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Bevo wrote:

right, i should continue to slave my life away to a stupid piece of paper that says "I'm qualified"

no, the piece of paper is like a key to open doors with.

the engineers in this company average twice what i make. and i'm paid pretty well for the area i'm in.

Bevo wrote:

right, i should continue to slave my life away to a stupid piece of paper that says "I'm qualified"

i doubt you have it that bad.

burnzz wrote:

what's all this classroom work for? to go out into the world, and get a job.

stop bitching peoples, y'all don't know how nice you have it . . .

ahahaah no one hiring the economy is shit! lol or Downy offered me his old job I ought to move where he lives lol <3 dont mind schoolio though

Bevo wrote:

burnzz wrote:

Bevo wrote:

i wouldnt call 60hours of work a week "nice"

true, i only work 40. but why do it? what's the light at the end of the tunnel?

you could quit class right now, and join Mitch mowing lawns. or, you do 60 hours, graduate, and hire Mitch to mow your lawn.

right, i should continue to slave my life away to a stupid piece of paper that says "I'm qualified"

That's reality Bevo.  That paper gets you through the job interview automated filters.

Hey Burnzz, what are you complaining about?  We are both getting paid to surf bf2s.

burnzz wrote:

Ilocano wrote:

Hey Burnzz, what are you complaining about?  We are both getting paid to surf bf2s.

true - i just wish it was a pc from the dmz. stoopid firewall . . .

No Verizon wi-fi or tethering options?

Peter wrote:

eleven bravo wrote:

I still think most you guys are lying

I notice with all your posts in this thread you haven't actually said what course you do?

The amount of hours generally ties with the difficulty of the subject.

I consider myself pretty smart in science (back in college days ), but at times, it took the whole night just to solve one homework problem.

I'm in EE and I know you are.

20-26 hours a week depending which labs i have on that given week
University of Victoria
Astronomy
Canada

james@alienware wrote:

henno13 wrote:

james@alienware wrote:

17 hours contact time, a few of them are a waste so I don't go.

0 hours self-study unless it's a week before the exam / coursework hand in date.


For example, had a deadline today at 4pm, was in the labs yesterday from 11am to 12:30am.


Computer Science
Loughborough Uni

UK

What's Computer Science like? I'm going into AS level next year, and that's the only degree I can see myself doing.

It's good, there is quite a lot of programmming but you don't need any prior experience to do well. I don't particularly enjoy programming but overall the course is still good.

I'd recommend it as it opens a lot of doors; all companies need IT and computers

I took Computer Science and Engineering.  Most fulfilling courses I took were Compilers and micro-codes.  I knew Assembly and C going in, so it was cakewalk.  Fun ones were computer graphics (finally practical use of Calculus and Physics), and creating software and burning it onto a chip to control a robotic arm.  This was about 20 years ago, so I'm sure there are far more advanced topics covered these days.  Software Engineering jobs.  My Special Projects course was making an online-enabled enhanced ascii game.

Last edited by Ilocano (2010-03-02 14:37:22)

9 hours of lectures a week, with 12 hours of lab time a week and about 23 hours of expected reading / note taking per week. The hell do I do that though.