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My CS program (class of 2007) was mostly c++. There was one semester of Java, but it was optional. We learned fundamentals, discrete math, symbolic logic, and
by pianoben 7y ago
My CS program (class of 2007) was mostly c++. There was one semester of Java, but it was optional.
We learned fundamentals, discrete math, symbolic logic, and also "databases" (read: MS Access), object-oriented design, and I forget what else.
With the benefit of hindsight, I feel like I overpaid for that education :)
- chongli 7y agoI’m a math student minoring in CS and I covered all of that before I’d finished second year. I also covered functional programming in first year. I’m really surprised your CS degree didn’t cover operating systems, compilers, or algorithms. CS students at my school are required to take all of that stuff (and a lot more, including everything you’ve mentioned) before they even finish 3rd year. In 4th year they’ll be studying things like networking, real-time programming, computer graphics (physically-based rendering), machine learning, and computational math (for simulations, numerical solvers, linear and nonlinear optimization, etc).
- pianoben 7y agoAh yes, operating systems - file that under "I forget what else". Like I said, I feel that I overpaid for that education. The degree itself has paid for itself many times over, but I needed to learn basically everything important for a CS career on my own.