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    Big N Discussion - March 06, 2019 CS Career Questions


    Big N Discussion - March 06, 2019

    Posted: 05 Mar 2019 11:06 PM PST

    Please use this thread to have discussions about the Big N and questions related to the Big N, such as which one offers the best doggy benefits, or how many companies are in the Big N really? Posts focusing solely on Big N created outside of this thread will probably be removed.

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    We are career coaches at Indeed Prime and we're here to answer your career-related questions! AMA!

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 10:34 AM PST

    Hi Reddit! Since we work on a platform dedicated to helping people find jobs in the tech space, we're often asked to help with resume edits/formatting, interview prep, and offer negotiations. We want to share what we know with you! Whether you're considering a career in CS, are still in school, or are a new grad, ask us anything!

    Edit: That's a wrap for us today, everyone. We'd love to do this again sometime if you'll have us—and if you've got more specific questions, we do offer free 1:1 career coaching. Good luck to all of you!

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    Anyone want to pursue game development, but don't due to risk and $$$?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 08:46 AM PST

    Hi There,

    Just wanted to share my experience to see if anyone is in the same boat.

    I grew up in the 80s playing Nintendo games and I had an absolute obsession and passion for creating them. One of the main reasons I took computer science; however, this is when all the 3D games started coming out and first person shooters.

    These never interested me. I feel all the creativity was sucked out. How many first person shooters can you play before you realize they are all the same with minor differences?

    Furthermore, I know people who chased their passion into the gaming industry during this time. It's long hours and often times very boring carrying out texture mapping or some other medial task. Games now take 3-4 years with MASSIVE teams of people to make. Instead of a few months with a team of 4-5 like back in the good old 8-bit or 16-bit days.

    But now the indie game industry is blowing up, and my brain is chalked FULL of ideas to the point of sleeplessness. I've been working on one relentlessly. 3 hours a day after work and 12 hours a day on weekends.

    I realize it can't be done just in my spare time. It's too time consuming.

    I like programming and don't mind making business applications, but man, I wish I could win the lotto so I could make games full time. It's far too risky to pour 1-2 years of effort into a game with chance of no payout if the game is not received well.

    Anyone else in that boat?

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    Statistics From My 2019 Internship Search (Math Major)

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 10:19 AM PST

    Hello All,

    I kept a spreadsheet of my applications from this winter cycle, and I wanted to share it here because I found these posts super interesting when I was recruiting. Hope someone finds this useful.

    Stats:

    • Applications: 146
    • Ghosts: ~120
    • Rejections: 16
    • Hacker Ranks: 8
    • Phone Screens: 7
    • Interviews: 3
    • Offers: 1 (Stopped other interview processes)
    • Note: I'll update these figures as responses are still trickling in

    Offer:

    • Location: SF
    • Company: Large Tech Company (Not Big-N but well known)
    • Role: SWE Intern
    • Duration: 12 weeks
    • Comp: $7.9k / mo
    • Housing: $6k lump sum

    About Me:

    I started coding in July and added a Computer Science minor, deciding that I wanted to be a Software Engineer.

    • Education: Top 15, BS Business, BA Applied Math, Minor Computer Science
    • GPA: 3.7/4
    • Graduation: December 2019
    • Experience: Some scripting work at an internship which is how I started coding, On campus job

    Edit: Several have asked to see my resume. If you would like to as well, message me!

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    Looking for a pdf/document someone posted on here in regards to a skills matrix of what level of developer you are

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 01:43 PM PST

    I am trying to huntdown a pdf/doc that someone posted on here. It looked like a whitepaper but it essentially was a document of skill levels and where you belonged in terms of dev skill. Senior/Intermediate etc. I am trying to look for it but reddit search....

