Any programmers or CS majors here?

[5atfink]

Quite a few developers here..

I'm, to put it simply, a web designer.
lean semantic xhtml, css, accessibility, usability, cross browser/platform development.

Currently Lead Creative for a global financial corp inside the Web & Sharepoint Team, managing all creative/frontend output. In the past I've worked for a leading UK music technology retailer, a london telecoms company, a small but punchy design agency, and a company that build websites to essentially make money out of them.

[StevieB]

BSc Degree in computer science, Masters in software engineering.
been working as a Java developer in finance/investment world for 3 years.

What attracts so many developers to strength training?... or maybe its just the SL environment

[gantengx]

BSc degree in computer science (honours) from Adelaide University in 2008

Been dealing with Java and C++ (90% of the time is java though) and now currently working as a Java developer and very interested in Evolutionary Algorithms

[Solaril]

I have a college degree computer science and BSc Degree in computer science as well. I did AI specialization. Just done with school (two months ago).

During college, I learned VB.NET, C and C++, PHP/MySQL, Progress...

During stages, I did a lot of VB6, VBA, VB.NET and SQL (Database design and query)

In my bachelor degree, I learned Assembler on spark, java, C#.NET but I did a lot of C++.

I did two stages where I work now. I did learn SSRS, ASP.NET. I am doing very complex query with SQL and I am working in C (for dll) and C#. I am doing some Access programming (yeah I know it sucks but thoses programs are old and we don't have time allowed for converting it lol)

That's about it.

[Dada]

Used to work in the IT field, have an MIS degree. Not working in the field anymore since I went back into the military full time. Although, I get pulled into a lot of IT related projects when people find out my background. Right now I'm basically a project manager for some distributed learning courses. So I do still use a little bit of my IT stuff but I'm going to be taking a different position for the next 3 years where I probably won't do this sort of thing anymore. I'm thinking of working on my masters though, so I can be up to date on technology when I get out of the military (will be eligible to retire in about 3 years).

[eLvarouza]

I'm majoring in physics and math, but I've had a lot of programming experience at various jobs. Flash ActionScript, Java, XML, RDF, OWL, AJAX, XHTML, CSS, C, C++, LabVIEW, Matlab, SQL, SPARQL, JSP, JavaScript all come to mind, and I've had minimal experience with PHP and Ruby. Oh and UNIX-based OSes are awesome. At least the command line is vastly superior to the Windows command prompt.

[bluestreak]

I'm majoring in physics and math, but I've had a lot of programming experience at various jobs. Flash ActionScript, Java, XML, RDF, OWL, AJAX, XHTML, CSS, C, C++, LabVIEW, Matlab, SQL, SPARQL, JSP, JavaScript all come to mind, and I've had minimal experience with PHP and Ruby. Oh and UNIX-based OSes are awesome. At least the command line is vastly superior to the Windows command prompt.

Virtually all the top-notch software developers I've met in my career had a degree in math.

Any idea what you want to once you graduate?

I'm thinking of working on my masters though, so I can be up to date on technology when I get out of the military (will be eligible to retire in about 3 years).

Would the military pay for you to do your masters?

[Dada]

I'm thinking of working on my masters though, so I can be up to date on technology when I get out of the military (will be eligible to retire in about 3 years).

Would the military pay for you to do your masters?

They will pay for at least some of it. I already used a lot of my education benefits when I got my bachelors but I'm sure they'll still pay for some things. Haven't looked into it too much latly though because I haven't had the time. Mostly because of family stuff but if my daughter ever decides to start sleeping through the night I might be able to pull it off. I'll probably need to do some online courses in the beginning at least.

[eLvarouza]

Virtually all the top-notch software developers I've met in my career had a degree in math.

Any idea what you want to once you graduate?

