im an incoming freshman next academic year and will be taking comsci. i have 0 knowledge abt this shit and i want to study and learn already starting this month, what should i study first? like a free course or smth that can give me a clear direction, thanks!!!
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i would be taking bs in computer science major in software engineering
simurgh [#6]if you're naturally good at math then there is nothing to worry about.
also learning an Indian accent will help you a lot.
SnooTangerines [#2]You need to remember that Computer science is 10% coding 90% maths.
Focus on those concepts and you will do good. Programming is not really the forte of CS.
Edit: Kids downfragging cause they hate math.
elaborate more please
Slashyiguess [#12]elaborate more please
cs is literally just applied math. what elaboration do u need
Be good at Data Structures and Algorithms.... that's literally one of the most important concepts of Computer Science and also regularly practice your problem solving skills by practicing various algorithms...master 2 languages....C++/Java and Python/C also master a database software like MongoDB and learn about Web Development.... it's relatively easier than other CS stuff and u can make some great projects with ur Web Dev skills
Slashyiguess [#12]elaborate more please
Programming is just putting whatever you learned in the math aspect of CS. It's so trivial as a CS graduate that you should not act as if it's the only thing that computer engineers do.
What is more important is studying algorithms and data structures, machine learning, and concepts of software engineering instead of just focussing on something like web development all day. If you are going to college, better to learn all these things that a normal graduate cannot.
Anybody can study coding on the internet, not everyone can become a computer engineer from just being on the internet.
Also learning programming languages is overhyped. Typically software engineers are ready to just start using new languages for every project or every company they go to. Most probably, the company that hires you will work in tech stacks you never even heard about. There your basic skills and like algo and DS is all that matters.
simurgh [#9]also learning an Indian accent will help you a lot.
im experienced in hearing that already lol. one time i havent gone to school for 3 weeks and i learned everything taught in our math class in just 1 day because of indian youtube videos
edit: it's physics mybad lol
Slashyiguess [#12]elaborate more please
lmao everyone in this thread so unnecessarily angry for what. Basically in CS you gonna have to take a lot of Math subjects, sometimes you will apply those into code, more often you wont really lol. In a lot of cases CS courses are geared more towards making academic researchers than programmers but this is not always the case, so definitely consult your university syllabus.
Probably the wrong place to ask this so if you have reddit Filipinos have a community there in r/PinoyProgrammer, you're gonna get more relevant answers there, if you hate reddit either way its free to browse. But what people have said is generally correct. CS is more math than actual programming. But I am gonna vouch for TmhariMummy's answer here, DSA is important. It's gonna help you massively if you already start getting used to DSA lingo, stuff like "O()" (pronounced "Big Owh) and "Time complexity". The usual highly recommended courses are: Harvard's CS50 and FreeCodeCamp's DSA course using C/C++ (both on YT) . A recommended website to practice programming and DSA is leetcode and hackerrank. Good luck and have fun bro! Also as a last recommendation, go learn Hindi 👍🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 JAI HIND
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