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    Does this sound too good to be true?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 02:08 PM PST

    I'm a junior dev with 2 years experience. I was hired out of college to work at an east coast US defense company making 72k base with a couple thousand annually in bonus. I'm up to 80k base now after 2 raises. However, I was getting lots of emails from recruiters over the past few months so I decided to see where things went and I ended up getting an offer. They asked me what my desired compensation was and I decided to high ball a bit and told them at least 120k to see what their reaction would be (I honestly expected nothing better than 100 in reality). To my surprise they ended up coming back with an offer for 125,000 base plus full benefits (healthcare, 401k matching, performance bonuses). The work and technology would be similar to what I'm doing now.

    On one hand I'm really excited to get an offer this high, but am also a little suspicious because it feels like a lot more than what other juniors in my area are getting paid, barring those who work for one of the tech giants. This company isn't super well known and is pretty small (something like 75 employees). Does anyone else think this is a too good to be true offer for a guy with only 2 years of experience?

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    Software developer transition to product owner/product manager/program manager role

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 08:43 AM PST

    Hi all,

    Been a developer for a couple years now, career skyrocketed within the company into a senior role then dev lead role within 3 years but I've been mainly out of actually coding into leading/architecting solutions within the company and ensuring that the project manager/BA does their role properly but it's been a challenge as the BA and PM are not technical enough to understand what we say, this frustration is building into me wanting to transition into a role, I believe that is a product owner/product manager/program manager type role where I can drive products to completion, dealing with business and technology.

    Anyone with any success stories on transitioning? Currently making low 6 figures as a dev lead and wouldn't want to take such a salary hit if I do switch companies. I live in Toronto by the way.

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    Going back to school for my Masters

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 05:54 PM PST

    I graduated in Dec. 2017 with a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a GPA of 3.35. I don't have any prior experience other than a 2 week contract job as a web developer. I've been struggling to find a job and have been getting a lot of rejection emails. The one on-site interview that I got, I bombed.

    I was thinking of going back to school for my masters, but this time, really try to get an internship and really try to get a GPA of 3.5+. On my last year (2 semesters and 1 summer), when I was taking the most difficult classes in the program, I got a Dean's List award (3.65+ GPA). I was also teaching assistant. I feel like I didn't really apply myself until the last year.

    I also have a habit of getting in my own way. I don't have a lot of self-confidence. Like many here, I seem to have impostor/fraud syndrome. My goal when I got to college was to graduate. I now know that that was the wrong frame of mind. The goal isn't to just graduate. It's to get an amazing job. Graduating is just a small step in that.

    Therefore, I think I want to go back to school and kind of redo it.

    My plan:

    1. Apply for my masters and start in Aug 2019.
    2. Get a job in tech. Maybe not a SWE, but somewhere where I can be in the SWE environment. Maybe as a technician. Basically anything that can help my pay my student loans.
    3. Spend most of my free time on campus and work hard to get that 3.5+ GPA.
    4. Get an internship, and quit the job.
    5. Graduate and get a great job.

    Am I doing the right thing or should I just keep trying to apply for SWE jobs? Am I just not being patient enough? I'm so lost.

    TLDR: Should I go back to school, or just keep applying to SWE jobs?

    Edit:

    For those that want to look at my Resume.

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    Leetcode style questions can actually be a really good indicator of a candidates thought process, as long as its done correctly.

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 08:05 PM PST

    We all know there are certain questions where there is no way you can think of a solution unless you had practiced a similar question before hand, but then there are other questions where even if you've never seen those types of questions before, you can come up with a solution based on common fundamental cs theory.

    The latter is the type of questions companies should be focusing on, these include things like tree traversals, graphs, searching/sorting, etc.

    Questions that you would have no idea how to solve unless you practiced are things like subarray, backtracking, dynamic programming, etc

    Companies should avoid those questions because they don't show how well you can think, they just test if you practiced those types of questions before or not.

    What do you guys think?

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    Minneapolis Tech Market? Can I Get My Foot Into Cloud?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 03:56 PM PST

    Heavily thinking on making the move to Minneapolis, I've heard great things about their cost of living / income ratio and have visited and loved the city.

