Is Computer Science the right major for me?

bekay
Wed, 12 May 2010 04:15:03 +0000

[CodingBat[/url] has some good intro exercises.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7l6Adoiiw&feature=channel]YouTube - Lecture 1: Higher Computing - Richard Buckland UNSW 2008](http://codingbat.com/)
That’s some lecture of some English professor, who makes CS so much more interesting than any of my professors. His lectures are very generic, and not too intensive into one particular subject, but I think it should give you a good idea of your ability to understand the concepts.

You and i have a similar story. I started off having no experience in any programming language when I declared myself as a CS major. When I started off, I was super intimidated because it seemed like everyone knew what they were doing. But I eventually caught up with them, even surpassing some of those with strong programming backgrounds because anyone in those classes with you, no matter how much coding experience, probably didnt have formal training. Some of the ugliest code Ive ever seen was written by these same people. It’s like you have to work so much harder in the beginning because they understand the concept of it and you dont, but in the end, you’ll catch up because of all the formality, like naming convention, that comp sci now consists of.

I’m still a noob no doubt, Ive only taken 2 language classes and comp architecture, and I’m def not the top of the class in either of the classes, but I don’t feel like I can’t be a CS major because i don’t have previous experience.