I plan to get a PhD in physics. I was originally considering getting an undergrad degree in CS, but I've always liked physics and I realized I could just pick up whatever programming skills were necessary as needed, as I already had some decent experience before I went into college. There's definitely some interesting stuff in the CS field such as AI and some of the CS theory, but the above realization and some crazy CS professors deterred me from entering that field.

[Dada]

I plan to get a PhD in physics. I was originally considering getting an undergrad degree in CS, but I've always liked physics and I realized I could just pick up whatever programming skills were necessary as needed, as I already had some decent experience before I went into college. There's definitely some interesting stuff in the CS field such as AI and some of the CS theory, but the above realization and some crazy CS professors deterred me from entering that field.

Yeah, if you're in physics, math, or an engineering field you should have no problem.

[mpetry]

got a bachelors in math, but i took a lot of cs classes. unfortunately, i can't program well at all. i know java, c, python and some assembly, but i spent most of my time taking algorithms, theory of computation and computational geometry.

maybe technical people like stronglifts type programs because the lifts and the programming are both so technical?

[DavidC]

Got a degree in Electronic Engineering, and started working in software eng as it was easier than elec eng! No more hard maths. Currently working for a swiss investment bank in London, writing trading applications in C# (Microsoft) and looking at Microsoft's new "GUI" platform which is called WPF. One day I'll get a proper job.

One of the things I like about Stronglifts is that it isn't so technical....I like not being able to decide what I have to lift, it's all in the spreadsheet...keep adding +2.5kg until you stall. Obviously the technique gets technical.

[bluestreak]

One day I'll get a proper job.

Sounds like you have a good one. The vast majority of people I've met with degrees in 'real' engineering fields (i.e. aviation, mechanical, electrical, etc) end up finding working in software development; there are lots of jobs.

Yeah, I've read into WPF. Not at all convinced. Makes sense if the user interface is the application but, IMO, the vast majority of applications can get by with the standard Windows GUI and maybe the occasional 3rd party add-on. Especially in a corporate environment. WPF tries to make interfaces more like the web, making things all so complicated. I could see it being beneficial in a trading environment, where you'd want to do more complicated UI. I heard WPF is meant to be much-improved in Visual Studio 2010.

I enjoy lifting purely because my day job isn't the slightest bit physical.

[vhalros]

I'm currently perusing a PhD in Computer Science, working on automated/compiler assisted memory management (my mom is very proud that after twenty+ years of school, I'm working in garbage collection). I do a lot of work in Java lately, although lately I've been increasingly interested in Haskell. I also do some C++. There is a fair amount of Python running around on my machine, but it is mostly a lot of tiny scripts.

I think I agree with bluestreak's sentiment; I enjoy lifting because my work requires me to sit still for so long. After about eight hours in front of the computer, I just want to move. Then I go back and spend some more hours in front of the computer.

[DavidC]

One day I'll get a proper job.

Sounds like you have a good one. The vast majority of people I've met with degrees in 'real' engineering fields (i.e. aviation, mechanical, electrical, etc) end up finding working in software development; there are lots of jobs.

Yeah, I've read into WPF. Not at all convinced. Makes sense if the user interface is the application but, IMO, the vast majority of applications can get by with the standard Windows GUI and maybe the occasional 3rd party add-on. Especially in a corporate environment. WPF tries to make interfaces more like the web, making things all so complicated. I could see it being beneficial in a trading environment, where you'd want to do more complicated UI. I heard WPF is meant to be much-improved in Visual Studio 2010.

I enjoy lifting purely because my day job isn't the slightest bit physical.

Yeah the "proper job" thing was a throw-away, I kind of enjoy what I do and that's why I stay with it. WPF...well, yes, I agree. There are some very good bits to it, but the bad bits may outweigh those currently. My biggest concern is that WPF/XAML is hard to understand, hard to follow code-wise and difficult to debug.

I also enjoy the lifting from the same perspective. Also, it's a good time to disengage brain especially with 5x5 where you know what you have to lift...and that's it...you either manage it or you don't.

Cheers David