Computer Science Panel Notes

Panel Notes

Do what you are good at and what you like doing
Make sure to actually understand your code! That is the most important part, not just if your code works
Be direct, clear, and concise during interviews.
Include your achievements and what you have done. Your impact!
Flowcharts are important for communicating your ideas
- draw.io
Github is important! Learn more about it and how to use it!
Take suggestions, information, and criticism with an open mind
Remember to use comments! Get in the habit of doing that!
DON’T PROCRASTINATE YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAYS!
Sometimes it’s best to go to a school that isn’t the highest or the best so that your credits transfer over and you don’t have to do them again and can graduate faster
Combining technical stuff with other stuff, like social or ethical stuff can be more interesting and appealing to some places
Make friends and connections! They can give you referrals
Look at classes that universities/colleges offer and talk(in an interview or in a paper) about which ones you want to do
Sometimes it’s good to go to community colleges to make more classes count and get credits (Helps get easier classes out of the way!)
Jobs do not care about your college gpa
- They look more at your projects that you have done
Embrace the “think like a coder” mindset!
Making websites are a good skill to have
Someone did research at UCSD by emailing a bunch of professors. Maybe you can try doing that!
Do what you are passionate about! As long as you are truly passionate about something, then you will be fine!
Just get past the starting point, and it will be easier
After you write a lot of essays, you can just take them apart and make them longer or shorter
Leetcode can be useful
For internships, look at company websites and linkedin (maybe indeed)
- Go for smaller places/startups
- Messaging on linkedin is helpful
- A website/portfolio for yourself can be useful!
For the first internship, it can be anything. Just do it to get something on your resume