Hi Fergus, Comp Sci, Comp Eng & Software Eng are all great courses to learn how to code. I have even met some pretty good Elec Eng coders!
My background is Software Engineering from UNSW school of Computer Science and Engineering. My experience of the school and having been out interviewing many many candidates at a commercial level is that it is one of (if not) the best in the country. The course work will push you pretty hard, and I have heard many students compare the tutorials to assignments at other Universities. It has been a while since I have been back, but the lecturers back in my day were pretty good too. The school teaches you at a very theoretical level, which has its downsides, but ultimately will provide you the necessary know how to compete in the ever fast paced, fast changing IT start up world. Ultimately, University will put in as much as you are willing and capable to absorb. So whichever Uni you attend, soak it all up, and when you come out, you'll be thinking fresh and new unlike many others in the industry stuck in their old ways... Then do a kick arse start up, or else knock on one of the start up doors who are always seeking for top notch talent! -- Best regards, Alwin Chin On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Fergus Barker <fergusbar...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey there Beachers, > > I thought I'd finally introduce myself, now that I have a question to ask. > > I am currently in my last year of high school, and looking forward to > going on to a university course, and looking at doing something software/IT > related. > At the moment I am doing a lot of development using Python for general > work, and Ruby on Rails experimentation so I have a better understanding of > web development. > I have a lot of interest in startups and would love to be involved with > various projects over the rest of my life. > > So my question is just related to University. I'd just like to know a bit > about what courses/qualifications you have and would recommend for someone > wanting to get involved in the programming side of startups. Also if you do > have a related qualification, how did you find it? Was your course > enjoyable? > > I hope I've made enough sense to get some ideas about what you think about > all this. > > -- > Thanks, > Fergus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
