Okay so I'm sitting in computer programming and I'm rather disappointed :/
as a person who has written a few programs allready I feel this class is somewhat beneath me :/

Pro's
Get to use a computer?
     sometimes I guess when wee are done with the assignment?
     college computer credit

Con's
     Class will only use visual basic
     Personally I believe I know most of this stuff
     There are like 5 people in here
     No girls >.<

almost all people who get used to programming at early age gets bored when college comes.
i was even lazy to attend those class myself and taking them for granted.

if it's needed in your course, well you need to endure it.

'Drop the class', as it already happened to me. After that I didn't program anything anymore -.-

Stick with it.

Its not just about knowing, its about being able to put up with both what you do and don't like

Get to know the others in your class, help them out, and the class will progress quicker, which is a bonus for you. Stick at it, you never knoe when its gonna change into something better

roberth Wrote:Stick with it.

Its not just about knowing, its about being able to put up with both what you do and don't like

Get to know the others in your class, help them out, and the class will progress quicker, which is a bonus for you. Stick at it, you never knoe when its gonna change into something better

That plus it means you get to stick it on your CV/resume. When you end up in an interview for a job or university application you can say you know that stuff but unless you actually have a piece of paper to prove it they won't listen. I thought about dropping IT A Level but I'm glad now that I didn't. The last few weeks of it were absolute hell, not because the work was difficult but becase there was so much of it. But I walked out of it with an A which has now gotten me 2 offers from 2 different universities without even going to an interview...

In my opinion, if you know the language, then don't take the class. It's a waste of time. The only good part is that you get that credit.

Do it, if only for the bit of paper that says you know your spoon.

People won't believe a random guy who claims to know programming if he just says so. If he has a bit of paper that says he knows what he's about (from a respectable source, of course) belief comes a lot easier.

^^ I did a national diploma for 2 years in networking to basically get a piece of paper tellnig everyone what i already knew. Paper is far more important than knowledge when it coems down to it, sad as it seems

unfortunately in our time, knowledge alone is not enough, you need to have the "diploma" for employers to accept you.