Any advice for a Bachelor's in Computer Science ? I often find myself lost in between all these career options and subjects and degrees.

I just need a little guidance 'cause I got no one to talk to about this...

I don’t have one, so my opinion doesn’t matter.

@bkwilliams bro any advice from a fellow developer or computer science student will work for me irrespective of their degree. In the end we all learn more or less, the same things under different degrees...

Look at the program verses what you want to do (not the language you want to learn).

My friends who got BS/BA vs MA, the ones with Masters were promoted faster. However in business, generally, “the higher you go the less you do”; so while I’m where they were five to seven years ago, I’m coding and they manage people.

Not enough info. What do you like about CS?

@Demolishun I like the fact that it is an irreplaceable part of our life and you can create extraordinary things with just a few lines of code.

Are you asking in terms of trying to get motivation? There is little we can say to incentivize it if you are not studying things that actually interest you, my B.S had an amazing program for which i was really happy, this might not be the case for everyone, but there are a couple of things to look forward to:

Money as an incentive: It is easier to poke for higher salaries when you have a degree, some people have amazing portfolios and have done some amazing things for the development world to the point that having a degree matters little for them. I see no Ryan Dahls here, no Van Rossum and definitely no Torvalds(dude made linux when he was getting his degree) and as such a degree is worth for potential job prospects. If one wants to dedicate solely to building web apps, then the degree is not a necessity, but it helps for being a more interesting candidate.

Interesting job offers: I have a concentration in data analysis ...[to be continued]

@AleCx04 and as such I get some pretty interesting job offers. Data Analysis can be objectively boring to some, to me it is heaven. I find it really hard for someone to get a job in the field, in research, a lab, academia etc etc without at least a Masters, let alone NOT having a degree. Again, if you wanna make web apps, not really necessary, you wanna get that analytical job at NSA? Microsoft or IBM? Then ye, get that degree.

Honestly man, don't let anyone devalue your education, make the best of it, it can be really interesting because it is a STEM field, it is science, it goes far beyond npm init . and just making websites or shitty desktop apps. Computer Science is a very vast and interesting field, a degree plan might expose you to something that you had not considered before.

Source: B.S in Computer Science, currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Computer Science for a rather prestigious institution that will remain nameless.

You got this man.

@StOnE

"with just a few lines of code"

I would suggest Python studies then. C++ will just break your heart.

Yeah, coding is really cool. Its basically mini machines running in circles bringing order to our thoughts and expressions. It can be used for evil or good. It is like the force.

Anyway, seriously, wtf do you want to do?

@AleCx04 @Demolishun yeah I'm learning C++ in my final year. 😂

Save the money you'd spend on college. Spend that money instead on going to a coworking space, or coffee shop... anywhere where you know: "I'm HERE to learn code." Start working on personal projects, and never ever stop. Try everything. Then, once you've really found code for yourself, start figuring out how to be corporate about it. Go to some big corporate meet and greets and be direct about "I'm here to learn how about real industry standards" or some ass kissing like that. They'll go on and on about all the modern buzz words. Get those buzz words under your belt, alongside an actual understanding of code, and you'll be golden.