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I graduated w/ a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a minor in CompSci. From the review, this sounds like all the stuff I learned that wasn't Comp
by mosburger 15y ago
I graduated w/ a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a minor in CompSci. From the review, this sounds like all the stuff I learned that wasn't CompSci, distilled into an easy-to-read form. Stuff like flip-flops, RISC assembly, how memory works, etc. It sounds fantastic.
Having the benefit of an EE based undergrad degree was awesome for this reason, esp. since my first job was firmware design. The downside is that I never took a compiler course and have had very little exposure to stuff like discrete mathematics and turing machines. I didn't learn anything about OO design 'til after school, and I still haven't gotten into functional programming.
Sometimes I worry that I actually missed out on the good stuff. :/
- happy4crazy 15y agoI was a physics major in college and got into programming a couple years ago. In my experience, of the hard sciences, CS is by far the most amenable to self-study. CS isn't easier, whatever that might mean, but CS is amazingly inviting: if you've got a computer and a textbook budget, you can learn some really neat stuff. So don't despair; get studying!
- xyzzyz 15y agoFor math, you don't even need to own a computer.
- gnosis 15y agoThe dean summons the CS department chair to his office. "You people are bankrupting us!" he fumes. "Why do you need all this expensive equipment? All the mathematicians ever ask for is pencils, paper, and erasers. And the philosophers are better still: they don’t even ask for erasers!"
- javadyan 15y agoIt's somewhat the other way around for me: I got to study logic, discrete math, functional programming and OO, but I feel I missed out on stuff like electronics.