Quote: (12-30-2018 05:23 PM)B-Minus Wrote:
... so far the only language we have spent major time on is c++. The instructors say this is the hardest one so now we will do java and python and they will be easy since we know c++. We have also done a bit of c and assembly language.
I agree with your instructors about the value of C++. The creator of StackOverlow, Joel Spolsky, wrote a nice article about teaching hard stuff at the university https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/12/2...schools-2/. He likes your school's approach too.
Nowadays we also see functional languages picking up, so you might want get interested in Haskell or do some exercises from Scheme/Lisp-based Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (famous textbook from MIT).
Quote: (12-30-2018 07:21 PM)RV_p Wrote:
... Starting salary for latter is still around 200-300k after school or with related experience.
That's not exactly true, but it's close to the truth. First, you need to be in Silicon Valley or New York. London or Singapore is not enough. That's not the salary, but the total compensation (we abbreviate it to TC in our slang). It includes your annual bonus and stock grant. Finally, it's not a starting comp. It takes around a year or two of experience after the school. To crack 300k you'll need around 3-5 years of experience and not everybody gets there.
It's a common wrong assumption that compensation is normally distributed (Gaussian). What really happens is that there is a mixture of two Gaussian distributions. First peak is below 100k - those are the people somewhat interested in IT. The second one at 300k are those who understand computers. See https://danluu.com/bimodal-compensation/