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Yes, this video is now quite out of date. Other than this aspect of it, it is still mostly accurate.

Sorry, I do not know the answer to that, I've never been involved in enrollment, and am 7 years removed from being admitted myself.

Thank you!

I would have to spend a while thinking about how to present that. After all, most of the "standard" refactoring techniques can be learned at refactoring guru (a standard resource for design patterns and code smells)

No, I do not have any tips. I never took notes, doing that distracted me from actually paying attention. But that's what worked for me, not necessarily for you

Glad it was helpful

I believe so, but I don't know how they work. You can look up the credit equivalents online

I am sorry to hear that, best of luck! Chances are I was not very good at explaining things back when this video was created

I wanted to be snarky in my response, but realized that you are probably genuinely trying to help me improve, which I am thankful for. However, this is the second video _after_ I made the statement that I am tired of being overly clinical and professional on a channel that is basically a hobby for me. These are shorter videos where I am not sharing any important technical information that I expect someone to want to actually share with others, which means that I can write the way that I speak, and boy do I curse a lot in my real life speech. I do not enjoy self censoring for no reason. On the other hand, the more technically deep videos that I want to act as a reference for others are a lot more professional. That's by design. You just so happened to stumble upon a video where I likely was still calibrating how much I want to curse vs. remain moderately professional. As for learning communication, you are probably right at the end of the day, but I would invite you to judge the videos where I care more to actually share useful information and re-evaluate your assessment based on that. I remember being quite proud of my software engineering series, even if I have not re-watched it in over a year at this point. Thank you for your feedback!

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"Best" is too personal for me to be able to answer. The info I provided should be sufficient to do some further informed research on your own. Good luck.

No idea, it was not available when I was attending.

I feel that I may be way too far out from being able to make something useful anymore. It's been almost 7 years since I was looking for something without any experience, and I am not sure how the situation has changed. I do have a video that talks about my journey when I was just out of uni, that might have some useful details, but I don't remember right now. The video is titled "What Do Computer Science Students Do Outside The Classroom? [Internships, Hackathons, and more!]"

Different unis have different requirements, but I did make a video that tries to be general called "Computer Science degree and beyond: what can you expect?"

@@ArseniyKD Can u give me an example of what kind of maths is studied in CS

It would be very hard, since most MLE positions require grad school. Not impossible, but quite unlikely. I recommend doing some further research on your own. Good luck!

Yes, honors only. Unless something changed since I last looked at the program reqs.

is it good? tell ur experience.

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Congrats!

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It's not mandatory, but most people want to get the requirement out of the way asap. That's all there is to it

That's a question for uni admin, sorry that I can't help with that

IMHO, just doing courses is not likely to be sufficient for the best jobs. You need to participate in out-of-class things like hackathons and making your own projects. Taking project heavy courses in uni would help too. Beyond that, you will have to figure out your own path, good luck!

To some extent, yes. I wanted to point out that there are other schools at a similar price point elsewhere.

You would have to pay I believe, check with the uni.

I am coming back to this way too late, so this is likely not relevant anymore. This seems like a regular schedule.

Hah, thank you, but I'm currently taking a short break

I am sorry to say, but I know nothing about TRU, especially the Kamloops campus. This video was made as the culmination of almost 4 years of going to the uni, and I am not about to go through another bachelor's degree for a video :) Good luck with your search for information!

@@ArseniyKD oh, yeah I thought you maybe had some friends there or anything like that. No problem though, I'll search on my own. Thanks for replying 😄

It is mandatory to take them, but only by the time that you graduate. In other words, if you don't get the course in first year, it's fine, you'll be able to take it later. Also, taking the English courses later is beneficial since you'll have more practice writing reports for other classes. As for all 33 classes being filled, that's ok, some seats will open up until the course starts. Also, look at other English courses that can satisfy your English requirements (I don't remember which ones off the top of my head)

Thank you! Glad you are finding it useful :)

Honestly, knowing 379 / 313 is generally useful, but I doubt that it would actually help too much with cyber security. I would say that doing 333 to see if you actually like it, and then doing certifications independently of coursework will give you the biggest leg up compared to any other courses. Cmput 331 seems to be more about cryptography, and cyber security in practice is less about implementing / breaking encryption, but rather trying the standard exploits and seeing if they have not been patched out.

@@ArseniyKD thanks a lot for this informaiton. But I can't enrol into cmput 333 course because there are only 39 seats and the classes got full even before my enrollment date.

It is a big issue, but it is possible to work around. The reputation is still decently strong, so getting internships on your own is feasible

Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it :)

I have some thoughts on AI, but the video would be a touch too long, and I don't know if I am willing to put in the effort haha

:)

Yep, just re-read that thread - I was consistently saying that I intend to make a video that talks about the title, just making a good video that is well researched (and hopefully with some people from traditional engineering disciplines weighing in as well) takes a lot of time and effort. I am finally feeling ready to try my hand at such a big project for myself, at least that's how I feel right now haha. Also, glad to see you're still sticking around, I recognize you from a lot of earlier videos I made :)

Great!

Damn, unfortunate :(

That is a shame :(

wait🤔

I'll be honest, I have never heard of this university. Good luck with researching it

Sorry, I can't make a good video on UCalgary as I don't have enough context about it. I'm sure there are other channels that have made a good video on the topic

I don't think that attending either school will hurt your chances of getting a job - both are top schools in Canada, and are recognized abroad as well. The decision will be up to you, but I would suggest looking at specific courses that different unis offer and decide based on that + cost. I know that UAlberta has good ML courses, but the quality of security courses is just ok. You will have to do your own research on McMaster

From my perspective, a masters degree only helps you get your foot in the door for certain jobs that are in low supply. Compilers, graphics, ML, these are very specialized and having a masters helps. However, if you are good and can show that you have aptitude to do the work, then you should be able to break into the industry even without a masters. The software industry is surprisingly meritocratic from my perspective. I don't think that doing a masters degree is a bad idea or a waste of time, but it's certainly not a decision I can make for you. You need to weigh not just the direct cost of doing the masters, but the opportunity cost of working in industry for the duration of a masters degree too. Life is a game of tradeoffs, and figuring out which tradeoffs you find worth it is up to you

I think that the more interesting conclusion is that there are a lot of logical patterns that keep recurring everywhere. Therefore, your CS education actually could transfer really well regardless of what you do for your career later on in life.

@@ArseniyKD That's great I think. Also, I'm wondering if you considered studying Computer Engineering instead of Computer Science, as you seem to like a lot of the low-level and theoretical aspects of computers ?

I did consider it, but the engineering program was unaffordable in terms of both money, and time

I found it very useful, as it gave me more context around interesting issues around me. I liked taking intro to sociology as it taught me about Canadian society when I was "fresh off the boat". I liked taking economics, as it gave me an interesting way to analyze the world around me. It's just a different approach to university education, I don't think there is an objective answer for which is better, and everyone has their subjective preferences.

Haha, I am not, but thank you for the compliment