Uni Graduates in here

Pitspawn · 13 Dec 2006 at 21:41

1) BSc Computer Science (Hon)
2) 2:1 (Was like 2% off a 1st, gah)
3) Yes, wanted to be a games programmer since I was 11, went to uni and became a games programmer, although the industry really changed a lot during my childhood.
4) The industry was far more complex than anything I was prepared for from University, but you're learning all the time and getting paid for it. What more could you ask for!
5) Yes definately.

loopstah · 13 Dec 2006 at 21:44

Antecer said:
Just curious and would like a little info about how those of you who graduated from Uni' with a degree, found life after Uni'.

1) What was your degree in?
Environmental Science

2) Which class degree did you get?
2:1

3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.
No, I opened boxes in a clothes shop.

4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?
Not really I was only doing 20 hours a week.

5) Was all the studying worth it?
It is now.

Thanks for your time

lemonkettaz · 13 Dec 2006 at 22:35

messiah khan said:
Not enough to lower there entry requirements for a visa though. Im wanting to move there sometime, but im still quite short on the points system.

whats the point system and how do you get points?

edit: whats a desmond?

Sinizterguy · 13 Dec 2006 at 22:43

1) What was your degree in?
Dentistry
2) Which class degree did you get?
There's only pass and pass with honours. I got pass.
3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.
The job - being a dentist. Still looking for a job. But yes thats what I studied for.
4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?
Dental students have all the same rules restrictions as qualified dentists - so workplace is just more convenient, but no safety net such as tutors.
5) Was all the studying worth it?

YES! Absolutely!

Vonhelmet · 13 Dec 2006 at 22:58

lemonkettaz said:
whats the point system and how do you get points?

edit: whats a desmond?

Desmond Tutu = 2:2

digisatman · 13 Dec 2006 at 23:46

lemonkettaz said:
Computer people, head to Australia, apparently they need IT workers over there, along with surveyes, carpenters and something else.

not cricketers anyway....

HangTime · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:08

Antecer said:
Just curious and would like a little info about how those of you who graduated from Uni' with a degree, found life after Uni'.

1) What was your degree in?

BSc Economics & Mathematics

2) Which class degree did you get?

3rd Class Honours

3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.

Not at all, could have walked into it with my GCSEs probably.

4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?

It's quite relaxing in that I don't have to do any work during my free time. Once I'm finished for the day, that's it, until the next day. Being around (mostly) more mature people is also nice. The biggest problem was getting used to getting up early in the morning.

5) Was all the studying worth it?

I didn't really do much studying at uni (probably about 30% as much as I did for A-level, and 20% as much as for GCSE)

I'd say no, not really - some of it was interesting, but I've certainly never used anything (academic) I learned at uni since.

Thanks for your time

No problem.

MagicBoy · 14 Dec 2006 at 00:18

1) BSc Hons Computer Science

2) Pass (literally)

3) Sort of - worked for IBM on a Helpdesk until I could get a legit job.

4) Not a huge change. Worked part-time through the final couple of years of Uni so was used to the real world.

5) Yeah and No. I've got a head full of stuff that sometimes comes in useful. 386 assembly language isn't that handy when supporting Citrix servers. Networking is somewhat more useful. A lot of the basic fundamentals I learned have served me well in getting professional qualifications since.

Lagz · 14 Dec 2006 at 01:47

BA Hons Computer Science

2) 1st

3) Yes. Ph.D. in CS. Also had an offer from a software house which I turned down.

4) I'm pretty much in the lab 9-5, but its pretty flexible and I can take days off etc, so the change has been quite smooth.

5) Definitely

Arcade Fire · 14 Dec 2006 at 02:02

Off topic: Are you still in Cambridge, Lagz? Do you know a guy called Mark Williamson? Probably a PhD student a year above you.

Posty · 14 Dec 2006 at 02:16

Antecer said:
Just curious and would like a little info about how those of you who graduated from Uni' with a degree, found life after Uni'.

1) What was your degree in?

2) Which class degree did you get?

3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.

4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?

5) Was all the studying worth it?

Thanks for your time

marketing
the job i got was at the same place i had a internship at during my 3rd year
It was a big change, i dont know wether good or bad, the money is great but living on my own in my own home gets boring. The work is good as i enjoy it
yes the studying was worth it, i learned a lot during my time at uni even stuff not related to my course and the research facilites are better than anything ot side of uni

Skiddley · 14 Dec 2006 at 09:02

1) Comp Science Nottingham

2) 2:1

3) Yes, offered a job at a telco startup before i finished my final year.

4) Startups are fine, corporates will require some adjustment - 6months or so.

5) Yes!

Jay · 14 Dec 2006 at 09:17

1) What was your degree in?

Communication Networks

2) Which class degree did you get?

Ordinary BSc (failed 1 module, that i would never have passed)

3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.

Started my Own company with a business partner

4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?

Similar as i work for myself

5) Was all the studying worth it?

Going to university is deffinately worth it, as long as you move away from home. The most important point is gaining valuable independant experience which i felt was more important than actual studies.

platypus · 14 Dec 2006 at 09:31

Antecer said:
Just curious and would like a little info about how those of you who graduated from Uni' with a degree, found life after Uni'.

