On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 11:16:22AM +0300, Mitt Green wrote: > Thank you, Simon. > > I'll probably get my second degree as CS, > I'm currently in a different (non-tech) university. > I hope money we'll pay worth it. The good thing > is that you don't need to pass exams one more time, > they will only ask for an interview. And also it lasts three years > instead of four to get the second bachelor degree.
I advise combining practical experience with studies. Each will help you with the other. There are several ways to go about this. (1) Enrolling in a university that offers a co-op program. Here you will be spending alternate terms studying and working at various internships. The work experience will help you understand the coursework in greater depth, and the coursework will help you with some of the work projects. I once taught at such a university, and the co-op students were often the best because of their practical experience. (2) Start programming before you go to university. This could be a job (if you find someone to hire you) or a project of your own (yes, there are good books for the autodidact). Those who taught themselves and have a lively curiosity about everything related are oftern the best in the field. Or find an open-source project that interests you and find something to do that might help them. You don't have to finish your first degree to start this. My oldest son wrote a video game in high school as his personal project. He was pretty well self-taught, though I did give him some advice as to what books he should look at. It wasn't a great game. but it actually worked. The most important advice I gave him was to keep it simple. Get something to work, and work reliably, before you introduce *any* complications. In pther words, Do the simplest thing that could possibly work. There's controversy about whether this is the best way to approach an real-world problem, but it is an excellent way to start learning a technology. You might get some inspiration at opengamearg.org, which is a site that encourages open-source games. I submitted a game to their Liberated Pixel Cup challenge (http://opengameart.org/lpc-code-entries) a few years ago because I wanted to learn something about OpenGL and OCaml. I advise this not because it'll be a great resume item (but it won't hurt) but because it will provide you with the source code for existing games that you can study, modify, and learn from, and because you'll likely find their forums at least fun. Not to mention that you can play the games themselves in idle moments. And if you havn't already started programming, may I suggest you have a look at How To Design Programs (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/), which goes with the Racket implementation of Scheme. It's a language which is not the most popular, but is good for learning the basics, and is not simplistic. Scheme ca take you all the way from beginner's code to cutting-edge research into computer science. You will learn many languages as you progress in your compuuting career. Just remember, the first one is the hardest, because you have to learn new ways of thinking. ONce you have those, the others are relatively easy. > > Thank you all, > > Mitt -- You are truly welcome. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
