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Internships and College 2017-08-10 03:47:10 Post No. 18608693
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maybe i just need to lurk more but i really wanted to ask you guys this because this board seems like the most genuine window into the world of people who do math and science for a living.
I'm a rising sophomore in a mid to shit tier university in florida, majoring in computational science (i'll explain later). I took my first programming course last semester and fell in love, I want to code and solve problems pretty much for the rest of my life, but i want to do this using computers/coding. I chose my major because it seemed to be the one that merged computers and coding with scientifically applicable coursework, and I applied for a $2500 scholarship through the department, so there was that.
my questions are:
a.) do you think that this relatively new major is the best fit for someone looking to design/write programs or code things that actually matter instead of being a code monkey
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b.) how did you guys go about utilizing your skills to make money and/or impact the world in any significant way? inb4 optimist naiveté, i just wanna use my passion for computers to help advance humanity's pursuit of science in any way. shit.
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defense contractors for money and some slight impact, federal work for significant impact but with no recognition.
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I'm part of big research that works with national labs and tech that will hopefully be mainstream twenty years from now.
The sad thing is we are a bunch of really high class patent trolls in reality. We make systems and protype and in a few years when the market brings them to fruition we just wave out rights to them.
Research is a sham in the computer field. There is really cutting edge and amazing stuff but getting funding is a cutthroat and dirty battle. If you really love science, just start doing open source projects left and right, ones that could actually help people.
Take a well known problem as and try to provide a non propertary way to solve it.
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