Questions tagged "education" are generally about classes, courses, and degrees one might need to pursue specific programming-related goals. This might include questions like: Will taking a course in X provide enough background to do Y? Will X degree help me pursue a career in Y ...
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PHP Programming Online Education [closed]
Is there any website that give online education specially for PHP Language?
I'm looking like online school, not just some random tutorial. It will be nice if they can give certificate.
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What is the difference between BS CS (Computer Science) and BS IT (Information Technology) and their importance [closed]
What I understand after looking at courses is that CS, basically, is to more programming (including AI and system programming). While BSIT is more about project management and related tasks. My ...
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any suggestions for my career [closed]
i am 17 years old doing my intermediate i am just totally confused that what to do after my inter, here my parents gave me two options either engineering or degree . i am not so good at studying like ...
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How does one improve programming in the large? [closed]
I'm 17, and I've been programming seriously for the past nine months or so, although I've been using Linux and free software since 2009. Recently, however, I've run into a big problem - while writing ...
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How to improve the training of students regarding maintainability?
Maintainability is a major stake of professional software development. Indeed, maintenance is nearly always the longest part of a software life cycle, as it lasts from the project release until ...
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Considering a second master's degree [closed]
I Know there are a few similar questionsm but since none of them covers my current concerns I am turnig to the community for advice. Here is my situtation:
I hold a Bsc in Software Engineering and an ...
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How to be a successful programmer without a CS degree [closed]
Disclaimers (Please read before jumping to answer):
I've seen a number of questions similar to the one I would like to ask, so here are some similar questions.
IMHO They are neither completely what ...
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Procedure or Event Driven Language For Education [closed]
I am here to ask a question that has been asked many times before. What programming language should I learn to become a intelligent conceptual programmer?
Many people agree, you do not have to ...
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Which revision control system to use for 2 semester capstone course? [closed]
For CS undergraduate students working on a 2-semester capstone course without any prior exposure to revision control systems, what would be a good one to use?
Desirable qualities would be easy to ...
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What percentage of career programmers have at least a bachelor's degree? (in a programming related field)
I've been having a dispute with a friend over how many programmers working full time in software development actually have a 4 year degree. It seems like there's less full timers with degrees in this ...
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How can I save my university's Computer Science & Engineering department? [closed]
I'm currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, and we're having a bit of a problem right now... The state recently passed a budget plan that cuts funding for ...
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Getting out of web-development before I make a huge investment? [closed]
I am still in college. I've been doing web-app development for about a year now and I'm growing to hate it more and more.
The whole thing feels like a huge hack and I am loosing my interest in ...
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Should I go back to college and graduate with a poor GPA or try to jump into an entry-level development position? [closed]
I once attended a top-10 American university but I am currently not in school for several different reasons. Chief among them is that I did very poorly two semesters and even failed one of them (got ...
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Long term plan of attack to learn math?
I am a web-developer with a desire to expand my skill-set to mathematics relevant to programming.
As 2nd career, I am stuck in college doing some of the requirements while working.
I was hoping the ...
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Interview questions for programming tutor? [closed]
My family is looking for a programming/computer science tutor.
Personally, I want to learn Java or some other brand of web programming.
I am best described as a PC "power user." I have never ...
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How do I prove I'm a capable full-time hire after 3 years of a CS degree & lots of summer experience? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I let prospective employers know I'm a great developer?
I'm in kind of a strange predicament. There have been family ramifications that I've had to leave ...
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Could a Programming job be a fall-back for an Electrical Engineer? [closed]
I'm currently in my first year of Computer Science, and I'm finding that the program is quite boring and that I struggle to get through the assignments due to boredom. I can't imaging having a career ...
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Python is slowly replacing C in universities. Does this move degrade the quality of CS students? [closed]
I believe learning C is one of the most important aspects for any programmer. It's a beautiful combination of a high and low level language. Some universities are moving to stop teaching C in the ...
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How do programmer-seeking employers see Bioinformatics degree?
I love programming, but I also love biology. Basically Bioinformatics sounds fun to me. However, there is a fat chance that I won't get a Bioinformatics job and will be forced to build my career ...
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Why don't schools teach about bad code? [closed]
I realized there could be a lot of bad code in a system while writing Java.
I wonder why schools don't teach what programming practices are bad. For example, in Java, using a big try/catch block that ...
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Do I need to know how to program before going to university if I want to study programming? [closed]
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What programming should I know before college?
I'm 17 years old and I'm new at computer science and programming, but I was fascinated about computers and making ...
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what do programmers dealing with data driven/machine learning related programming need?
Given the increasing amount of data generated through different web services ( social network, etc), there are must be more and more programmers who are familiar with machine learning and/or ...
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Software testing for developer
I'm a software developer. What do I need to know about software testing (apart from TDD, unit-testing and stuff) to make my software work as it should? For example, there are cases when TDD is not ...
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When stuck, how quickly should one resort to Stack Overflow? [closed]
I'm self-learning iOS development through the iTunes U CS193p course, and I often find myself stuck. I've been trying to get unstuck myself, but it might take me hours and hours to figure out what I'm ...
