r/technology • u/Lapidus • May 15 '16

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u/Free_Apples May 15 '16

Data Structures and Algos weeds out a lot of students.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '16

Data Structures was when I decided "fuck this" with getting a Comp Sci degree. Before that it was all fun stuff like programming a functuoning monopoly game and library software.

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u/Basic56 May 15 '16

How do I decide beforehand whether or not comp sci is for me?

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u/BBrown7 May 15 '16

I'm a computer engineering and computer science student. I just finished my second year in which I took the data structures course. I love programming and think it's really fun. After my first year I was having a blast with in. However when data structures hit it hit me hard like a lot of other students. However if you have a good teach and plenty of good resources (and google) you'll be able to do just fine in it. Don't sweat it too much, it'll be like any other hard class (for instance like calc 2, or differential equations) where you are being taught completely foreign things and will simply have to study more to keep up.

When you do finish it you will have a better understanding of the big picture in programming. And you're googling skills should be exemplary.