    My apartment lease is finishing up here shortly in Oklahoma and I'm thinking of making the move. There's not much opportunity here in the cloud space, which is where I want my career to go.

    Is the Minneapolis tech market booming like some say it is?

    Would I be able to get my foot in the door somewhere?

    I have 2 years of web development experience / + doing small projects for businesses on my own in the cloud using AWS

    Certification wise I have: AWS Solutions Architect Associate AWS Certified Developer Associate AWS SysOps Administrator Associate CompTIA Security+

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    [OFFICIAL] Salary Sharing thread for NEW GRADS :: March, 2019

    Posted: 05 Mar 2019 11:06 PM PST

    MODNOTE: Some people like these threads, some people hate them. If you hate them, that's fine, but please don't get in the way of the people who find them useful. Thanks!

    This thread is for sharing recent new grad offers you've gotten or current salaries for new grads (< 2 years' experience). Friday will be the thread for people with more experience.

    Please only post an offer if you're including hard numbers, but feel free to use a throwaway account if you're concerned about anonymity. You can also genericize some of your answers (e.g. "Adtech company" or "Finance startup"), or add fields if you feel something is particularly relevant.

    • Education:
    • Prior Experience:
      • $Internship
      • $Coop
    • Company/Industry:
    • Title:
    • Tenure length:
    • Location:
    • Salary:
    • Relocation/Signing Bonus:
    • Stock and/or recurring bonuses:
    • Total comp:

    Note that while the primary purpose of these threads is obviously to share compensation info, discussion is also encouraged.

    The format here is slightly unusual, so please make sure to post under the appropriate top-level thread, which are: US [High/Medium/Low] CoL, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, ANZC, Asia, or Other.

    If you don't work in the US, you can ignore the rest of this post. To determine cost of living buckets, I used this site: http://www.bestplaces.net/

    If the principal city of your metro is not in the reference list below, go to bestplaces, type in the name of the principal city (or city where you work in if there's no such thing), and then click "Cost of Living" in the left sidebar. The buckets are based on the Overall number: [Low: < 100], [Medium: >= 100, < 150], [High: >= 150].

    High CoL: NYC, LA, DC, SF Bay Area, Seattle, Boston, San Diego

    Medium CoL: Chicago, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Riverside, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Austin, Raleigh

    Low CoL: Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Detroit, Tampa, St. Louis, Baltimore, Charlotte, Orlando, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City

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    Leaving a comfortable job for more money?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 12:09 PM PST

    I've been with my current company for 3 years and my current job is the best one I've ever had. It's generally a great position, I just like keeping options open and happened to apply for this new one. Had a couple interviews a couple weeks ago and today they offered me the job. Due to some weird office politics, a new tech lead was put in charge of my team who doesn't seem super competent in web development, but it's likely if I hold out I'll be promoted to a lead position later this year. No clue what that compensation would be though.

    Current job - Web Developer $70k at local non-profit

    New job offer - Front End Developer $105k at well known non-profit

    I'm mostly conflicted because I currently have a lot of freedom and get to constantly work on brand new websites and collaborate frequently across teams. In the new position I'm not going to be able to work on brand new websites, only adding features to the existing site. Also the new position is 100% work from home and I'm really worried about losing out on the social part of working in an office. I really feel like my social skills will suffer if I'm not forced to communicate with people everyday.

    Am I crazy for even hesitating about this considering the jump in salary? Does anyone else have stories they can share about leaving a comfortable job for more money?

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    Is it possible to get an entry level job in programming in 6 months of mostly self training with no prior exp?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 08:30 PM PST

    I have about 6 months of pretty full time ability and am interested in switching careers to programming. I will be living in Los Angeles where there are many jobs in all aspects of programming. Any suggestions on how to get right to work (and keep learning on nights and weekends) Thanks so much

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    How long should i wait to email back a company for an update?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 02:20 PM PST

    I had an interview last Wednesday for an entry level job. My interviewer told me he had a few more interviews that week, and then he wanted to bring people in this week for a second interview. I thought the interview went well, but I haven't heard anything back from them. Should I cut my losses and move on or email them and ask for an update?

