Computer Science degree

bmi92 · 24 Jan 2010 at 18:56

Howdy y'all. After recently receiving my offer to study Computer Science at Loughborough University I have started to look into possible careers for when I graduate. For the purpose of the thread, lets assume I get a 1st or 2:1.

What sort of doors will this open for me? I really don't fancy being in a support role after spending £20k+ on my degree to be honest. I know that there is an increasing demand for .net programmers but what is this demand actually like in comparison to the supply? What other options will there be for me :\?

My dream is to become an IB (Investment Banker) but I guess this is out of the question for a CS degree, maybe I should study Math instead?

Also, does anyone have any general tips for preperation for studing CS, from what I grasp getting a basic understanding of a language such as Python can be a good idea as it teaches good habits but I've also read that some universities prefer to start from scratch?

Cheers guys
Ben.

bmi92 · 24 Jan 2010 at 19:05

Burnsy2023 said:
There's no need to change degree programme to become an investment banker, most if not all employers don't require a finance related degree. CS will open many more doors for you.

Care to share some examples of these doors? P.s check your mail

bmi92 · 24 Jan 2010 at 19:14

SoSolid said:
Do Mechanical Engineering then.

I fail to see the relevance?

Haircut said:
How about going into becoming a developer for one of the banks?
Once you get to senior developer level at a top bank you'd be looking at £70K-100K + bonus.

What does this involve though, what type of development would it be? Programming computer models to predict "things"?

bmi92 · 24 Jan 2010 at 23:40

mattheman said:
If you want to get into investment banking a Law degree, finance or economics degree with 75% maths based, is what you need if you want to get into IB. Most CS degrees are outdated, you really need to sit down and think what you want to do.

if your interested in economics or finance then have a look at these,
you need to learn differentiation, intergration, partial differentiation, elasticity optimiation both constrained and uncontrained, lagrange matrix / inversion these are the basic stuff you'll need to learn, then you'll move onto advanced lagrange like marshallian.

Lol mattherssman

Had to be said!

But, what do you mean by outdated? Surely they are updating the content that they study with the times?