Graduation.

[Harry Bosch]

Hey. I am graduating from University soon and am feeling pretty apprehensive. I guess I am worried I won't have the same amount of fun; wish I had worked harder and that my social life will take a hit. I also don't want to go back home and live with the folks, which at this point feels like a step back. I think most of all I am gonna miss the freedom to drunkenly playing N64 games with my friends at 3am.

Don?t get me wrong I am happy to be moving on, I don?t think hanging around your Uni town after graduation is a good thing it?s kinda sad. I just wanted to know if anyone was going through the same thing?

 

[Teachingaddict]

Trust me I know how you feel - but finding a good job, which pays well, makes up for it.

 

[goatzilla8463]

Well, I'm still 14 but my advice is pretty sound, so people say.

Right. First thing to do is to get a loan and buy a flat.

Then, party every single day for the rest of your life with your mates in your flat.

Done.

 

[megapenguinx]

Well my school is in the city, where most likely my job will be, so I'll have to stay in town....

 

[Robyrt]

I was pretty bummed for a few months after graduation. Then I found a good job, moved out of my parents' house, and started getting in touch with older friends who'd gone through the same thing, and it got a lot better.

 

[Legion]

Well, I'm still 14 but my advice is pretty sound, so people say.

Right. First thing to do is to get a loan and buy a flat.

Then, party every single day for the rest of your life with your mates in your flat.

Done.

... Those people are liars or imaginary, sorry. No sane person would party every day or else you'd run out of ideas!

Seriously though, Apprehension is natural in this situation. For a little while things may not be as fun due to sorting out a job, living arrangements etc. but there's no reason things won't pick up a bit once you are settled.

There's nothing wrong with staying in the same area if you like it. Moving just for the sake of it would be a worse idea.

 

[Weaver]

Wow, my program has like a 90 hour work week. I barely have time to sleep (which is why I try not to), let alone have any fun at all. You sure are lucky! So really, you had your fun, time to grow up. At least your life isn't mine, where you're 22 years old and haven't enjoyed any of your life.

 

[Weaver]

I was too busy for partying. I was always programming the next game in class, doing mathematical programming or studying computer architecture.

Sometimes I'd pull a whole nighter on doing a project, without any sleep, just so a project will get finished on time and working for a decent grade.

you sound like me! You do CS, comp eng or soft eng?

 

[Jimmyjames]

I was too busy for partying. I was always programming the next game in class, doing mathematical programming or studying computer architecture.

Sometimes I'd pull a whole nighter on doing a project, without any sleep, just so a project will get finished on time and working for a decent grade.

And you know what? For all your effort and dedication, YOU will be the one to score the job.

 

[Weaver]

I was too busy for partying. I was always programming the next game in class, doing mathematical programming or studying computer architecture.

Sometimes I'd pull a whole nighter on doing a project, without any sleep, just so a project will get finished on time and working for a decent grade.

you sound like me! You do CS, comp eng or soft eng?

I do Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Games Development in Carlow IT.

EDIT: It's an excellent course, and one I highly recommend for those that are looking into getting into the video game industry.

I'm doing Computer Science at University of Waterloo in Canada. Quite challenging, but I like the program a lot.

 

[Weaver]

I was too busy for partying. I was always programming the next game in class, doing mathematical programming or studying computer architecture.

Sometimes I'd pull a whole nighter on doing a project, without any sleep, just so a project will get finished on time and working for a decent grade.

you sound like me! You do CS, comp eng or soft eng?

I do Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Games Development in Carlow IT.

EDIT: It's an excellent course, and one I highly recommend for those that are looking into getting into the video game industry.

I'm doing Computer Science at University of Waterloo in Canada. Quite challenging, but I like the program a lot.

Nice! How many years is in it and what are the classes?

It's a co-op program so it's 5 years long. What that means is I do 4 months of school, then 4 months of work, 4 months shcool... etc. I don't get any summers off, but I do get to make money which is nice. Plus the work terms are related to CS. Right now I'm working at a company writing RFID software.

Anyways, the classes are pretty mixed. Once you get to the upper years like I am (4th year) then you get to really pick the interesting ones (AI, Graphics, Security, etc.). The first 2 years are really all prep. Basic compilers, lots of math, a hardware class, logic class. 3rd year you get some fun stuff like Operating Systems (write an operating system in a group of 3). It's a great program, just very very time consuming. I'm often tired and spend tons of money on sweet sweet caffeine.

 

[Weaver]

I was too busy for partying. I was always programming the next game in class, doing mathematical programming or studying computer architecture.

Sometimes I'd pull a whole nighter on doing a project, without any sleep, just so a project will get finished on time and working for a decent grade.

you sound like me! You do CS, comp eng or soft eng?

I do Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Games Development in Carlow IT.

EDIT: It's an excellent course, and one I highly recommend for those that are looking into getting into the video game industry.

I'm doing Computer Science at University of Waterloo in Canada. Quite challenging, but I like the program a lot.

Nice! How many years is in it and what are the classes?

It's a co-op program so it's 5 years long. What that means is I do 4 months of school, then 4 months of work, 4 months shcool... etc. I don't get any summers off, but I do get to make money which is nice. Plus the work terms are related to CS. Right now I'm working at a company writing RFID software.

Anyways, the classes are pretty mixed. Once you get to the upper years like I am (4th year) then you get to really pick the interesting ones (AI, Graphics, Security, etc.). The first 2 years are really all prep. Basic compilers, lots of math, a hardware class, logic class. 3rd year you get some fun stuff like Operating Systems (write an operating system in a group of 3). It's a great program, just very very time consuming. I'm often tired and spend tons of money on sweet sweet caffeine.

Sounds pretty cool! Yes...Caffeine...is good.....

I just did my first year and we don't have a choice in our classes (because we're geared towards the video game industry, but can go to the software industry as well. Microsoft helped develop this course and they sponsor it).

My first year's classes were Applied Mathematics, Computer Architecture, Programming, Graphics and Computer Games. Basically we spent the year programming in C# and made a game on Game Maker Version 7 and a level on Quake II. We also had to do ASM 80X86 by modifying a skeleton code to fully implement Bresenham's line algorithm. The skeleton code could only make a line from the the first point being on the left/centre portion of the screen and the second point had to be a diagnol line from there.

I absolutely hate ASM.

Next year though will be interesting. Doing Programming, 3D Graphics and Audio, Data Structures & Algorithms, Games Engineering, Applied Physics and Human Computer Interaction. Should be interesting enough. Certainly looking forward to it. I'll be getting my results in three more days, so I can't wait!

That sounds pretty awesome!
HCI is a ton of fun, I think you'll enjoy that one