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How to emphasize the differences between Software Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science to high schoolers? [closed]
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30 minutes to explain programming to a 15 year old
As a professional software engineer I have been asked to speak at a local high school junior class career day. As is ...
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How to explain the history of programming to non-programmers?
Sorry if this question is not appropriate for this stack exchange site, I've never used this one before.
I am doing my senior project on computer programming. I'm going to be presenting the project ...
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How useful is it to double major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science?
I'm halfway through a double major in both and love the subjects equally as much, I'm just starting to really dislike the people in Electrical Engineering so much so that I kind of want to stop taking ...
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How to structure a trainee program?
At my company we are thinking about starting a trainee program for software developers. We are thinking about attracting people with a CS degree, but little or no experience (or people with relevant ...
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Example bad code project to motivate refactoring / good design [closed]
This is sort of the opposite of Is there an open-source project that can be an example of well-written code?.
I am teaching software engineering to undergraduates and I would like a blob of object ...
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What languages are the kids of today actually programming in? Does anyone have real data?
Back in the 80s colleges were teaching Pascal because it is easy to learn, while myself and many others like me were learning BASIC because it was not only easy to learn but accessible and also ...
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What to spend a monthly education expense on [closed]
Say a company lets you expense $200 dollars a month for computer science & software development education. What would you spend the money on? You can save up to $1000.
So, besides books, what ...
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Years experience over unfinished degree?
I'm currently in my placement year and working for a great software development company. It was always my intention of getting to this stage through university, getting enough academic experience as ...
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How does a script download a Youtube Video?
Knowing that Youtube uses Adobe Flash which is compiled server side to deliver its video content, I am wondering how its possible to find a video's file name & location on the server?
This is a ...
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How does someone with a business degree become a software consultant?
I'm a 4th year computer engineering student from a reputable university in Toronto and i'm curious as to how some of these software consulting positions with the large firms (Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, ...
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Academic programming languages?
Back in the day, there were a lot of academic programming languages (okay, maybe not a lot, but it seems like there were more than today). I distinctly remember spending time in both high school and ...
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How would you go about education yourself in math in a way that is relevant to programming? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a canonical book on mathematics for programmers?
My undergraduate math educating was mostly breadth with little to know depth. Yes, I passed the tests; i got ...
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Is Big Nerd Ranch or AboutObjects iOS training worth it? [closed]
I have a CS undergrad degree and have been programming for several years with my current company, messed around with Objective-C by making a few console apps and a few simple apps that I ran in the ...
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Is an unfinished computer science degree at all useful?
Let's say a degree with few classes short, but have taken most of the important ones like algorithm, data structures, OOP and others.
Do employers consider unfinished degrees like this useful? If so, ...
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What are the most needed skills for someone entering the workforce as a software engineer?
I am currently doing a PhD in analytical chemistry, however I am a reasonably good programmer and consider myself to be best in the lab apart from my supervisor. I spend most of my time coding and ...
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High School Dropout - Is It Always This Difficult? [closed]
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Can someone find a job as a programmer without an education?
I made a lot of mistakes when I was younger and never ended up graduating from even my ninth-grade classes ...
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Benefits of Masters of Engineering Professional Practice for the lowly (yet aspiring) programmer
I've been looking into in state online degree programs 'to fit my busy lifestyle' (i.e. three children, wife and hour and a half commute).
One interesting one I've found is that Master of ...
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What is the most effective approach to learn an unfamiliar complex program? [closed]
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How do you dive into large code bases?
I have quite a bit of experience with different programming languages and writing small and functional programs for a variety of ...
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Reading source code to learn
As you develop as a programmer, software developer, or coder, IMHO, you begin to see different (best or worst) practices, different algorithms, and "more than one way to do it". Seeing this code can ...
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Studying parallel programming
I'm currently finishing my Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and thinking a lot about which specialisation to choose in my Master's degree.
One subject I'm particularly interested in is parallel ...
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Introducing Programming To a Mathematician [closed]
I currently am a programmer, I'm almost 16 years of age and have pretty much narrowed my careers down to something involving a Computer Science degree or Electrical Engineering degree (I know they are ...
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What undergraduate course to choose for a mature programmer returning to study [closed]
I have been developing applications (mostly web-based) for almost 10 years now and have learnt pretty much everything I know through experience (and the internet!). I wouldn't call myself an advanced ...
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Learning to program without a computer
I have a friend in prison who wants to learn programming.
He's got no access to a computer so I was wondering if people could recommend books that would be a good introduction to programming without ...
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What key factors should a university have for a computer science program?
I'm planning on heading to college, and I'd like to know what I should be looking for in a school when making a decision about going there for a computer science degree. What are good signs? What are ...
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Recommend Stanford Online Database Class?
I am taking the Stanford Online Machine Learning class which is outstanding. http://ml-class.org
Is anyone taking the Stanford Online Database class: http://www.db-class.org? Does it seem useful if ...
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Where to go from here, how to improve / learn more [closed]
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I'm graduating with a Computer Science degree but I don't feel like I know how to program
I finished University around 4 years ago double degree in Software ...
