Questions for trans people in the IT and CS career

>>8608840
Honestly minus the first sentence and parts of the last paragraph this could've gone on /g/, this is barely /lgbt/ related.

>>8608840
I'm not quite in CS, I'm in natural sciences but my field of research has a lot of programming. I didn't have prior knowledge before college, and I'm average at math. I managed to get past Diff Eq and Abstract Algebra's with B's. From what I hear from CS majors, being able to code before entering college is a huge plus, but not necessary. If you hate math, do web design. Don't worry about being a useless idiot, everyone is at your age. College is an opportunity to gradually stop being a useless idiot.

>>8608840

I had prior experience going into college but honestly programming isn't that hard. If that type of thinking is going to work for you then just take the intro programming course and see how you do. If you read your book and even slightly apply yourself you can do better than 80% of the people in cs desu most people don't belong their and have no clue.

Also go IT is shit unless you want Townsend your life working support desks or fucking with wireless routers.

You don't need internships and stuff. I hate a 3.4 gpa (my freshman year was all drugs) and I'm now working a good job tbat pays the bills.

If you're good at it and hate it you can always do it for money and switch careers later.


Pros: liberal field, lots of Work, you're going to have insurance


Cons. First job sucks to get. It will probably suck. After a couple years of experience your life will get easier.

>>8608840
What's the highest math you've taken? Generally IT won't require more than basic College algebra, or maybe something a little higher like Precalculus/Trigonometry.
But idk, i might be wrong about that stuff (history major here)

no homo... topy
Just solve some simple but deep problems, get the feeling of happiness from doing them and interest in the theory behind. Then, you read good math books and understand how beautiful and structured it is.

>>8608840
>Sincerely idfk why i've choose IT, i don't have ambitions in life

IT was made for people who have no direction in their life.

glad i got here early

kill yourself op, stopped reading after this

>I just turned 18, starting hrt because i'm a femboy (or repressing mtf, idk if i'm the femboy meme). I just got approved in my uni for IT. Sincerely idfk why i've choose IT, i don't have ambitions in life and when i saw "lmao computers", being a 17yo retard

>>8608852
Sorry about that, i've posted here because many trans people choose this career and maybe someone can relate to ym situation

>>8608859
>>8608872
Thanks anons, this encourages me to try it. The liberal field and possibilities of work are really interesting. Maybe if i apply myself i can do it and switch to cs later. Actually i will try it, since i'm tired of having to set up routers for my family.

>>8608885
I've tried to apply during my life, i had good grades except for the three last (and more important) years, when depression settled in and I barely passed them.

>>8608939
I never heard of it... this can be useful, thanks

>>8608945
lol i've heard that, maybe if i manage to learn i'll study and switch to cs later

>>8608947
>stopped reading after this
Not a wise thing to do, Lenin followers did the same thing and starved to death later :'(

>>8608840
i know like two programmers who are actually any good at real math, and even they just spend most of their time doing basic shit for the tor protocol

you don't even need calc just learn the arithmetic-y part of linear algebra and you're good

>>8608840

Programmer here for a financial institution in the middle of bum fuck nowhere.

It really depends on what you want to go for. I usually split CS into 3 categories: IT, Front End and Back End

IT: This is you standard tech support who takes calls and helps fix shit. Its good if you enjoy talking with people, but if you are an introvert or shy, probably bad.

Front End: This is your web design, Javascript/PHP/HTML guys. This is usually working with making forms and trying to get UIs/GUIs up to snuff so they are easily usable and look good.

Back End: These are your people who do development or take care of the back end systems like databases and servers. These guys can get quite technical especially if you are trying to optimize database storage or work on interfacing with back end servers.

>>8608840
What kind of money can you make doing this shit?

>>8609794
Cs 2 yrs exp. Just shy of 70k/yr, with health insurance and dental.

That's software dev not help desk.

>>8609751
Isn't the front end/back end dichotomy specific to web development? Does the same distinction exist for systems and application programmers?

>>8610439
It really just depends in what you work on.

I work an a webapp and my job inclined front end and back end work. I don't manage thebsatabses but I do a fair amount of work and design tables for them when necessary.

Is it possible to get an IT job with awful math skills? I have dyscalculia and it is ridiculously hard to memorize fomulas and understand math, but I still like math and technology

>>8611749
And by awful I mean below average on the SATs...

>>8611749
For IT yes. I think the highest math was maybe calc 1, but might have been college algebra.

CS will require higher maths tho.