Any programmers or CS majors here?

[Rokku]

PHP dev here, been doing it fulltime for 5 years, and as a part-time freelancer for 2-3 years before that. Working in the e-learning field now, so able to do a little more 'blue sky thinking' than just coding all day, which is good 'cos I'm sick of coding

[Aghori]

B.Sc. in applied math a physics. I've been a programmer in the computer graphics field for about 25 years (CAD/CAM, medical imaging, computer games). Have been a computer game programmer for the last 11 years - but me and a lot of others got laid off on Monday :0

Edit: C/C++, .NET with C# and C++/CLI. Lots of differnent compilers and IDE's. Hardware is PC's, DEC machines, some unix boxes, N64, GameCube, 360, PS3.

[lifthard]

ASP.NET C# the last 3-4 years. Have done a little of everything the last 15 years (Lotus Notes, PL/SQL, C, C++, VB..). Also into SEO but more of a side thing helping some friends businesses.

Wasn't my major in college but took alot of courses. COBOL, FORTRAN... Long time ago

I don't do as much developing as I used to- more of a Program Manager now working with the customer. Still try to stay on top of things...

[steelcutoats]

graphics driver developer

work in C and assembler, with occasional python scripts

phd in computer science, taught theory and algorithms at universities and wrote papers for a while, but needed stability and benefits

graphics is fun, but big corps have a lot of bureaucracy and politics

[thefinalsql]

I manage a team that uses aps.net/c#. OOP hurts my head. Go procedural!

I am hard core SQL though. Best language on the planet. Why? Because sooner or later almost all data ends up in a SQL database.

[Billy]

I'm currently busting my butt in school for my CS degree and am close to graduating with magna cum laude. I'm also one of the CS fellows here at school and almost considered double majoring CS and Mathematics, but just stuck with the Mathematics minor.

In class I've learned and used C++, Java, SQL, and some ASP.NET, C# and Unix.

I also work at the web development office at school. I started out working with CSS and HTML at the beginning of the year, but over the summer they had me learn Django and I've been working with that since.

I still have to come up with a cool idea for a program to write for my thesis. I really want to do something that people will find useful, but its hard finding something significant enough that people will use.

[Tmv]

How much are all you cd majors making?

[maroon]

I started working after completing my undergraduate degree (Comp.Sci). I'm not the greatest of academics so I was very happy to start working and getting out there.
With the current exchange rates it works out to around $70k. The dollar is cheap at the moment so for my age it's not as much as it may sound.

[Hash]

Programmer here. Did a Bachelor in Comp Sci a while ago, and I finish with my Master's at the end of this semester.

I've worked with php, jsp, and java a bit, but now I'm a lot more focused in using .Net technologies, so it's mostly C# or VB.net with a good amount of SQL thrown in there.

While some problems are enjoyable to solve, a lot of others are mundane and redundant, making for extremely boring periods. I can't imagine coding for a long period of time though. I'd rather switch to something else.

[portmaster1000]

I have bachelor degree in CS from N.C. State. I got into the admin side (BASIS) of the SAP game back in boom time before I ever got a programming job. The knowledge from my degree does come in handy and makes me a much more valuable asset. I've been able to write a ton of utilities in the SAP's own language of ABAP/4 for our group and even help out when the other programmers get backed up.

Now I'd say programming is more of an enjoyable hobby I can do at work

[Glutenbob]

I am a CS major. I have worked with Jython, and am now working with Java and Html. I love it.

[Tmv]

can anyone recommend books on programming that they had fun reading and putting into practice? THANKS!

Oh and i'd like to learn about c# (that's the new hip language correct?)

[steelcutoats]

can't go wrong with the classics.... C programming language by Kernighan & Ritchie

python is so fun it's hard for a python book not to be fun...

for a serious challenge with serious payoff, ML for the Working Programmer.... some may think this a joke... but it's not. If you master ML, you will have a new view on programming and a skill that has some demand but is relatively rare (I know of at least 3 local shops/teams that work in ML).. this book has a lot of great projects in it.

[gantengx]

brainfuck :p