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I'm an Oxford computer science student. AMA!

Going into second year!

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Original post by Jooooshy
Going into second year!


How was your first year? Do you know what grade you got for the first year?
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Original post by Binary Freak
How was your first year? Do you know what grade you got for the first year?

It was cool. A lot of it was maths (like 4/10 of my modules were maths, 5 if you count formal proof), but I'm sure it will be beneficial when I come to study more advanced topics. I got a first, although Oxford give prelim results as either Distinction (70+) or Pass (40-69) :biggrin:


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lol I get asked this all the time

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Smart cookie, well done bud.

Do uou do programming classes or self teach in your spare time?
Original post by Jooooshy
Going into second year!

Are your economic views in line with keynsian economists or austrain economists?
Do you think brics nations growth rates will remain sluggish? Please provide a explanation of your answer.
Are we running the risk of creating another housing bubble?
What are your opinions on recent m&a within the tech sector?
Is the patent cliff a major concern for big pharma, if so are high value acquisition the answer?
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Original post by SamTheMan95
Smart cookie, well done bud.

Do uou do programming classes or self teach in your spare time?


Yeah I read some of a book or do some programming every day :smile:
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Original post by The_Mediocre_One
Are your economic views in line with keynsian economists or austrain economists?
Do you think brics nations growth rates will remain sluggish? Please provide a explanation of your answer.
Are we running the risk of creating another housing bubble?
What are your opinions on recent m&a within the tech sector?
Is the patent cliff a major concern for big pharma, if so are high value acquisition the answer?


I can't provide a sensible answer to either of those questions..
Original post by Jooooshy
I can't provide a sensible answer to either of those questions..


Oxford or Oxford brookes brah??

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Original post by The_Mediocre_One
Are your economic views in line with keynsian economists or austrain economists?
Do you think brics nations growth rates will remain sluggish? Please provide a explanation of your answer.
Are we running the risk of creating another housing bubble?
What are your opinions on recent m&a within the tech sector?
Is the patent cliff a major concern for big pharma, if so are high value acquisition the answer?


Keynsian economics looks boring. I'm not even wikipedia-ing Austrian economics. It's all boring to me.

Yeah. I just have a feeling in my balls.

I ****ing love bubbles.

what's m&a?

yes and yes
What do you actually learn about? Is it interesting? :biggrin:
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Original post by ahappydyl
What do you actually learn about? Is it interesting? :biggrin:


All sorts! Algorithms, programming, maths, computer architectures..

I find it interesting, but it's probably not for everyone :biggrin:
What's the hardest aspect of programming?
Original post by Jooooshy
It was cool. A lot of it was maths (like 4/10 of my modules were maths, 5 if you count formal proof), but I'm sure it will be beneficial when I come to study more advanced topics. I got a first, although Oxford give prelim results as either Distinction (70+) or Pass (40-69) :biggrin:


What maths topics does computer science involve?
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All sorts! Algorithms, programming, maths, computer architectures..

I find it interesting, but it's probably not for everyone :biggrin:


No! I find it interesting too and I would totally apply for it if I didn't completely suck at Maths. I'm a Lit student but I'm planning on joining a CompSci society when I get to uni because I really want to give it a go.

Good luck for your second year!
What's your favourite programming language?
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Original post by ahappydyl
No! I find it interesting too and I would totally apply for it if I didn't completely suck at Maths. I'm a Lit student but I'm planning on joining a CompSci society when I get to uni because I really want to give it a go.

Good luck for your second year!


Good luck to you too! Anybody can go into programming; when I went to a programming competition hosted by G-Research, one of the guys on the winning team was actually a linguistics student! :biggrin:
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Original post by bat$h!tcrazy
What's your favourite programming language?


At the moment I'm interested in Erlang. But for my absolute favourite: Scala.
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Original post by LostGear
What's the hardest aspect of programming?


Lol easy one for me. Proving that your bloody program works.

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