Computer Science Students - Listen Up...

A degree won't get you a job. A love of learning will.

It's really important to understand computer architecture, operating systems, data communication (TCP/IP), and algorithm analysis. It's also important to know how to program in Python, Java, and C. Knowing programming paradigms like OOP, functional programming and procedural programming is also important. But what's REALLY important is whether you know how to build. Are you a master of React, state management using zustand, routing and query using Tanstack, Node, APIs, websockets, Express, Hono, auth using jwt or other technologies, and databases like mySQL or Postgres? How familiar are you with git? Have you used branching, forking, merging? Are you developing in a Windows OS env? Then why aren't you using WSL? All these are really important to become a software dev.

Got one back in December don’t regret anything at all… people aren’t ready to deal with the challenges. You have to be committed simple as that.

I mostly agree with your points, except for the one about hackathons. I'm not saying your advice is wrong, but I've noticed that many students tend to rely heavily on AI to create entire projects for hackathons, often just submitting those to win. Since most hackathons last only 2-3 days, it's challenging to develop a usable project based solely on university knowledge, leading to a lot of copy-pasting from AI-generated content. By the way, thank you for making this video! I'm also glad that I'm not overly focused on my GPA; my university attendance is around 50-60%. Instead, I dedicate my time to publishing research papers and working on projects that address real-world issues. Currently, I'm learning data engineering, and I have 1.5 years left to complete my BTech degree. I hope to reach an intermediate level in data engineering by then. I understand that the hackathon culture may differ in other countries, but here in India, this trend seems quite prevalent among students.

Same here Tim. I dropped out in 2021 and started to learn myself. And then I realized I learned maybe 7% in college and I didn’t know most of the stuffs. I went back for a semester later in 2023 and surprisingly I didn’t need to study anything at all. I could just do everything on my own and my grades weren’t even bad. I also agree with you not knowing what career path and what should I be actually doing when I started college. But now I know the options. Nice video.

The more I learn in computer science the more I realize how much I don’t know. 😢

I am cooked beyond recovery.Goodbye life🥀

as a 3rd year CS student i needed to hear this, ty

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I appreciated hearing your opinion on the topic. Thank you for taking the time to talk about this, really.