Comcast paid for our mayor (opposing the one who supported city-wide fiber)

I usually use a towel

I played the free weekends of the medic, pyro, and heavy update, and finally my friend gifted me the game in September 2008.

I have no excuse for being as bad as I am.

C# and C++ are designed for very different tasks. The former is a much safer, high-level language with niceties such as garbage collecting memory management and compiling to an intermediate language (similar to Java bytecode) that runs on top of the .Net framework. C++ on the other hand is a low-level platform-agnostic language that gains its speed from not having any of of the cozy features that high-level languages have, and it also compiles directly to assembly. Attempts to replace C++ within specific speed-dependent domains have been made (such as Rust for network/game applications), but none are mature enough to do so.

This is good news for developers. Microsoft is filling the gaping void left by Oracle in their routine mismanagement of Java.

Like it or not though, Java isn't going anywhere for awhile. It still occupies a market share many times larger than C#.

You could bootstrap some of your knowledge by taking a peek at comp.tf

The most relevant information to you would probably be the page on UberCharges (which primarily drive the flow of the game), the page on Scout unlocks, the page on 5CP (which is the primary competitive gamemode), and the map callouts.

Part of sniping is knowing exactly where your dot is and avoiding making it visible to the other team. Turning it off actually puts you at a disadvantage against competent players.

That would be illegal. In the U.S. (can't speak for other countries), taking photos of people in public on public property is 100% legal.

Static Shock

I would just like to point out that this thread is a year and a half old

Try changing your router's MAC address and rebooting your modem. I did that once and my ISP assigned me a new IP address, but your mileage may vary.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/do-cats-control-my-mind/282045/

cats suck confirmed

This concept of "always be hacking" has infested the mindset of impressionable CS students who think that the most important thing in life is an unbroken string of Github commits. A lot of big companies ask you this as a screening question, but if you're a good candidate the majority of the time they don't care. I've impressed just as many recruiters with my music-related extracurricular hobbies. They just want to see that you're passionate about something.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnbH00mu3VjwTYnGXMnS0vR2ZdQOPVyuh

This is my custom youtube music playlist. It's ~50% classical, but there's the occasional EDM song, hip hop, prog metal album, or folk music song in there. Mostly chill stuff though.

I have a lot of opinions on this matter, so it's going to be hard for me to put everything together in a coherent manner, but I'll try to do my best to break it into easy-to-digest sections.

I'm in my senior year of a Computer Engineering. It's ~90% the same as a CS degree, but with a few different core requirements and a couple more hardware-focused courses. I went this route because I think low-level coding and computer architecture is more interesting than proving correctness of algorithms, but whatever floats your boat.

Academics
Demand for the major has become crazy recently. Within the last few years, the number of freshman applicants to my school's Computer Science & Engineering department has grown literally exponentially, which means that the odds of being accepted to the department have grown as an inverse of that (i.e. not good). In this regard, there's a bit of a disappointing disparity between people who want to study it and the number of people the department is capable of accepting. There's no way to state this without coming off as bragging, but the demand is probably because my school is one of the top-rated undergraduate schools in the US. I worked my ass off and barely got in 3 years ago, and I doubt I would get in if I applied today.

For any aspiring high school seniors, the best advice I could give would be to first apply to whatever schools you're interested in for direct admittance into their CS program. Most good departments should consider your application in it's entirety, i.e. they like to see good grades, AP courses, and a killer essay; in no particular order. If you get direct admit somewhere, take it. Do not hedge your bets with another school and roll the dice on applying as an undergraduate. Barring that, seriously consider going to a community college and fulfilling whatever prerequisites would be necessary for transferring into a 4-year CS program in the same state. Even at the best schools, prereq classes suck hardcore and are way too competitive since everyone is gunning for a spot in the engineering/pre-med schools.

Job Market
The job market is definitely not saturated in any way whatsoever. If the demand is lacking in your area, look somewhere else. The SF bay area, Seattle, and Texas are the hottest spots for tech jobs and companies there are always hiring. If you graduate from a top program, local recruiters will probably be breathing down your neck before you graduate. If this isn't the case, you just need to market yourself well and know where to apply (see the aforementioned markets). As with any job, networking is the key to get your foot in the door.

You actually don't even need a tech degree to get a job coding at a top tech company. If you have an insane amount of motivation, you could learn everything you needed to know online. The material is out there, and even professors in my department are teaching equivalent courses to what I've taken, only for free on Coursera. I'm not nearly self-disciplined to learn on my own, so I see my degree as a 4-year crash course in algorithms, coding, and computer architecture. A degree absolutely helps you get your foot in the door when looking for a job, but the minimum guarantee from surviving a 4 year CS degree is that it demonstrates a certain level of competence and discipline on your part.

Thanks for taking the time to read this wall of ramblings regarding my experiences over the last few years, I hope there's some value to be had in it. If you have any further questions, feel free to PM me or add me on Steam.