@SajjaadKhader I’m a navy veteran who is currently a Computer Science student and plans to apply as a transfer pathway student to Georgia Tech for Summer 2025. wanted to see if you could give me any guidance?
question, would you recommend i do a 4 year computer science degree, or a 5 year software engineer degree, if i want to work as a software engineer. asking this cause i see job postings for software engineering and most of them ask for a CS degree rather than a software engineering degree and wondering if the extra year is worth it or not.
Yup, I absolutely regret it but only because my parents forced me into this field. I had other higher priorities and deadly situations that made university the least of my worries. Had I joined on my own, I probably would've coded and been able to get an internship...
Oh boy you're about to be hit by the fucking train My degree is in Mechatronics (if you don't know what Mechatronics is, it's the mix of mechanical, electrical, and some intense programming), and let's just say the electrical half of that was a living hell. I don't mean to scare you, just a reality check. For now, I'm writing a video game with the help of two good mentors of mine, and it's significantly easier (but not easy) than the train wreck of electrical engineering that I was in Good luck though
yeah pretty sure electrical is extremely difficult. I’d recommend if you 2 years into CS degree just finish it up while focusing on EE internships and online classes.
I think a broader issue is that people categorize CS as a STEM field while it really shouldn't be in the same category. Math, physics, and engineering have been around for millennia. CS has only existed as field for around 80 years and as a serious career for 40. So, with other STEM fields, it's clear what the fundamentals are and you can't get around learning them. Hence, the need for a degree. With CS, it's hard to say what the fundamentals even are. You'd think it would be assembly but most CS programs don't start with that and some barely cover it since it's much harder than modern programming languages and not essential for landing a job. Most CS programs would probably say OOP is the fundamental, but that's only been around for a few decades and might not remain the core programming paradigm for much longer. Given how young the field is, university programs might not be able to keep up with new developments in the industry. For instance, banning students from using Stack Overflow and forcing them to only rely on textbooks would've been a huge disservice since being able to look things up online effectively is one of the most important skills a software developer needs. Could one argue the same about banning students from using ChatGPT? If there's plenty of coding jobs where you don't have to know anything about what's happening at the hardware level or even about memory management since all of that's taken care of for you, are there skills being taught at universities that will be useless fairly soon?
I thought I was gonna be less enthusiastic about getting computer science to grab after watching this video but actually I need more enthusiastic as I think that I fit those four reasons well. Thank you bro
I think in the world we need more people in other areas like medicine, psychology, and other sciences way more than more software engineers to be very honest..
Yeah exactly, all of these people will become computer science students/scientists over the next 10-25 years because it will be more easy for a computer to assist with complex workloads. Many fields will evolve with computers much more rapidly, the emergence of this will be new science.
But think about it this way: if everyone is a software engineer then we will find a way to automate everything. Thus not needing as much workforce as we need now
My major is E-commerce, and while I have my own e-commerce store and earn a good income, I regret not choosing Computer Science. I have a great interest in cybersecurity; I've set up virtual machines and tried hacking. However, I'm currently a bit confused about whether I should get into cybersecurity or stick with e-commerce. I want to pursue e-commerce as a business and cybersecurity as my profession. My question is: can I get into cybersecurity without a CS degree?
A community college degree is going to be worth more than a bachelor, master, and even PhD bc of time. You just needs to know the basic fundamentals and you can get that knowledge from a community college. You can create softwares with the help of ai.
@@SajjaadKhader This is AI generation that we are living in. Eventually we are going to have young millionaires who got their education on the web. You think a young millionaire would hire someone with a master or PhD? Of course not, they're going to look for someone who is much younger at their age. Usually people get a community college degree in a young age. Most people get their master or PhD in their 30s-40s. This is the disturbing side of tech. Was it Mark Zuckerberg made Fb in his 20s by fooling with other young kids to work on his social network?
@@Chad-ug5mbmake Zuckerberg hired people from Harvard and top Ivey schools initially, I agree with the fact people will be young millionaire’s but the thing is most of those people who are young millionaire are the top 0.1%
@@takumo7x598 I think that percentage is going to increase more due to AI. I'm in my 20s, I'm working on my startup idea with AI. It's very disturbing that i can make softwares with it. I'm just investing my youth
The perfect explanation that my brain needed and was searching for a long time.Thank u for the quality content,i am glad i got to watch it and clarify my thoughts 👍👍
There are some just edit their certification in the bootcamp my coworker said to me when they are hiring people with only certification, they are more observant really testing the new worker. No hate to those who don't have a degree btw, it's just that probably the previous employee messed up really bad and lie on his Resume.
Personally, I have studied bachelor of cs at university, but it never helped anything except online courses and certificates. You find pretty much better lessons online than universities.
No, you do need to be a software engineer in a big tech. Then you will be ready to move on into the other areas. It’s a badge you need to earn, especially in your early career.
Hey Sajjad, loving the content. I was wondering, in your freshmen year of college, did you learn everything you needed to learn to actually code for your amazon internship? Next year I am going to be a senior taking AP Computer Science so I was wondering if in your freshmen year they taught you all the methods that you would need to know to actually code for an internship.
Hey Sajjad, what are your thoughts on a math degree? Can I go into artificial intelligence or data science with that and do you think there’s job opportunities for it?
I am currently doing computer engineering and I honestly don't know if this is a good choice or not. I did not want to do computer science because if something happens I at least have an engineering side to backup. But honestly idk if it's even worth it because usually most CE goes into software engineering anyway so its like a 360 degree turn from CS. I'm thinking of switching completely to electrical engineering.
Thank you, I am a software engineer and I live in Haiti, can you advise me on how I can build my network and on how I can find an internship or a remote job?
Thank you sajjad for the answer, also i'm majoring comp sci this year. Since that you mentioned it i'm interested in cyber and game dev, any problems with it?
I'm currently majoring in Comp Sci with a concentration in Cyber Security. Do you think Ai is a threat to people who work in Cyber Security as far as job security goes?
It's extremely unlikely that people will rely on AI for critical aspects such as the security of their company. They will always check for pure professionals to be sure, and also AI itself can have some security issues so don't worry, cybersecurity is less likely to be replaced by AI.
You took all those comp sci classes and didn’t apply that to build websites/projects by yourself, only to find out that swe literally build things themselves? The degree is useless if you don’t build projects and apply concepts learned 😂?
I have done SWE Bootcamp still struggling to find job due to computer science degree requirement , please make video on how hunt a job without a degree if possible
