As a CS degree student, I have learned a little bit about a broad mix of subjects. It has become evident that it\u2019s common for a person to complete a technology degree without developing deep coding skills. The Capstone course is an opportunity to sink your teeth into a project and that\u2019s good, but I, personally, will still need to learn some strong coding skills so I intend to go deeper into something \u2013 maybe node.js.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A degree program generally provides relatively shallow learning across a broad horizon of subjects, so the student is primed to tackle any number of endeavors, but with very limited experience. For all of the valuable things that we learn in a CS degree program, it is entirely possible \u2013 as is my case \u2013 to complete a degree program without gaining strong coding skills. In our Web Development course, I (barely) made a website that accessed a database. I couldn\u2019t do it again because as soon as I finished, it was time to start another term of school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I now find it necessary to go deep on one or more subjects in order to have marketable skills. I think I will wait until this \u2013 my last term \u2013 is over, and take several free online courses in JavaScript and node.js. I may begin with html, then CSS, then JavaScript and node. At the very least, I would like to be able to make another<\/em> website that accesses a database. I will probably also take courses in git and GitHub, as I believe those are very valuable tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have started free online courses in git and CSS and JavaScript, but didn\u2019t finish them. One thing that I found, though, is that I learned a lot from them. I\u2019ll go back and restart them and I will finish them this time. When I was taking those courses, I was getting rubber-to-the-road knowledge of real-world skills that can be very useful in the job market. For all the benefits of a CS degree, the degree doesn\u2019t provide any deep skillset. One needs to add that on the side, by methodically learning deeper skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I work through some of the courses I\u2019ve mentioned, I hope I\u2019ll become aware of some additional skills that I might enjoy learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get a degree in Computer Science is a lucky thing and it will likely be of good benefit, but completing assignments and passing classes in a broad curriculum doesn\u2019t generally provide deep skillsets. I think it\u2019s a good idea for a degree student to pursue a deeper dive into some marketable skills. Find something that interests you and develop some specialized skills that will make you a capable engineer. You\u2019ll probably enjoy the deep dive and if you haven\u2019t already, you may learn what you want to do as a career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a CS degree student, I have learned a little bit about a broad mix of subjects. It has become evident that it\u2019s common for a person to complete a technology degree without developing deep coding skills. The Capstone course is an opportunity to sink your teeth into a project and that\u2019s good, but I,… Continue reading Go a Little Deep into Some Coding that Interests You<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/twohandedtravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}As Degree Students, We Have a Good Start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n