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People of XO: why don't you just learn how to code????
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:33 PM Author: Cyan corner boiling water On your own. And then start a company and sell it for 1 billion???? Seriously, slaving away for a salary is Ntcr. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20436201) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:35 PM Author: Fragrant Plaza what do you think i've been doing for the past few years... i spent more time learning to code while in LS than kids spent studying k/torts/corp outlines (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20436232) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:35 PM Author: Cyan corner boiling water oh carry on brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20436251) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:36 PM Author: Fragrant Plaza i am. this shit is infinitely more exciting than anything legal-related (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20436267) |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:37 PM Author: Diverse elite mad-dog skullcap titcr
spend a day or two before the final learning the law and spend the rest of the semester learning something useful |
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Date: April 10th, 2012 10:38 PM Author: Fragrant Plaza yep... doing this made me a huge outcast in my LS but fuck if I care, I realized I had no business there anyway (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20436297) |
Date: April 11th, 2012 12:53 PM Author: Cyan corner boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20439170) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:16 PM Author: Gold bearded set really tough guy HALP ME learn how to code
i want to create my own website and do awesome archival shit and encrypt everything on it |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:17 PM Author: Gold bearded set really tough guy i want like my own research portal which suits MY NEURAL PATHWAYS not fucking sergei brin slavcock (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447684) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:18 PM Author: Gold bearded set really tough guy KONY 2012 CONTROL YOUR INTERNET ADN CONTROL YOUR BRAIN
seriously though, i know 0 and am going to spend all of next year doing this. what programs should i learn to list on my resume and ALSO build a sick personalized site |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:23 PM Author: racy love of her life affirmative action what's the best way to go about learning to python, ruby, etc? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447716) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:25 PM Author: Pearly Codepig learn them? trying to program simple shit is always good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447727) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:28 PM Author: racy love of her life affirmative action okay, let me just download some random compiler and start typing shit until a useful program pops out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447740) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:29 PM Author: Pearly Codepig o no obv u need to actually learn 2 code first. do u no other languages? if not its gonna take a while. do u no abt 4 loops & shit? i remember webmonkey tutorials being good so heres a starter http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/get_started_with_python/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447749) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:30 PM Author: racy love of her life affirmative action i took an intro java class once upon a time - i'll check out webmonkey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447754) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:24 PM Author: razzle-dazzle gay wizard preventive strike just do sales, bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447722) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:27 PM Author: Diverse elite mad-dog skullcap from my understanding, this shit is constantly changing
i doubt people on here have what it takes to keep up with the uber nerds who live for that shit
(not saying intelligence, rather desire/drive)
fwiw, my source for this info is xo so i could be way off |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:28 PM Author: racy love of her life affirmative action the constantly changing nature makes it easier to compete with established programmers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447744) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:35 PM Author: french mexican that might be true, but it'll be easier to compete with you once another new technology disrupts what you just learned (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447781) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:27 PM Author: Out-of-control Principal's Office Main People Once you learn one langauge, the others come pretty easy, brother. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448125) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:33 PM Author: Concupiscible High-end Puppy The fundamentals don't change though
The algorithms class they teach now is the same as it was 20 years ago, and that is the defining class of a computer science education |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:34 PM Author: Pearly Codepig wat abt real analysis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448721) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:50 PM Author: Concupiscible High-end Puppy That's just good to know in general. It's basically a rigorous treatment of the question "if something is infinitesimally close to something else, does it become that thing?" which is interesting not just for math and science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448803) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:50 PM Author: Pearly Codepig 180 lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448807) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:31 PM Author: Chocolate sanctuary just go to stanford and work for SV companies and be part of the bay area circlejerk culture bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20447761) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 3:37 PM Author: jet-lagged becky skinny woman http://www.codeacademy.com
edit: this too: http://labs.codecademy.com |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:16 PM Author: wild mood son of senegal tyvmft (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448063) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 5:21 PM Author: racy love of her life affirmative action when you finish with codeacademy you still have basically no idea what you're doing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448380) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 7:04 PM Author: electric vermilion stock car nevermind that it's just javascript lessons for now. no idea why this site gets spread around so much. who gives a fuck about javascript (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448892) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:23 PM Author: Hairless wrinkle senate The new law-school plan: enroll in a T14 and immediately start learning japanese and python but NOT the law. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448109) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:24 PM Author: Out-of-control Principal's Office Main People <? print("Already know code, breh..."); ?> (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448112) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:28 PM Author: Drab house-broken orchestra pit alert('u madd?'); (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448128) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:31 PM Author: wild mood son of senegal confirm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448148) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 4:37 PM Author: electric vermilion stock car I'm capable of coding but have no ideas worth pursuing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448190) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 5:11 PM Author: Out-of-control Principal's Office Main People Coding is not a problem. You can hire an Indian from vworker.com to do any coding you need for $1 an hour. Coders are modern day assembly line workers.
The hard part, is coming up with an idea worth coding... |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 5:22 PM Author: Histrionic Plum Center Sound Barrier this
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Date: April 12th, 2012 5:22 PM Author: abnormal philosopher-king ya, no one calls themselves a "programmer" or "coder" anymore. those jobs are like bottom line bullshit. like being a staff attorney or doc review faggot. now they call themselves "software engineers," which i guess is supposed to delineate their ability to solve complex and big picture problems (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448387) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:29 PM Author: french mexican cr. 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448697) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:34 PM Author: Concupiscible High-end Puppy They can pump out stock solutions and otherwise poorly written code but coding for the sake of innovation is an NP problem (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448719) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 5:15 PM Author: swashbuckling godawful circlehead Or just start a for profit law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448348) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 5:20 PM Author: abnormal philosopher-king knowing how to code is the easy part. what's hard is knowing how to put it all together, thinking creatively and shit about problems. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448376) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:52 PM Author: Salmon ticket booth fanboi THIS
the problem solving ability is what seperates a monkey from the top performers
XOXO needs to realize that before spamming CS flame. In all honesty, if you sucked in technical subjects growing up you're probably going to suck in this as well. |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 7:01 PM Author: Low-t reading party locale most posters here have more natural ability than you tech support turdskin breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448868) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 6:26 PM Author: razzmatazz shrine place of business I wasn't very good at programming classes in HS compared to all these aspie savant fucks who just "got it" so I gave up and stuck with normal science shit. Maybe I quit too soon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1920934&forum_id=2#20448693) |