<p>Soo…
I hate my department of Computer Science and Engineering because of the lack of social and “normal” people. I’m a girl and though I thought it would be interesting at first to be in a male dominated classroom I sadly found out that vast majority of the guys are antisocial nerds who wear the same clothes everyday, don’t wash their hair, and are usually unathletic and uninterested in any sense of style. Lacking in hygiene. That sounds really judgmental but it’s the sad truth. I feel like everyone neglects themselves and are very stressed out, you can see it by their appearance. It’s hard to make friends in my department, no one is interested in even acting like the youth that we are…it is instead as if they have all been working in cubicles for most of their life already. I’m a good A-/B+ student in my major, better than some, yet I still can’t grasp why even those that aren’t “whizzes” act like they want to be 40 years old already. While their IQ may be high EQ is the lowest in the Science and Engineering department in general. Appearances aren’t everything but their personalities are the same. Boring, dry, socially inept. I feel really stifled being in my major classes because of the people.</p>
<p>Maybe other Science and Engineering (not just Computer) majors can relate?
What do you think?</p>
<p>Also feel free to say why you hate your department, whatever that is</p>
<p>I am an unemployed business / MIS graduate. I’m actually focusing on other non-IT fields (and paths to get into them) now. One of the many different reasons is because of the culture I discovered while job searching. The people doing the interviewing (in the extremely rare times I get a phone interview) are often exactly how you describe - obsessive with technology/computers to the extreme. I have seen this with both genders, and they appear to take offense that I do not present myself similarly through the interview, and obviously I do not get the job as a result.</p>
<p>It seems that what little IT jobs are left for non-H1Bs, are mostly controlled by people who act like “geeks” even in their work, and avoid hiring people who want to act more in a business/professional manner in their career.</p>
<p>I took a programming class last fall. Everything you said was true. My friend took it the next semester and said it was true as well. The whiz kid in there got full points for everything and topped me by 5 points. I was next to the top above 30 or so other students. We weren’t socially awkward nor computer science majors like the rest of the class.</p>
<p>I think there’s a mix of people in engineering. There’s a lot of minorities and socially awkward people in engineering programs, which is fine by me. I think they turn out to be good engineers with a little bit of social work.</p>
<p>As for my math major the landscape is mostly dominated by dudes, but I was very surprised when I thought this gorgeous girl was a nutrition major like the rest were at my orientation, but she is a math major. Tbh, I don’t think there’s a lot of socially awkward math majors. Maybe some aspie types (like myself) who like to talk but have some difficulty understanding people. All I know is that out of the 7 other guys who were with me to sign up for classes that day and her, all of them hit on her. I have a girlfriend already. All of the guys there were pretty laid back and diverse. Some dressed gangster, some dressed skaterish, some dressed normal. Some fat, some skinny, some average. It’s not anywhere near as bad as my computer science classes. I think there’s a ton of cool/laid-back/outgoing guys in physics too. One of my best friends at UCLA for physics wrote about “tricking” in his essay. Kid does his work but travels constantly and is very athletic. I had a guy in my Differential Equations class that was so ripped and big he had trouble fitting into the tiny desk. Smart as a whip, though. Then again, I also had a 13 year old in that class who was the most socially awkward boy I ever met. </p>
<p>I hate my department because they won’t let me take graduate classes and the course offerings suck because if I don’t get a certain class that comes once during the semester I have to wait a year or two to graduate because of that ONE class.</p>
<p>I hate my “college of science” though because they won’t let me double major in physics.</p>
<p>I’ve only just started the theatre department. But I hate how everyone is always really nice to each other until the time between auditions and when the cast list is posted. Then everyone is an a-hole and talking about people behind their back. Which auditions sucked and crap like that. Then everyone goes back to normal until the next auditions. It’s like never ending cycle of gossipy BS.</p>
<p>Also, we’re all headed straight for the unemployment line. At least I’m slightly improving my chances by being a design/tech major.</p>
<p>I’m a girl in Computer Science as well, and the lack of socially competent guys is incredibly frustrating. They are fascinated by the few girls in the program and have no ability to express themselves, and therefore resort to stalking (which is awful). Along with that, they don’t know how to take care of themselves. Their clothes are dingy and smell bad, and they have no idea how to shave. I’m serious. They’ve all got neck beards or patchy shave jobs and that does NOT look good at all. Also, they don’t know how to properly carry a conversation, and they assume because I’m a girl, I have no idea what I’m talking about with regards to programming (I’m quickly able to show that I’m more competent than they are, after which they still try to prove I don’t know what I’m talking about). And they don’t get the hint that when I walk away from a conversation, I don’t want to talk to them. Because of said socially incompetent classmates, I’m finding it difficult to find people to discuss the program with and have only, after much difficulty, found a select few who are socially adept. </p>
<p>I know it sounds stereotypical, but it’s true. >.<</p>
<p>@inNeedOfPencils I feel you…the atmosphere almost makes me regret going into the major, if that is what it’s going to be like in the workplace too.
I also feel like I get ignored because I’m a girl. Instead, these “whizzes” will try to make themselves sound smart when they’re really talking in a circle and just boasting.
Honestly computer science (large) lectures are full of so much boasting about who knows which programming language and what programs/applications they use, it feels like a competition I’m not sure I want to be part of…</p>
<p>The truth is what it feels like is every other class I have (language, history, soft sciences even) is a breath of fresh air compared to the stuffy and isolated computer science students. </p>
<p>Not saying I would ever think to quit my major, but just the information isn’t being presented in the best way, but instead in a very stressful we have too many students/the computer is not working so I’ll skip this part of lecture/figure it out yourself even though the course assume no knowledge kind of way.</p>