Reply to Why does your kid want CS?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Why does your kid want CS?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 8th grade, my kid decided he wanted CS because he wanted to create video games. So he attended a few video game / coding camps where they made apps and coded Lego mindstorms. We insisted that he take a Java class in high school to make sure he liked coding (mainly because he wanted to focus on CS curriculums for college applications).

He is now in his last year of a dual CS/Math degree (he graduates in Dec 2023). Ironically, his math classes were easier than the CS theory classes, although he "gets it". He prefers the programming aspects though, and his internships focused on that -- although to pass the interviews he had to know the theory.

To be good and like CS you have to have a different way of thinking and solving problems. I don't know if it's the discipline that creates a way of thinking, or if people whose minds work a specific way excel at a particular field. I think a lawyer, economist, CS major, and scientist could all be presented with the same problem and solve them a different way.

My son had an internship this past summer and he will return this coming summer.  He loves that at his internship (and future job - hopefully) his colleagues were able to work at their own pace and hours. He also loves that CS skills are in demand and they work around a lot of other smart people. He loves to learn, and with CS it requires continuous learning. He is a tech-head and is interested in everything going on with the technological advances. My son realizes that he doesn't like to work and his job is "fun" and something that he would be doing anyway on the side even if he had another job. [/quote]
Nobody likes to "work", and everyone wants to have "fun" at work.  But alas, most of us don't get to do that.

DS is a cs major, already accepted into college for CS. Has been taking CS classes since 9th grade, and summer camps doing coding since ES.  Likes to think outside the box and wants to work on interesting projects. Whether or not they actually get to work on interesting projects at work remains to be seen.

Most jobs are mundane. Very few jobs involve interesting projects.  I've worked in the tech field for 20 years.  I start out working on the mundane, then worked my way up to working on interesting projects.  I have found that not everyone is cut out to work on projects. Some people are suited to mundane support tasks, and those are the jobs that are outsourced or taken over by AI.

If you want to go into  CS, you need to bring some creativity, thinking outside the box to survive in this field.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics