Advice to a Junior in High School?

[Howard Nease]

Hello, everyone. I would appreciate any advice that someone could give me on
my future career path. Here is my situation:

I am a bright Junior in a very well-respected private high school, taking
almost all AP and accelerated classes. I am HIGHLY interested in technology,
more specifically the field of Computer Science and software engineering. I
have heard a whole lot about the fact that the market for software engineers
nowadays is *HORRIBLE*, and that I should double major or perhaps go into a
field of study in which I'm not very interested.

I would be devastated were I to find the need to leave computer science. I
love the subject, and I've wanted to be a computer scientist ever since I
was 12 years old.

Does anyone have any advice for me and my future? What should I study in
college? Will the market for jobs get better? Do I have any hope at all of
finding a decent-paying job in compsci? What languages do you suggest that I
study (I'm already studying Python)?

thank you very much for your help!

--shn

[Al Kirke]

"Skip Montanaro" <sk**@pobox.com > wrote in message
news:ma******** *************** ***********@pyt hon.org...

Al> MY children were taught to handle firearms safely beginning age 5.
Al> Are yours?

No, we're more intelligent than that. We have no guns in our house.

Why is this on c.l.py anyway?

It shouldn't be on the python group.. It was off-topic and I
should not have replied.

But in winding up, the fact remains that there is and has always
been a violent criminal element in society, and none of us
expect this to change. That being the case, without handguns
is there any protection against those elements?

The only statistics I know of that compare convictions of Texas
carry-concealed license holders to convictions in the general
population are from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

http://www.tsra.com/DPS_convictions.htm

About a year ago a constable pulled me over for speeding. The
procedure for a driver is to hold both his drivers license and his
concealed handgun license out the window for the officer to
observe as he approaches. Texas police are in general comforted
by the appearance of concealed handgun licenses, because
these guarantee that a convicted felon is not driving that car.

My (very) pretty daughter was in the car, and as the constable
was writing out the ticket, he spent some time telling my daughter
that the world is nastier now that it once was, and that she
should seriously consider getting her own CHL.

Remember, when you and your family are driving late at night,
that you're only a timing belt away from meeting new and
exciting people.

Cheers,

Al

[Nick Vargish]

"Al Kirke" <al******@comca st.net> writes:

It shouldn't be on the python group.. It was off-topic and I
should not have replied.

[ More pro-gun rhetoric snipped. ]

And yet, you are still determined to push your agenda, despite your
admission that it's OT and you should not have replied.

Real nice.

Nick

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[collegebabe2004]

wow! Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves? Well, I'm glad you are
beefing up your college knowledge but let's just sit back for a minute
and breathe........ ..there, feel better? Now, listen. When I was a
freshman and sophomore in high school I was so sure I wanted to be an
artist and attend one of the most highly recognized and expensive art
schools in the country. I wanted to go to college back east away from
my parents. Now I'm a psychology major in community college and I want
to attend UCLA! First of all, NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS when it comes to
your major. Do what it is true to your heart and never let people say
you can't! You can double major if you want to be on the safe side.
Compsci isn't an easy thing to do as you know and it's a highly
regarded profffession! By the time you graduate college, the world
could be a completely different place. But let's just worry about here
and now. If you think too much about the future IT WILL DRIVE YOU
CRAZY! Trust me, you are doing everything right so far. I applaud
your effort but relax and everything will fall into place eventually!
I would suggest taking Japanese because you will have to work with them
eventually if you do decide to choose compsci as your proffesion.
Margaux

[Stephen Waterbury]

collegebabe2004 wrote:

wow! Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves? ...

Well I'm like "yuhhh!" Like, you know, Japanese ...
oh I am *so* shur!

[Peter Hansen]

collegebabe2004 wrote:

I would suggest taking Japanese because you will have to work with them
eventually if you do decide to choose compsci as your proffesion.

Over what time frame should I expect this requirement to become
critical? I'd like to know so I can reserve a spot in the next
Japanese course in the area, if you think it's really urgent.
Also, should I plan on adopting various aspects of the Japanese
culture as well, or will a mastery of the language be sufficient?

-Peter

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:04:01 -0500, rumours say that Peter Hansen
<pe***@engcorp. com> might have written:

collegebabe200 4 wrote:

I would suggest taking Japanese because you will have to work with them
eventually if you do decide to choose compsci as your proffesion.

[Peter]Over what time frame should I expect this requirement to become
critical? I'd like to know so I can reserve a spot in the next
Japanese course in the area, if you think it's really urgent.
Also, should I plan on adopting various aspects of the Japanese
culture as well, or will a mastery of the language be sufficient?

I think having a katana next to your keyboard will suffice to give the
*impression* you have mastered enough of the japanese culture, Peter :)
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TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best.
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I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually...