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Honestly, I hated the people around me trying to learn the same. CS was my original major in university (around 2011), and every interaction I had with my class
by CrazedGeek 4y ago
Honestly, I hated the people around me trying to learn the same. CS was my original major in university (around 2011), and every interaction I had with my classmates was bizarrely bro-y and negative. Made me afraid that that type of person would be who I’d be working with for the rest of my life, and the thought scared me enough to switch majors into a more businessy/managerial direction.
- dc-programmer 4y agoAt the time I attended, the CS department at my school was still a subset of theoretical math. So my classmates nearly all were polite, if shy, math majors. If it was more oriented towards the brogrammer culture, I’m not sure I would’ve stuck with it either
- mattcdrake 4y agoInteresting! I have degrees in CS and economics, and my experience was that the business school was dramatically more "bro-y" than the CS department. Not doubting you, just really surprised!
- muzani 4y agoMy school's CS classes were full of hot, cheerful girls with colorful hair. Reality was I ended up working with hot, cheerful dudes with colorful hair.