† Emotional Outlet Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Yay! My military service is almost over! With school possibly in my future, haha. Have a couple weeks to decide whether I want to do it now or wait until we move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Grad school or undergrad?@EO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Under. I enlisted right after high school, so I've never been to college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 OOH! You are going to love post secondary then. What programs are you looking at? *please dont say art, please dont say art* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I can't draw to save my life. Have you SEEN my drawings? You couldn't get me to do art even if you held a gun to my head, haha. Java draws way better than I do.I haven't decided, but I want to be a writer and/or make indie games. Mostly I want to be a hobo, but I think Java wants me to do things that are profitable and don't involve being a hobo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Oh I have seen them. Its just that I couldnt really say anything if you said you wanted to do art or music since I dont hang around people who took those programs and most of the stuff that I would have to say would be about not getting jobs. Literature and computing are both great paths, I can recommend the computer science program from experience. And then go tell Java that being a hobo is actually pretty profitable. A good hobo can make over 100 dollars a day, and a professional beggar can make over 1000 a day if they are good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jªvª Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 But she be a lazy hobo though, so that makes no profit -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Yes, but the apartment would be clean! And you would have clean clothes and food all the time. Being a housewife is a full time job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 EO, if you combine writing with computer science, you could go work as a writer for some tech news site . I see advertisements every once in a while on the news sites I visit looking for reviewers/writers/etc. You'd probably want to do a double major in Journalism/CS or EE, or choose 1 to be your major and hit up a minor with the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoclazmMJR Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 School's almost OVER .easy for u to say u don't have a physics, calculus, alge'brah' and astrophysics exam this week EO, if you combine writing with computer science, you could go work as a writer for some tech news site . I see advertisements every once in a while on the news sites I visit looking for reviewers/writers/etc. You'd probably want to do a double major in Journalism/CS or EE, or choose 1 to be your major and hit up a minor with the other.advocating your own degree eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Except I don't think I would like writing for techie news. That sounds like something Java would like more if he actually cared to write. I think it's obvious in the way we post that he's a quite bit more laconic than I am, haha.Although doing some sort of combination of the two sounds like a good idea. I know a couple schools are happy to help people kind of build their own majors and/or do different "tracks" of already established majors. One of the universities I was looking at has a CS major with a video game design track that interested me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 I believe this has been said here before, but I'll reiterate it just in case:Since you're looking at CS, you should know that CS is supposed to focus more on the theoretical aspects of computing. Basically the science and math behind computing. If you're looking to go into a programming profession specifically and you're not interested in theory I would recommend you do Software Engineering.I see the 2 path breakdowns sorta like how I see physics and engineering. One path teaches you how to master the practice and just assumes or mentions the theory without going too deep. The other path teaches you how to master the theory and leaves the learning of the practice to you (however since all practice is derived from the theory, you technically know all practices... but in reality this doesn't help you too much and you need to teach yourself the practice). Theory is normally harder since it's more abstract, but if you actually master the theory you have an extremely good base to learn anything else related to that theory. Mastering the practice inherently means you learn some theory, but you really don't need to know all theory to be a master of the practice.If you want to work on stuff like the millennium problems though you'll need to learn the theory ^-^. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoclazmMJR Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Number 3 on your back is where its at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Number 3 on your back is where its at! What's that supposed to mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I am... unsure. Perhaps some sort of meme or inside joke I have yet to encounter on the Internet.I still think Java should just let me be a hobo. Then I won't have to make any decisions! Living in Maryland is not the greatest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I think Kao was saying that having a different path was better? Just a hunch. EO, ask him to be a gypsy. After that, he would be more willing to let you be a hobo! After all, gypsies travel around, steal, and are carefree. Sadly most people frown on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellio Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 What do you get when you cross having a baby with falling off the face fo the planet...with a computer committing suicide? This girl! I haven't been around in ages, but I'm glad to be back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dae314 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I sense a disturbance in the force... there is an unknown presence in our midst.Yo Nellio, hope you are well . You had a baby? Congratz . Hope everything went well. Also, 2/3 things you said made sense, but please elaborate on exactly how you fell off the Earth and what that felt like and what you were thinking at the time :3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoclazmMJR Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 What's that supposed to mean?lol its an inside joke involving the former 3rd espada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Emotional Outlet Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I think falling off the face of the Earth involves gravitational shenanigans, but I'm unsure.Congrats on the baby! Babies are cool and crawl backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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