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I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by nnadychuks(m): 12:28pm On Jun 16, 2020
Ladies and Gents in the house; I’m fvcked! Computer science is a wonderful course home and abroad. The good thing is I’m good at logic and maths but computer science wasn’t the course I aspired for in my secondary school days. After trying for the second time I was admitted into Computer science department in FUTO. Ever since then, I feel frustrated. I’m currently on a 3.51CGPA but That’s because I’m a very hardworking student. I know about different branches of my course but the problem is I don’t know what I need to learn, I don’t love the course, I only believe I’m here for a purpose which I don’t know yet. I’ve researched online and I understand “Software development” is the most lucrative, but we know Our beloved country always has a different approach to everything.
Dear sir/ma,
If you have read to this point I believe you have an experience in this field. Please give some advise That will help me make the decision for my career.
Best regards,
Nnadychuks

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Shezkid01(m): 12:31pm On Jun 16, 2020
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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 12:58pm On Jun 16, 2020
There's many things you can do/go into. There's Data science, cyber security, Artificial intelligence (especially in healthcare), software development etc.
If you can acquire knowledge skills in IT you can work abroad especially post COVID-19.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Lorayne(m): 1:08pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:
There's many things you can do/go into. There's Data science, cyber security, Artificial intelligence (especially in healthcare), software development etc.
If you can acquire knowledge skills in IT you can work abroad especially post COVID-19.
I think he's confused on what to learn. I have the same problem.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by nnadychuks(m): 1:09pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:
There's many things you can do/go into. There's Data science, cyber security, Artificial intelligence (especially in healthcare), software development etc.
If you can acquire knowledge skills in IT you can work abroad especially post COVID-19.
Thanks for your reply sir. In the school I am now, I have to be very honest with you; Most of the things we do are theoretical, even in my 300l. It’s painful sir that I have no confidence of learning any of these from my Uni. How do you reckon I can learn this on a moderate budget? Cos we no too hold bars like dat

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 1:22pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Thanks for your reply sir. In the school I am now, I have to be very honest with you; Most of the things we do are theoretical, even in my 300l. It’s painful sir that I have no confidence of learning any of these from my Uni. How do you reckon I can learn this on a moderate budget? Cos we no too hold bars like dat
I assume you have a laptop already, download books (PDF) , videos.
Learn the Linux operating system, learn the command line, learn a programming language like python. With these 3 skills you can easily get into data science or cyber security and artificial intelligence.
With knowledge of Linux you can also become a system administrator, database analyst etc. Over 80% of servers worldwide are Linux based.
I learnt all 3 skills in school, after school i focused on cyber security which you can also find a lot of tutorials online for free. Last year i took the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker certification course, now am preparing for the OSCP from offensive security the creators of Kali Linux. If i get my OSCP i can get a job anywhere because there's a shortage of security professionals worldwide up to 80% deficit.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 1:25pm On Jun 16, 2020
Lorayne:

I think he's confused on what to learn. I have the same problem.
Nice to meet you here. Which course are you studying?
I had same problem too but finally settled on cyber security as a penetration tester and Vulnerability analyst.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by randomShek: 1:27pm On Jun 16, 2020
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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by nnadychuks(m): 1:28pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

