Why are comp sci students such saps??

WTF? :rolleyes:

I have been away for the last two days and I notice that this thread is still going. How SAD can that be? :rolleyes:

It basically started out with a guy who obviously knows nothing about college (I'm not talking about course content), and how the system works. All I'm going to say is this person (I couldn't be arsed looking back to see who he is), should get his facts right before posting on a board that is constantly viewed by other CS students such as myself, that have 5yrs of 3rd level experience behind them.

As for the people who say there are no jobs for the computing students, a thought occured to me other day... "Just because I'm doing CS doesn't mean I'm fukked, coz if I was doing any other course I would be in the same position!". Take for example my friends in Engineering (Electronics & Civil) they are both biting their nails as their final days in college draw closer. The computer industry (software and hardware) was booming a few years ago, and has now died down. But TBH they have not died down below the level of any other industry. When I started my course everyone else thought that computers was the only course that could have job prospects at the end. For me it was the only course I had an interest in. Now the only thing that has changed is that computer jobs are not as plentiful, everything else is still the same. So no wonder people are laughing at the IT and CS heads, coz for years they had it easy while everyone else hated them for it.

Well to be honest I don't care if jobs are scarce because I'm in the coolest industry under the sun that moves at the speed of light, with changes ocurring almost every few seconds. I would like to say the same about other courses, which to me have never changed, and are as boring as the day I wrote my first program on my humble Commodore64. :cool:

Anyway before I get flamed WRT the last paragraph, this is not a dig to non CS students, but to people who think CS students made a poor choice in course selection, based simply on a temporary downturn in the industry.

Anyway I don't have anything futher to add. I have made a few points in this post, I would like if people would acknowledge them, so we can call it a day.

;-phobos-)

WTF?

I have been away for the last two days and I notice that this thread is still going. How SAD can that be?

If the points I mentioned above had been considered before, then I might not have had to bring them up again.

This thread was started by someone who's inexperienced, and now has turned in to a typical "gang war", a my opinion against yours, regime. An exhausted debait perhaps. Where is that going to get us?

;-phobos-)

Originally posted by Lord Khan


hehe yes less than 60 out of the 193 got jobs. some of those are working for their daddies and other relatives. I dropped it when I noticed that.

there is a load of saps in Comp Sys, they joined it thinking great jobs ... which there isn't ... 4 years ago yes now ... none.

Few friends who graduated 4th year recently top of their class and they had trouble getting jobs.

dumbass... you dropped it when you failed your exams :rolleyes:

yes, i did get get a co-op job Thorbar, with GECapital Aviation services in Shannon. but a lot of people haven't been so lucky.

Originally posted by Lord Khan


hehe yes less than 60 out of the 193 got jobs. some of those are working for their daddies and other relatives. I dropped it when I noticed that.

there is a load of saps in Comp Sys, they joined it thinking great jobs ... which there isn't ... 4 years ago yes now ... none.

Few friends who graduated 4th year recently top of their class and they had trouble getting jobs.

First of all, 60 jobs for the years comp sys is well above this years college average for co-op. It averages at 25% at UL in general.

And in case you somehow failed to notice Khan, you didn't "drop" anything. You are not the only person I know who flunked out of first year, but you were certainly the most irritating and obnoxious one.

People usually don't join CS thinking about jobs, no 17 year old thinks much about the future.. but then you didn't get the points until you were 20 did you? Oops! :-)

And for anyone who doubts the voracity of the claim, think for a sec about whether you'd drop a course because because co-op was scarce. Believing anything Khan bullschits about is usually not a good idea, this is a boy who thinks he can walk on water and bake 30-minute brownies in 20 minutes.

You are badly in need of a life Khan, and I don't mean your imaginary trips to Peru, or the BASE jumping you somehow managed without even skydiving, or the little army of loyal minions that exist only inside your head.

If you want to slag comp sys students go right ahead, but I recommend that before you knock the course you couldn't even do, you should probably find something better. Good luck with that :-)