\_ Agreed. If you're doing CS for the money, you're doing it
for the wrong reason. You won't make the kind of money you
hear about ("overnight millionaires") unless you truly have
a passion for it. A passion that drives you to learn more and
more and more until you truly have much Fu. Moral: Do what
excites you. --sowings
\_ gee, really? I heard some guy in a diner tell me that
his daughter was finishing her masters in CS and southern
connecticut state university so she could work in
"sillycone valley", where they pick you up in a limmo
at the airport, give you a private cook, and pay you several
hundred thousand a year automatically. "That's how
they are out in California," he told me. Shit. Sign
me up.
-lives a long way from silicon valley
\_ Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight -Dr. Evil
\_ no, really, i really heard a guy said that,
and i'm pretty sure the poor guy belived it.
\_ Not questioning whether or not he said it
but he's just not evil enough. He's the
margarine of evil. -Dr. Evil
\_ are feeling okay there? you seem a little piqued.
\_ you were confused. He was actually referring to
"Silicone Valley", where all that happens if you have
nice tits, and you show them to the right people.
Which in Grammy-speak, means "everyone".
\_ hey, I declared Chem Engineering 'for the money' and wound up
doing computer/networking work for more! -ERic
\_ I was MSME and I wound up working at Cisco. I didn't
get into networking for the money though, it was just
more interesting than Mat. Sci.. The money hasn't been
bad though. I'm not sure I would have liked CS at Cal,
since I found that the undergrad CS classes don't really
teach you CS.
\_ uh-huh...
\_ I took some of the 1xx classes and a couple of
of the 2xx (grad) classes at Cal along with several
2xx (grad) classes at Stanford and found that
the *real* stuff is taught only in the grad coures.
\_ Sure, but you like computers, ERic. I have taken classes
with CS majors who declared how much they hated computers
(and not the right-after-something-won't-compile "i hate
computers") and thought they (computers) would be the
downfall of modern civilization, but they figured they'd
make some money off them while they could. I feel a PHB
in someone's future. I wonder if I'll even want to be in
the computer industry in 5 years when all of the current
CS ugrads who are in it for the money graduate and come
looking for jobs. <sob>
\_ CS ugrads who are in it only for the money are
nothing new - they've been around for many years
\_ Maybe so, but there has been a much greater
influx of them recently. --sowings
\_ Agreed, but this is nothing that can't be
remedied with a couple of shotguns. -dans
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