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Old Aug 11th, 2005, 12:55 PM   #5
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If you get possibly find an internship while in school or get lucky like i did and get into a company that will be flexible around school but let you be a programmer for them (they love to hire college students where i work (cheaper)) Then when you get out of college it wont be that hard to find a job.

If you are worried about the computer wizs i wouldnt be because when I started college i hadnt had any actual programming experience. Yes I was a geek and was always reading about computers but never actually did anything except HTML. So I say since you have a full year before you graduate just start learning now. there is so much info online that if you are a fast learner then you will be all caught up or atleast not far behind some of the. Oh yeah, and colleges dont start out expecting that you know what youa re doing. they think everyone is a beginner so dont feel bad about that.

Second, If you start learning now and decide Software Engineering isnt for you then atleast you haven't wasted any of your money in college working on a degree you don't think you would like. So just pick up a programming book or a tutorial online somewhere and start reading and see if you think it is something you want to do.
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