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Liudvikas Bukys's List: advice
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Recently I've had several emails from computer science undergrads asking what to do in college. I might not be the best source of advice, because I was a philosophy major in college. But I took so many CS classes that most CS majors thought I was one. I was certainly a hacker, at least.
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Recently I've had several emails from computer science undergrads asking what to do in college. I might not be the best source of advice, because I was a philosophy major in college. But I took so many CS classes that most CS majors thought I was one. I was certainly a hacker, at least.
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I asked several friends who were CS professors and/or eminent hackers what they thought of Undergraduation. Their comments were so good that I thought I'd just give them directly to you. I've given them all codenames for now, since some may want to remain anonymous.
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I asked several friends who were CS professors and/or eminent hackers what they thought of Undergraduation. Their comments were so good that I thought I'd just give them directly to you. I've given them all codenames for now, since some may want to remain anonymous.
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And if you want to be a movie star or a recording artist or a professional athlete, forget everything I’ve told you. You’re not ready for advice yet. You still need to beat your head against the wall for a while. Until you learn something about life.
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And if you want to be a movie star or a recording artist or a professional athlete, forget everything I’ve told you. You’re not ready for advice yet. You still need to beat your head against the wall for a while. Until you learn something about life.
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The World's Smallest P2P Application
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The World's Smallest P2P Application
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The way to interpret the weightings is to recognize that if you don’t have one of those elements working for you, you’d better try to maximize the ones you do have. For example, if you went to a lousy school, you probably need to be extra smart or beautiful or lucky to compensate.
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The way to interpret the weightings is to recognize that if you don’t have one of those elements working for you, you’d better try to maximize the ones you do have. For example, if you went to a lousy school, you probably need to be extra smart or beautiful or lucky to compensate.
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The National Science Foundation has released a grim report on employment of computer science students. For example, look at table 1 in the "Detailed Statistical Tables" -- they estimate that half of all computer science and information bachelor's recipients (received in 2001 or 2002) were either unemployed or employed outside science and engineering in 2003. A grim report overall, and one that calls into question the claims that the US needs to increase the number of students in science and engineering.
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The National Science Foundation has released a grim report on employment of computer science students. For example, look at table 1 in the "Detailed Statistical Tables" -- they estimate that half of all computer science and information bachelor's recipients (received in 2001 or 2002) were either unemployed or employed outside science and engineering in 2003. A grim report overall, and one that calls into question the claims that the US needs to increase the number of students in science and engineering.
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For people younger than 50, which includes me, I would suggest saving as much as possible, live below your means, open an HSA account but don't tap it to pay medical bills, make your car last for at least ten years, and see to it that your portfolio is globally oriented.
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For people younger than 50, which includes me, I would suggest saving as much as possible, live below your means, open an HSA account but don't tap it to pay medical bills, make your car last for at least ten years, and see to it that your portfolio is globally oriented.
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Most high school students applying to college do it with the usual child's mix of inferiority and self-centeredness: inferiority in that they assume that admissions committees must be all-seeing; self-centeredness in that they assume admissions committees care enough about them to dig down into their application and figure out whether they're good or not. These combine to make applicants passive in applying and hurt when they're rejected. If college applicants realized how quick and impersonal most selection processes are, they'd make more effort to sell themselves, and take the outcome less personally.
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Most high school students applying to college do it with the usual child's mix of inferiority and self-centeredness: inferiority in that they assume that admissions committees must be all-seeing; self-centeredness in that they assume admissions committees care enough about them to dig down into their application and figure out whether they're good or not. These combine to make applicants passive in applying and hurt when they're rejected. If college applicants realized how quick and impersonal most selection processes are, they'd make more effort to sell themselves, and take the outcome less personally.
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Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things.
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Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things.
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You need a healthy ego to endure the abuse that comes with any sort of success. The trick is to think of your ego as your goofy best friend who lends moral support but doesnât know shit.
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You need a healthy ego to endure the abuse that comes with any sort of success. The trick is to think of your ego as your goofy best friend who lends moral support but doesn’t know shit.
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Choose something that will support you and your family. Don’t forget that the ultimate purpose of a job is to make money.
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Choose something that will support you and your family. Don’t forget that the ultimate purpose of a job is to make money.
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Above all, develop habits of work. You'll spend most of your life working, I hope. College is where you learn to allocate your time, get your assignments done, and develop a good rapport with your fellow workers (students) and your bosses (teachers), and make them all your friends. If you can learn to work, think, and make friends, you're way ahead of the pack.
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Above all, develop habits of work. You'll spend most of your life working, I hope. College is where you learn to allocate your time, get your assignments done, and develop a good rapport with your fellow workers (students) and your bosses (teachers), and make them all your friends. If you can learn to work, think, and make friends, you're way ahead of the pack.
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