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    Should I pursue an internship in an area I'm not all that interested in?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 08:08 PM PST

    Hi Everyone,

    I'm a Junior in my CS degree and over the past half year I, like many of my fellow students, have been trying to find an internship for the summer. I've sent out multitudes of resumes, gone to job fairs and all of that. I've been working pretty hard and staying tenacious, but until recently I have gotten very little interest.

    I finally have a phone interview scheduled for tomorrow for a company that handles cloud computing services for businesses. They had internships open for applications developers and software engineers, which I applied for. They also have internships for Infrastructure(as a service I believe) and Automation Development. Its this last position that I'm interviewing for. From what I can tell this department is setting up automation and testing for the deployment of VM's.

    I'd be happy to have an internship at all, but I'm worried that this is so far out of the realm of what I am interested in and that this experience isn't going to be as helpful in my career search next year as opposed to a software engineering internship or something similar. Additionally, of all the positions I applied for, this is likely the one I'm the least knowledgeable about. I've never really worked with any cloud computing services like AWS or Azure. I've done some basic work with VMs and BASH scripting and what not, but I'm worried that I won't be able to answer some of their basic questions. My education has been much more software oriented.

    I'd love any advice. Firstly regarding whether this sounds like a good opportunity, and secondly, anything I should make sure I know for an interview in a position like this.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Need advice on difficult corporate

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:56 PM PST

    Part rant, I apologize.

    So I'm in a new job, as a full stack developer, that has an extremely old school corporate structure (bosses with bosses with bosses, over 20 floors, cubicles, etc.).

    First, let me give some context on our process. Someone somewhere decides we need to add a feature and/or a department finds out our users need a feature. This idea bounces around a few teams for priority, legal, budget before it gets to our own team leads. We are then given the tasks as is, totally immutable.

    So major problem one, we get zero input into tasks. This wouldn't be a problem in some fields, but with software it matters. Our code base is fucked. I mean I have never seen a worse mess of fucked up logic and unintelligible mess. So, when these tasks trickle down the pipeline and get to us we don't get to respond with estimates of timelines, difficulty, nothing. I kid you not, we don't even get to ask the people who created the task direct questions, it has to go through the team leads who go through project managers, and on and on. Even if we discover a major issue we cannot fix it before we implement our feature. We have to work around it (I've found some loopholes thanks to the gang of 4). For example, I just discovered a useless "polymorphic" relationship that someone decided not to add a type column for. So there is literally no telling what record the id goes to, or if it exists. And today I just discovered some STI behavior that is missing a column. I'll give you one guess which column that is...

    Here is the effect/result of the problem. Things are late, exponentially more complex, and eventually someone invents a new process for us to follow, again without our input, so that things won't be late or miscommunicated again. We have ended up with horrid results, we have process paralysis, and because of this we have implementation apathy. One of the team leads, who wrote a majority of the broken code, doesn't believe in clean code, design principles, or unit tests. If it passes (poorly built from any objective perspective) feature tests it must be bug free.

    So my question is this. Can I do anything to change this? Talk to bosses about my perspective? Be the change I want to see? Go rogue and do it my way?

    Should I try to fix it? Should I wait it out in hopes of change? Should I jump ship?

    I don't want to leave, it's great pay and it's extremely stable believe it or not. And from what I can tell there are bosses who are aware of these problems too. But I don't want to have atrophy in my own skills because I can't work in a good environment. And I also don't want to be so frustrated I'm ranting about it on Reddit. I know what good code looks like, what good workflows are, I've been in greener grass.

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    Job start date

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:56 PM PST

    Hi there

    I was recently offered a job at company A which I have really really wanted to work for. I got the job at company A. Now, I am a college student and live out of state in the summers. Company A is in the area I go to college. I was recently offered a job with an orientation in around a month from now. However, I do not have an apartment to stay in over the summer as my lease does not begin until August; so it would be nearly impossible for me to work over this summer, however it would not be a problem for the remainder of my time at school as I would renew the lease and be able to stay there over my summer breaks. If I asked company A (which is a large health care company in my state easily around 20k employee's) to start in early August rather than late April right before I get done with school, would this be a mistake? Or should I just reapply after the summer? What should I do? Totally lost here.