I assume you have a laptop already, download books (PDF) , videos.
Learn the Linux operating system, learn the command line, learn a programming language like python. With these 3 skills you can easily get into data science or cyber security and artificial intelligence.
With knowledge of Linux you can also become a system administrator, database analyst etc. Over 80% of servers worldwide are Linux based.
I learnt all 3 skills in school, after school i focused on cyber security which you can also find a lot of tutorials online for free. Last year i took the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker certification course, now am preparing for the OSCP from offensive security the creators of Kali Linux. If i get my OSCP i can get a job anywhere because there's a shortage of security professionals worldwide up to 80% deficit.
Thank you so much sir. This info means a lot to me
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 1:31pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Thank you so much sir. This info means a lot to me
We should keep in touch, WhatsApp and email. I'm still learning too, no one has monopoly of knowledge .
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Wealthyone: 1:56pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Ladies and Gents in the house; I’m fvcked! Computer science is a wonderful course home and abroad. The good thing is I’m good at logic and maths but computer science wasn’t the course I aspired for in my secondary school days. After trying for the second time I was admitted into Computer science department in FUTO. Ever since then, I feel frustrated. I’m currently on a 3.51CGPA but That’s because I’m a very hardworking student. I know about different branches of my course but the problem is I don’t know what I need to learn, I don’t love the course, I only believe I’m here for a purpose which I don’t know yet. I’ve researched online and I understand “Software development” is the most lucrative, but we know Our beloved country always has a different approach to everything.
Dear sir/ma,
If you have read to this point I believe you have an experience in this field. Please give some advise That will help me make the decision for my career.
Best regards,
Nnadychuks

You studied a good course. Try becoming a data scientist by doing free courses online before going for a big one. At the end of it all, you shall thank me.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by chatinent: 2:10pm On Jun 16, 2020
Learn everything; it'll be helpful one day.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by eagleeye259: 2:46pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Ladies and Gents in the house; I’m fvcked! Computer science is a wonderful course home and abroad. The good thing is I’m good at logic and maths but computer science wasn’t the course I aspired for in my secondary school days. After trying for the second time I was admitted into Computer science department in FUTO. Ever since then, I feel frustrated. I’m currently on a 3.51CGPA but That’s because I’m a very hardworking student. I know about different branches of my course but the problem is I don’t know what I need to learn, I don’t love the course, I only believe I’m here for a purpose which I don’t know yet. I’ve researched online and I understand “Software development” is the most lucrative, but we know Our beloved country always has a different approach to everything.
Dear sir/ma,
If you have read to this point I believe you have an experience in this field. Please give some advise That will help me make the decision for my career.
Best regards,
Nnadychuks

At this stage, I will advise you put your heart into getting the most from every area you are taught in school. Like someone said, you can go to YouTube, download articles, visit websites, and get involved in real-world projects. Once you have a laptop and access to internet, you can do a lot for free. They pay off when you get into the labor market or industry. I did a couple courses in computer science and scored A in both courses but I couldn't run a program. In the past few years, I have done lots of personal development and I can program in some languages, machine learning, deep learning etc.

With time, you will find out what area you want to specialize. Some of the jobs I got were because of the variety of the computer related stuff I know including programming languages.

All the best!

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Lovexme(m): 2:59pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

Nice to meet you here. Which course are you studying?
I had same problem too but finally settled on cyber security as a penetration tester and Vulnerability analyst.

What materials did you use?
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 3:24pm On Jun 16, 2020
Lovexme:


What materials did you use?
cybrary offers free courses. There's some other websites offering free tutorials too.
I also downloaded textbooks and videos from YouTube.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Nobody: 3:38pm On Jun 16, 2020
What will i tell Seun like this
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by 2cul2care: 3:50pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Ladies and Gents in the house; I’m fvcked! Computer science is a wonderful course home and abroad. The good thing is I’m good at logic and maths but computer science wasn’t the course I aspired for in my secondary school days. After trying for the second time I was admitted into Computer science department in FUTO. Ever since then, I feel frustrated. I’m currently on a 3.51CGPA but That’s because I’m a very hardworking student. I know about different branches of my course but the problem is I don’t know what I need to learn, I don’t love the course, I only believe I’m here for a purpose which I don’t know yet. I’ve researched online and I understand “Software development” is the most lucrative, but we know Our beloved country always has a different approach to everything.
Dear sir/ma,
If you have read to this point I believe you have an experience in this field. Please give some advise That will help me make the decision for my career.
Best regards,
Nnadychuks



What you need to do is start learning some soft skills, there are lots of them that are related to computer science eg

Data science
Big Data
AI
Ethical hacking
Coding
etc.

Just go online and research, if you want to go into any of these courses professionally a good place to start will be

www.udemy.com
www.skillshare.com

These platforms offer professional courses for a fee and on completion of the course they give you thier certificate, which is world recognised.


