A Reflection on my B.S. in Software Engineering

A Reflection on my B.S. in Software Engineering(headlinedev.xyz)

1 points by headline 2 years ago | 3 comments

MichaelMug 2 years ago |

I've been out of university for almost a decade now. Your experience echo mine. I also started out in a local community college so I missed those first two years.

> Unfortunately, I came to discover that the SE program was generally considered “easier” than CS.

I also came to the same conclusion. At my alma mater the difference between CS and SE was only a few classes: Algorithms 2/3 and Automata Theory. So I switched from SE to CS as I felt it looked better on the resume.

> I discovered over time that none of my team members had written code outside of a homework assignment.

I also had the same experience. This was especially apparent in the CS undergrad capstone class. Which required working with a local company to develop some software. I ended up doing the majority of the prototype with .NET and AngularJS. Technologies which I was already experienced with from personal projects.

headline 2 years ago | |

Interesting, glad I'm not alone here. We had a similar capstone for SE, mine was building out a scavenger hunt game in AR. That was pretty cool, even though, again, getting group members to contribute was difficult.

Thanks for sharing

headline 2 years ago |

Figured I'd share, hope that's alright. Please let me know your thoughts. I'd like to hear about your own experiences.