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    Reneging after background check

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:43 PM PST

    There have probably been some posts about this, so apologies in advance for that.

    Today, I received an "exploding" offer for a company and am given until Friday to accept the job. Once I accept it, they want to start the background check process immediately through Hire Right.

    I am waiting to hear back from Google HC, though, which will likely take one more week for me.

    If I complete the background check with this startup, but then happen to get approval from Google and eventually an offer, will Google's background check team (that uses Hire Right for background check, too, I believe) include the fact that I already went through a background check with them for another company and then take the offer away?

    Any advice?

    Since I can't negotiate a deadline with this startup, I really feel like I need to sign their offer and go through their background check just to be safe.

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    Pinterest Engage Scholars Program

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:34 PM PST

    Hey guys/girls, was wondering if anyone who applied to Pinterest Engage heard back yet. It's been about two weeks for me and I haven't gotten a rejection or interview email. (does Pinterest ghost applications??)

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    Depressed, stuck in a bad job

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:27 PM PST

    I am a software engineer and have been employed in my current job for 3 years. This job is bad. I didn't know what I was getting into at the start, but I've done some Perl for hooks to a ticket system and scripts to interact with it and that's it. I've been stuck with doing a lot of Excel spreadsheets along with physically moving data with CDs and it's so mind numbing and tedious and stressful. It all seems to be pointless when the program I'm working under has no planning.

    To top that off, I'm depressed. I'm trying stuff to help but I can't seem to get anywhere. I want to do things but I really really have to push myself to get into a hobby at the end of the day instead of slouching on the couch and just watching YouTube because I feel so drained.

    I'm trying to look for another job, but so many of these places are requesting x years of y language/API when I feel I could just pick it up as I went. My job hasn't given me much for experience to show for other things. I am trying to learn other languages and wanting to get into GitHub. GitHub just seems so daunting though since projects seem big and I wouldn't know where to even start.

    I don't know what to do. A near entry to entry level job in many places seems to want so much more than just a bachelor's degree and every time I try to apply, they push me away on the initial phone interview because I don't have recent experience with Java or Python etc. I feel just learning the language on the job would be ample.

    I just want some help finding a new job that I can at least show up and have something to focus on. But I don't know if it's possible.

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    Are unpaid internship worth it?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:23 PM PST

    I am an HR student in my final semester and enrolled in the coop program. I received an offer for an unpaid internship but right now I am torn between accepting or rejecting the offer. I am worried that I might not find a paid internship in time if I reject it. But if I accept it, that means I will not make money for my time worked. I need this to graduate. Those who worked for free, was it worth it?

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    Miserable job making my life miserable

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 07:11 PM PST

    I hate my job.

    My lead is a jackass who doesn't understand the developers. We spend all our time sitting in a conference room debating about menial things because my lead doesn't understand even the simplest concepts and analogies (it's almost as if it's on purpose, because I don't know how someone can be so stupid) and wants everything done his way. It drives me insane, so I let him make technical decisions because he's doing it anyways but then he starts badgering me asking for my suggestions and input. I told him today to draw up his design and we'll build it if he doesn't agree with my solution (that I spent a while ensuring that it is our best option) - then the asshole starts stammering and says we'll hold off on it. I already know that he's expecting me to come up with an ad-hoc design based off the stupid requirements he just added because he "doesn't want us to rewrite functionality" that he screwed up in the first place.

    I'll stop venting bow but I'm pretty angry, stressed and anxious at my work. I try to avoid my lead at work because he brings out so much stress and anxiety in me.

    I know that my next best step is applying and leaving, but it's difficult. How can I let go of work entirely and get myself out of this mess ASAP?

