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  1. Sep 23rd, 2007, 12:59 AM #1
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    What should I take?

    I am interested in becoming a programmer when I get older, and I am wondering what to take in college. I want to work with things such as JAVA, VB, C++, etc. I planned on going to a 4 year university, and studying computer science, however, I just saw that community colleges have a general computer programming program. Computer science also deals with the science involved with programming as well as the logic while the computer programming is just the programming..Do you think I should go ahead and do the Computer Science? Will that look better when it is time to find a job? Also, the Computer Science program I want to do says on the web site that it has a lot of jobs ready for graduates/students.
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    Re: What should I take?

    You don't have to study computer scince if you only want to become a programmer.
    However, you will be a better programmer if you know how computer works (the actual science that it's based on).

    So, it's your call really - it's all about how good you want to be.
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    Re: What should I take?

    Quote Originally Posted by celtik
    Will that look better when it is time to find a job?
    How it looks it only mildly relevant. What you know is off supreme importance. Learning programming should always precede learning a programming language.
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    Re: What should I take?

    And programming courses are usually based on teaching a couple of languages. Computer science will be a better foundation for programming. Learning a language and not knowing what a doubly-linked list is, what it's used for and why you want or don't want to use one for the current program is like a doctor knowing bones, but not knowing biology.
    The most difficult part of developing a program is understanding the problem.
    The second most difficult part is deciding how you're going to solve the problem.
    Actually writing the program (translating your solution into some computer language) is the easiest part.
    Please indent your code and use [HIGHLIGHT="VB"] [/HIGHLIGHT] tags around it to make it easier to read.
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    Re: What should I take?

    Thanks for the replies..I believe I am going to do computer science so I can progress myself as much as I can.
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    Re: What should I take?

    Quote Originally Posted by celtik
    Thanks for the replies..I believe I am going to do computer science so I can progress myself as much as I can.
    Hopefully more experienced Developers can correct me if I'm wrong. I've taken both programming training courses and a Computer Science degree. The difference between the two is like night and day. A training course will teach you how to program in a specific language. A Computer Science degree gives you a much wider persective on the principles of computing and design. The latter has the potential to be tougher and more rigorous but so much more intellectually fulfilling.
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    Re: What should I take?

    Study software engineering
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