Thoughts on Computer Science?

It's not about computers or science

>>59099583
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>>59099577
I like it. I'm studying PvsNP thesis.

Honestly a waste for about 90% of people who go to school for it. Most of you would be better off going to a good programming bootcamp
>inb4 memes and shitposting

>>59099577
>muh algorithms

currently doing second year in a top 50 university. it's interesting but damn if those tests aren't making want to kill myself.

maybe I'm just a fucking retard. I'm starting to think that I'm not nearly as intelligent as I was told.

It's more like linguistic engineering.

>>59101258
*pajeet engineering

>>59101106
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>>59101189
nah, school just sucks man

>>59101189
Tests, especially theoretical "write this entire program that SHOULD compile but in paper" are the biggest bullshit.

I knew a kid with straight A's because he could regurgitate acronyms and vocabulary with ease, but sit him down to write a program by himself and it's laughable how quick he crashed and burned.

Tl;dr tests are shit

>>59101189
>top 50

I'd assume you mean somewhere around 40s right?

>>59101258
that would imply you're engineering the language. a better name would be computational linguistics.

>>59101397
There's a strong correlation between test ability and intelligence / general ability. Yes, tests are flawed, but no, you're probably not smarter than someone who does very well on standardized tests.

>>59101397
This. So far, all my test have been writing code on paper. I get that it's important to remember syntax and shit, but it's annoying when you have to write it all out and hope there is no errors.

>>59101572
You have to do these tests in real interviews. Surprise!

It's not for everyone, and not for all programmers who just want to code and make shit.