    Learning LC/HR/EPI/CTCI is really hard because I can't focus. I already failed two phones and a couple online screens. I try to practice LC at work but my nervousness of my lead barging into my cube to ask me stupid questions and micromanage me makes it difficult. When I get home, I'm drained and mentally zoned out from another shitty day at work. It makes it difficult to get focused on learning.

    On top of this, my job teaches me nothing too because everything is dumbed down for my lead so I'm also spending time working on a personal project so I have more technology to show on my resume and so I know best practices rather than worst.

    But I just feel overwhelmed. I feel like I'm getting every single shit end of the stick right now. I have no time to go out. I skip meals because my stress/anxiousness lessens my appetite. It's difficult for me to continue working out and I just have no time. I got a bad raise and get underpaid.

    I just want to let go of my work so I stop carrying all this stress in my shoulders and I can smile again. Every time I feel better in the morning, going to work just screws it all up again. I'm just exhausted, does anyone have advice for me? I would quit right now but I have bills to pay.

    How can I move on from a toxic environment when it's draining all my energy?

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    When is it too early to re-apply?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 06:46 PM PST

    Hi there! I was recently interviewing at (big company) and got through 3/5 five stages before getting the rejection call. The process took from January until about a week ago.

    My first interviewer and recruiter said that they had no direct feedback in terms of what to do better and that did well in all the interviews but that they simply had candidates that fit the role better.

    He then said that since I have his phone number now I should keep an eye on their careers page and let him know if any new openings catch my eye, as the team is growing.

    My question is:

    When is too early apply for a new position, and let the recruiter know?

    I feel like a week is definitely too early. What about a month? Especially that I (truthfully) said that I'm happy at my current job and not necessarily applying to a lot of places, as I'm only interested in a move to their company because I like it.

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    Is it better to have an empty LinkedIn or no LinkedIn?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 06:06 PM PST

    I'm a ca student applying for summer internships. As it stands my resume is rather uninteresting, and my LinkedIn isn't very much other than a restatement of my resume.

    My pal just found himself an internship at Amazon, and he hasn't made a LinkedIn.

    What should I do with mine?

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    LA vs Phoenix for recent grads

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 06:02 PM PST

    Curious about working as a SWE in both cities, especially since they're not that far away from each other.

    Career Wise: Do both cities have a lot of (different) jobs, offer career growth, give networking opportunities with other recent grads? Etc

    And life wise: What's it like living in either city? Are there things you specifically like or dislike about each one?

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    Pointless to major in Behavioral Science and minor in Computer Science?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2019 05:54 PM PST

    Hey all,

    I originally posted this in r/college, but I wanted to re-post here to see what r/cscareerquestions thinks too.

    I completed all pre-reqs at community college to transfer for Sociology but along the way I developed a love for Computer Science. I took some CS classes at community college which I was able to combine with some of Sociology stuff and eventually got an AA in Liberal Arts with a Computer Information Systems focus. I also landed a Full Stack Developer Internship.

    I've applied for Fall 2019 admission at four different schools. I got accepted into all four! But they were all for Sociology or Sociology related programs such as Behavioral Science, since pre-reqs are almost the same. I've pretty much decided on going to the school that accepted me for Behavioral Science, but the problem is now, my heart is in the tech field and I want to major in CS.

    I've spoken with my community college counselor and she told me that the smartest way to go about this would be to go on and get a Behavioral Science BA but to also minor in Computer Science. Otherwise I would have to spend another year or so completing the Calculus and Physics pre-reqs required to get into a Computer Science BS program. I'm a little older, so time is definitely not on my side, and I would like to graduate and enter the workforce as soon as possible.

    If you made it this far in my post, thank you so much for sticking around and reading. Do you guys think my counselor is right? Will job opportunities be limited to me in the tech space? Is it even worth pursuing a CS minor, considering the polarity between the two subjects? If any of you have any relatable experiences please let me know! Any help would be so much appreciated. Thanks!

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