1) What was your degree in?

2) Which class degree did you get?

3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.

4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?

5) Was all the studying worth it?

1) - Computing Mathematics / MSc Higher Mathematics and Artificial Intelliengence

2) - First (Hons) / Distinction ;p

3) - Related to my degree yes, not my post grad.

4) - I was lucky enough to do a years industrial placement, so the transition to working wasn't such a shock, to be honest I'm bloomin' glad to have gotten out of education for a break - I will be going back to do a PhD though

- One has to look back at 20 years in education and think this is a two-fold question.

Firstly I guess the whole university experience is key. I hated halls of residence, and pity anyone who has to go there, but the benefits of moving away from home are real. Learning to cook was the best thing I think.

Secondly, I went to a professional music school for a long time, and received an excellent education in both academic and musical areas, then I went to a decent school for gcse/a-level, but it being a state school was bound by the national curriculum. Not something to discuss here, but I think the N.C. is appalling.

Other then that, I got a good job that pays rediculously well for a starting job and a lot higher then many will get regardless, a job with people I like in a nice place, and I got to return to Cambridge, which is pretty much the best place in the world, for me.

The people I know, City, Jesus and Trinity Hall Boat Clubs, the St. Radegund, the Cantebrigis Hash, all these things and more make it just peachy. Worth it? Hell yeah.

Arcade Fire · 14 Dec 2006 at 09:38

Haha. I am pretty certain that I used to have you on my MSN list mate, and exchange music with you from time to time. Are you into Tub Ring, Gordian Knot, that kind of thing?

Lagz · 14 Dec 2006 at 10:02

Arcade Fire said:
Off topic: Are you still in Cambridge, Lagz? Do you know a guy called Mark Williamson? Probably a PhD student a year above you.

Yes
No

karoshi · 14 Dec 2006 at 12:26

1) What was your degree in?

BSc(hons) Industrial Information Technology

2) Which class degree did you get?

2:2

3) Was the Job you got (assuming you did) after Uni, closely linked to the degree you studied for, i.e degree in business and you went for a business job.

1st / 2nd line PC tech support for a company that used to be part of the ministry of agriculture.. linked to my degree in as much as my degree had "IT" in the title and this was working with PC's

my degree subject had very little to do with the job, but it did mean that i got the job over a fair few other people.

4) How did you find the workplace, and the huge change from the studenty lifestyle, to the professional workplace?

had to be awake more in the day time and less at night, that and wearing a tie were the major changes

5) Was all the studying worth it?

i only got a 2:2, i can't really say that i spent a lot of time studying

overall i'd definately say it was worth going to university though, it taught me a lot about life and even more about myself.

digisatman · 14 Dec 2006 at 18:19

Pitspawn said:
1) BSc Computer Science (Hon)
2) 2:1 (Was like 2% off a 1st, gah)
3) Yes, wanted to be a games programmer since I was 11, went to uni and became a games programmer, although the industry really changed a lot during my childhood.
4) The industry was far more complex than anything I was prepared for from University, but you're learning all the time and getting paid for it. What more could you ask for!
5) Yes definately.

are you a games programmer now? any more information?

Slogan · 26 Dec 2006 at 17:36

Could anyone who has completed a Computer Science course at Uni, give me a bit more detail about the subject?

The person who is meant to be helping us with our UCAS application forms, cringed when he heard I wanted to do Computer Science. He said:

"Oh, computer science. That has a lot of maths in it. Maths hasn't been your favourite subject has it?"

Fair enough as I had to repeat G.C.S.E maths - but got a C second time around (which is the min. requirement) after being properly taught maths. A whopping 1 in 30 people passed the first time around, so I'm sure something other than my brain was lacking.

Funny thing is, my friend also had to repeat his maths (got the same result second time round and actually had a worse result the first time) yet, when he asked for the same course, the person sorted him out no problem.

It's a course I would like to do at a place I would like to go, but there's no point in applying if it's going to break my back/mind.

Thanks for any help

manic_man · 26 Dec 2006 at 18:36

Maths wasnt my fav subject either

I did a BSc in comp sci and am doing an MSc in it too.

The university I went to do my BSc at did maths in both the first and second year, by the end we had covered the relavent parts of A-Level maths (i.e. matrix manipulation, diff equations etc etc.) Oddly however I found that I just breezed through it, even though I actually failed AS level maths!

I think a combination of a bit more self belief, a very good tutor (who looked like santa clause

) and a bit of time to let it all sink in resulted in me getting 1st class levels on those modules.

At my second uni I have only done one very mathematically heavy course, to do with automated problem solving. I found it very difficult personally but I struggled through and think ill probably get a reasonable mark.

I find when using maths for "computer" things i.e. programming etc it comes naturally, its only when doing it individually it troubles me a bit.

Personally I'd take a good look at the syllabus for the uni's you are interested in, if you goto their website you should be able to see what compulsory modules exist and which you can choose. They vary MASSIVELY from uni to uni, and by the sounds of it use this information to help choose your institution rather than just not doing computer science