I am a high school senior in the United States. Should I pursue a degree in Computer Science? If so, what are any misconceptions about it? Thanks in advance!
@rojo my only suggestion as a CS major myself is to make sure coding is something you actually enjoy doing in your free time. The field is heavily saturated with people who came in for the money but lack passion, leading to countless stories of job interviewers being unable to find CS graduates who can pass a simple fizzbuzz test.
Also, being familiar with git is really attractive to recruiters and isn't taught in most colleges.
Also, being familiar with git is really attractive to recruiters and isn't taught in most colleges.
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@mono @rojo Ooh, that reminds me of an important counterpoint: While certain technologies are important, their presence waxes and wanes. Learn how to learn because over your career in CS new tech will always be coming tomorrow. I interviewed one guy who we tried out for a few weeks (failing) only to find out he just wanted to do 1 thing and be good at it.
