Peterus7's Journal: I got a topic posted!

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/24/233254&mode=thread

And my ensuing depression has been alleviated, realizing that now about 20-30 people I have never met are now making fun of me or making gross generalizations about me. And another 20-30 people are symphasizing. And the rest are suggesting things, or making random interesting comments.

Slashdot is great. Anyways, I'm happy that I actually got posted.

PS:

Real blog here.

Well

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I linked to this in a new JE. So hopefully a few other JE people will come by and answer some of your questions better than I can. I'll try to answer any questions you have, but I'm not a java guy.

And if they're mean, I'll foe 'em. Foe 'em I say. (Ok, so I'll probably just flame them... but still) :-P

considered nursing?

[ceejayoz]

I'm studying to become a nurse, and I'm in a situation similar to yours - love computers, do web development, etc., but hate the formal training in CS.

Nursing is becoming a very computer intensive field, and it's only going to increase. There's a lot of interest in Nursing/IT people nowadays - nurses with the technological knowledge to help run hospitals better and more efficiently.

Definitely something to consider! :-)

Re:

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My opinion...

[arb]

...and just an opinion mind you, is that CS courses should contain a reasonably large programming component. You are probably better suited to more of an Information Systems course than Computer Science. IMHO of course.

Where to find such a course? I wouldn't know - but look for IS rather than CS and you might find the going a bit easier.

Medicine

[TechnoLust]

If you are interested in people and technology but don't want to create systems, medicine might be one way to go. Anesthesiology was one of the careers I looked at. VERY high requirements for computer skills, but no coding requirements. Most medical fields today are using a LOT of technology.

Computers are everywhere, you should find something else you enjoy and figure out how to mesh the two together.

I agree with Sam

[FortKnox]

If you don't like coding, CS isn't the major for you. What you may want to look into is either Information Systems (aka Information Technology) which is more about admining computers, networking, etc.; or Computer Engineering which, although has some coding, is more about designing the hardware, making chips, etc...

Of course, any computer field you go into will require SOME coding, but not as much as CS. I have a Computer Engineering degree, but work as a software engineer. I had to take 2 software cou

how to survive java

[mekkab]

I'm both glad and sorry you've found out you hate coding. Sorry because you are prolly STILL in your java class!!

As a sometimes TA for Data Structures in Java (for the past 3 years) I've got some advice.

First: write TONS of small programs. TONS of 'em. Not sure how inheritence works? Write a stupid 60 line program with 3 different classes. (most of that 60 lines is cut and paste anyway) And try different ways of doing it (treat all instances like an Object, treat all instances like the Parent class, tr

Re:how to survive java

[mekkab]

as an addendum to the P.S.- why did I end up going into Comp Sci? Because if you didn't know how something worked, you could mess around with it and learn how. Sure there are books, but they are written by people who can't write. I like that I can set up an experiment, and run it a thousand times, changing a parameter here or there, and figuring out how it works. You don't waste resources aside from your time (which is both infinitely valuable and yet worth nothing at the same time. I mean, really, w