Soft skills is just the way to go, if you can learn one and become the best at it, bro you'll become a hot commodity.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by obonujoker(m): 4:10pm On Jun 16, 2020
Hardwares
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by frankosivue(m): 4:19pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Ladies and Gents in the house; I’m fvcked! Computer science is a wonderful course home and abroad. The good thing is I’m good at logic and maths but computer science wasn’t the course I aspired for in my secondary school days. After trying for the second time I was admitted into Computer science department in FUTO. Ever since then, I feel frustrated. I’m currently on a 3.51CGPA but That’s because I’m a very hardworking student. I know about different branches of my course but the problem is I don’t know what I need to learn, I don’t love the course, I only believe I’m here for a purpose which I don’t know yet. I’ve researched online and I understand “Software development” is the most lucrative, but we know Our beloved country always has a different approach to everything.
Dear sir/ma,
If you have read to this point I believe you have an experience in this field. Please give some advise That will help me make the decision for my career.
Best regards,
Nnadychuks

I'm a Computer Science student. I spend at least on hour daily reading about the course on quora. I'll recommend you also do that.

On the thread...

My advice is for you to research on different careers in Computer Science and then make your choice to develop your skills in one. CS is wide and you have a lot of options depending on your skill set.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Lovexme(m): 4:24pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

cybrary offers free courses. There's some other websites offering free tutorials too.
I also downloaded textbooks and videos from YouTube.

Thanks
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 4:25pm On Jun 16, 2020
Lovexme:


Thanks
If you need books on Cyber security or python programming i can help you with some.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Twinkletoes1: 4:47pm On Jun 16, 2020
nnadychuks:
Ladies and Gents in the house; I’m fvcked! Computer science is a wonderful course home and abroad. The good thing is I’m good at logic and maths but computer science wasn’t the course I aspired for in my secondary school days. After trying for the second time I was admitted into Computer science department in FUTO. Ever since then, I feel frustrated. I’m currently on a 3.51CGPA but That’s because I’m a very hardworking student. I know about different branches of my course but the problem is I don’t know what I need to learn, I don’t love the course, I only believe I’m here for a purpose which I don’t know yet. I’ve researched online and I understand “Software development” is the most lucrative, but we know Our beloved country always has a different approach to everything.
Dear sir/ma,
If you have read to this point I believe you have an experience in this field. Please give some advise That will help me make the decision for my career.
Best regards,
Nnadychuks

Since you're a student, you have an early start, go for data science, cybersecurity or software development. You can even get remote jobs as you get skilled up. Follow cybermentor on YouTube. All the best.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by zexy2030(m): 4:50pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

If you need books on Cyber security or python programming i can help you with some.
I'm interested Sir.

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 4:54pm On Jun 16, 2020
zexy2030:
I'm interested Sir.
Python or cyber security books?

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by zexy2030(m): 4:55pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:
Python or cyber security books?
python, but wouldn't mind both Sir

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Nobody: 4:55pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

If you need books on Cyber security or python programming i can help you with some.


Bro, I’ll need the books also
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 4:59pm On Jun 16, 2020
zexy2030:
python, but wouldn't mind both Sir
Okay. Drop your WhatsApp number. I will send it tomorrow.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 4:59pm On Jun 16, 2020
SonOfAfonja:


Bro, I’ll need the books also
Python? Linux? Cyber security? All?
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by zexy2030(m): 5:05pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

Okay. Drop your WhatsApp number. I will send it tomorrow.
, thank you Sir

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Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Nobody: 5:07pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

Python? Linux? Cyber security? All?

All boss.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by MASTERCHIEF0847(m): 5:09pm On Jun 16, 2020
SonOfAfonja:

All boss.
Drop your WhatsApp number. I will send it tomorrow.
Re: I’m A Computer Science Student, I Don’t Know What To Do by Nobody: 5:17pm On Jun 16, 2020
MASTERCHIEF0847:

Drop your WhatsApp number. I will send it tomorrow.

.

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