What should I do if I want to work as a programmer for a software company?
I'm 18 and just realized what I wanna work with. I've done some programming but I figure I need a degree to get a job. I've heard CS degrees are useless but I live in Sweden and maybe it's better here? If not, what should I do? I'm in my last year of high school.
I'm interested in a lot of the CS fields but making software for bank employees and similar sounds pretty boring and that seems pretty common. What do I do to get to work with something interesting? Is working for startups a good idea?
>>53689219
I'll tell you right now; if you want to work in software, you better get good at Math.
Particularly, discrete math, data structures, and theory of computation.
>>53689257
I realize that and I think I'm pretty good at math. I have no trouble with it at all at least.
Got any resources for math related to software that I should learn?
>>53689219
CS degrees aren't actually useless, that's a /g/ meme. But you could also become a software developer by majoring in electrical/computer engineering or math or physics or whatever and teaching yourself CS stuff on the side. Majoring in CS and teaching yourself engineering or advanced math (which isn't necessary for software development but definitely gives you an edge) is harder.
>>53689219
do meth. lots of it.
>>53689340
>Got any resources for math related to software that I should learn?
Any decent discrete math book, just google around. You'll also want to learn linear algebra and calculus if you haven't already.
>>53689219
CS degreen aren't useless, you just don't need one if you only want to make video games or be a code monkey.
>>53689390
So it's just a meme? Huh, guess I feel for it.
>>53689350
Yeah, I'm also considering electrical engineering. It seems a little more varied. Does it make me as viable for a software job as CS does?
>>53689370
I have a pretty good grasp of linear algebra and calculus already. I guess I'm gonna have to read more about discrete math though, thanks.
Is there any specific reason discrete math is so important?
>>53689445
If you can demonstrate and explain code you've written, you are viable for a software job.
