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I seem to recall you saying you were a CS student once or twice, or am I confusing you with somebody else?

    TyBother me03:07, 16 January 2012

    You probably are. I'm only a highschool student (despite what you said on the rww page - you also misspelled "Septmeber"), and have never done any (formal) CS. More an enthusiastic amateur.

      PeterQuasniki 2012!03:12, 16 January 2012

      Ok, now I feel very old. I actually learned more in high school than in the first 3 semesters of college. What language do they have you useing?

        TyBother me03:15, 16 January 2012

        'anceint' you are. I don't even do the stuff at school - they do Visual Basic 6 for goodness sake... I originally learned QBASIC from a book in primary school, but I've since moved on to C/C++/C#, dabbling elsewhere as well.

          PeterQuasniki 2012!03:22, 16 January 2012

          Thinking about going for a degree? (oslo, my speling tinds ta be awlful)

            TyBother me03:27, 16 January 2012

            Possibly, though the parents would rather something else. Maths, maybe?

              PeterQuasniki 2012!03:46, 16 January 2012

              Do what you like doing. I know far too many people whose parents forced them into majors they didn't like(usually chemical engineering).

                TyBother me03:54, 16 January 2012

                So that's why there are more than two chemists in the world. I was beginning to wonder...

                There's always minors, and double majors.

                  PeterQuasniki 2012!03:58, 16 January 2012

                  Minors are fun, I tried a dual major but wound up a nervous wreck after a year due to LSU's 30 hour rule. As I have only 2 courses left I get to fill my scheduale up with random stuff this year, like Biology of Marine Vertabretes, which I oddly have tutored for despite having never taken.

                    TyBother me04:02, 16 January 2012
                     

                    I'd have to agree with Ty here. Do what you like doing. My parents practically guilted me into going to Chemistry. Eventually I switched to Biology 'cause mom was like: "Well, if you don't want to be a Pharmacist like I told you to, be a doctor." Of course, when she found out what kind of doctor I wanted to be, she freaked out--But that's a different story.

                    Just do what you feel comfortable with. There's really nothing worse than feeling like an out-of-place puzzle trying to be put into the wrong spot.

                      Dumpling (talk)05:21, 16 January 2012

                      What kind of doctor merits a freak out? Dr. Mengele? Anyway, thirded on "do what you like doing." But still, you should do cog sci. I need fodder for my future profzi scheme.

                        Nebuchadnezzar (talk)05:26, 16 January 2012
                         
                         

                        When you start college, you should take any advice your professors give you under serious consideration. I was not intending to be a scientist when I started my course of study, but my professors steered me into it.

                          Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX05:08, 16 January 2012

                          What were you going to be then, and what did they say? That there's more money in slime-mould taxonomy than in Ancient Egyptian demography?

                            PeterQuasniki 2012!05:13, 16 January 2012

                            I had been thinking to try my hand in business and (hopefully) make a pile of money. My professors averred that I would be wasting my brain that way. One even put his money where his mouth was and gave me a job as a lab-rat.

                              Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX05:26, 16 January 2012
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               

                              Perhaps you should consider joining the cognitive revolution, comrade! Certain areas of cognitive science heavily draw on computer science.

                                Nebuchadnezzar (talk)05:13, 16 January 2012
                                 
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