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Taking extra time to finish a degree

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 05:01:17 2021 No.12556736 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12556752 >>12556777 >>12557607 >>12558227 >>12558280 >>12558324

I’m going to take 4.5 years to finish my 3 year CS degree. I didn’t fail anything but I kept withdrawing from subjects early because I lacked motivation and knew I would fail if I didn’t. How bad will these gaps in my degree look to an employer?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:05:35 No.12556747 Report

Quoted By: >>12558299

>CS degree
OH NO NO NO

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:07:13 No.12556749 Report

Quoted By: >>12556757

Federal loan funding is exhausted around $56,000 meaning you'll need to pay for tuition, food, room and board yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:08:09 No.12556752 Report

Quoted By: >>12558299

>>12556736
The fact that you did a CS degree will look worse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:09:27 No.12556757 Report

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>>12556749
Good thing I’m not an americuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:16:48 No.12556777 Report

Quoted By: >>12556780 >>12556786

>>12556736
>needs 50% more time on a CS degree
just drop out and get a trade job. Bounce back later in life, you obviously need to learn how to function like an adult and not a high schooler.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:18:20 No.12556780 Report

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>>12556777
this, employers will wonder how you took so long with no extenuating circumstances on a fucking undergraduate degree, and a CS degree at that

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:21:31 No.12556786 Report

Quoted By: >>12556844

>>12556777
That’s retarded, I only have 1 year left

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:23:53 No.12556790 Report

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according to sci

> drop out
> become a NEET
> you will never be a woman
> go back in 10 yrs when you are 30
> you will find plenty of pussy
> start med school at 40
> hah showed my teachers and parents who told me to clean my room

ur retarded and if i ever meet somebody who took 4.5 yrs to graduate im just going to assume its you and punch them

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 05:43:34 No.12556844 Report

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>>12556786
That’s nothing, I finished all the classes and just didn’t do some required extra curricular crap. They changed the graduation requirements now and want me to retake the freshmen essay writing tutorial or they won’t give me my diploma.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 06:03:43 No.12556897 Report

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No one ever asked how much time I took to grauate. And it would only be relevant for your first work. Chill the fuck out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 11:49:50 No.12557607 Report

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>>12556736
bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 15:45:39 No.12558205 Report

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CS major here. Took 5 years to finish my 4 year degree because of the same reason. I managed to get an internship near the end and am now fully employed making nearly 100K/yr. Wouldn't worry about it too much. It was never brought up in interviews because I only put my completed date on my resume/CV so I suggest doing the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 15:49:55 No.12558227 Report

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>>12556736
>How bad will these gaps in my degree look to an employer?
just put your graduation date on it without your start date

i took 6 years to graduate but i don't put that on my resume. just think of it as another year to intern

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 16:02:54 No.12558280 Report

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>>12556736
I dropped out to trade shitcoins in 2017 now I'm joining the military and letting them give me credits and pay for my shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 16:09:47 No.12558299 Report

Quoted By: >>12558327

>>12556747
>>12556752
Im not in on the meme, tell my what is wrong with CS. Im not OP

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 16:18:13 No.12558324 Report

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>>12556736
Might raise some eyebrows, so you should have a clarification planned. "Family reasons" is usually enough, recruiters don't normally press that hard.
Also, have something prepared as to how you continued improving during that gap. Personal projects, a new topic that you began self-study, something like that. Don't make yourself out to be a lump.
A small gap like half a year shouldn't HURT your job chances, though. You're fine. Good luck with the job search.
Remember to hit up people you may have met in college; they've had a head-start in the job world and might be able to get your foot in the door somewhere.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 16:18:38 No.12558327 Report

Quoted By: >>12558341

>>12558299
it's heavily saturated and full of normies. it's still easier to get a job in software than hard sciences or other engineering for now at least
when the "bubble bursts" it will actually just become like the rest of the fields

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 16:21:35 No.12558341 Report

Quoted By: >>12558357

>>12558327
Have a friend that wants to study CS, but he has no idea what a logic-gate is. Probably just spends a lot of time on his pc like everybody else

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Jan 2021 16:26:16 No.12558357 Report

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>>12558341
>Have a friend that wants to study CS, but he has no idea what a logic-gate is.
it used to be that virtually nobody went in without at least knowing how to write code, but most people are in it for the money
there's nothing really wrong with that. at my uni at least i've seen people who didn't know jack shit about programming until 12th grade or freshman year end up with strong careers

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