On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't have a choice. Started school as a biz major and they literally > forced me to take a Computers 101 course. I begged and pleaded to be let > out > of the class and they told me I had to take it or switch to an arts major.
I started out as a Biology major....but I absolutely DESPISED chemistry. The first semester I had a 7:30 AM Chem lab. It was 3 hours of pure hell, before most college kids were even awake. I said screw that, no way i'm getting through all the chemistry required for this major. Luckily i'd signed up for an intro to programming class as an elective...so i was on track for that major. One thing I really liked about the CS major at my school, they required 12 upper division hours in another discipline...so I got to take a bunch of Math courses, and ended up with a double major in Math...which rocked. > My intro to computers went even worse than I expected. My lab partner knew > a > little about computers so I coasted thru the first semester failing > miserably. After Xmas my lab partner found himself a girlfriend in the > same > class and I got paired with a guy who was doing worse than I was. Early in > term 2 the prof started Qbasic programming and I managed to pull my mark > from a charitable F to a B-. Not bad considering how badly I was doing. > The > next year I switched my major to Biz Info Systems, a mix of the Biz and > Comp > Sci degrees. > I had never programmed a thing, but the intro class I took pretty much started at step one...the "Hello world" program...so it was perfectly suited for me. We learned about constructs one at time...arrays, then linked lists, then stacks, then piles.......all in C++.....just a great foundation for future programming in just about any language. -- Now my dreams are heavy things That are muddied by reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259467 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
