Asking Interns Why They Studied Computer Science

Today, I walk around UC Berkeley CalHacks and ask tech interns why they studied computer science and if they have any advice to share. Some of these numbers will shock you. Thanks to Dice for sponsoring today’s video. Check out all the incredible resources available to help you get started in your Tech career! Whether you’re just starting out or looking to make a change, Dice has you covered.
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0:00 - Montage
0:18 - Intro
0:42 - Why did you study computer science?
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7:32 - Do you have any advice to share?
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[@ajsap8160]

I got into my CS major at 28 and currently in my second year of community college and will be transfering to uni either this fall or after this year. I'll be applying to these top schools although I know the chances are slim, however I have high hopes and I'm working hard towards it. Love the videos!

[@christopherreed3019]

dont give up and you will get accepted....make good grades in your community college and just transfer to USC, UCLA or UC Berkeley. I am praying for you. I am 40 and currently doing my MBA

[@Hari_N7]

Best of luck to both of you guys :) I'm 17 but I understand you people are really working hard

[@revantreddy4532]

The chick with the Instacart shirt seems like a super layered and introspective human. Her answers were great

[@namanhkapur]

really well spoken for sure

[@MrNobody989]

As a CS major what they really meant to say was for the money and all the perks…Jk, but I know a good amount of people in CS want to start up their own tech company.

[@theendurance]

because 1) money 2) flexibility and freedom of working at a tech company (or as a SWE in general)

[@erickb4355]

Love the Kontent!

[@hamzinii4264]

i love videos like these

[@tantrikdoka5376]

6:21 someone who can kill a wide grin that fast is top notch senior management material.. at least by one trait.

[@enemithytr215]

Epic video.👍🏾

[@namanhkapur]

thanks man

[@kseniyakolokolkina5884]

Just completed my first year in Computer Science. Might try out something from Engineering in 2nd year.

[@tomiwaibironke2174]

Love the video, i'm about to finish my development program...searching for a job, it's been tough so far especially for black☹☹

[@techmentormaria]

don't give up please, you'll find a good role one day!

[@neerajlal1844]

Great content Namanh

[@namanhkapur]

thank you sir

[@sumitbaraskar6724]

Hi Namanh Kapur, here sumit from MIT University thank you so much for making informative contents and I and my collegues requesting to you can you make videos on: asking software engineers how they got in HFT companies like Citadel, Jane Street, Two Sigma, Jump Trading, Optiver, MongoDB...

[@eliana993]

The answer is usually they started programming or math competitions either in high school or college and do pretty well on sites like codeforces. My friend who works at jane street started programming very young and was just really talented. Went on to work on the ocaml compiler there.

[@princeasraf1042]

How about you do day in the life in Toronto

[@saul4996]

Hey namanh, man i start learning coding am going to be 14 and am learning it in codemonkey can u tell me if it will help me?

[@akkhan3949]

Bro your graduation ? And I am 18year old which subject ya program I select for my future

[@simbadup3559]

Do you need a degree in CS to land a job? What if I have a Bachelors in something else? Will self learning and building portfolios help me land a job in tech?

[@savagebaby777]

You can but it's not as easy... its advisable to go through the tertiary route ... also which country are you from

[@TC-ve9rn]

@@savagebaby777 Even with a degree, it's pretty hard

[@savagebaby777]

@@TC-ve9rn yes but it makes it easier... depending what country you're from... I'm from south africa and this side they dont believe in boot camps or experience unless you're like really old and they believe you ... they need to see your papers

[@techmentormaria]

I love that you asked so many other women engineers!!! I also studied Computer Science because I love building things so I can relate to many of the people in the video :)

[@nomiscph]

Okay just a thought here; 4:45 girl say Berkeley has the best program “probably in the world” I have not studied CS anywhere i just coded since i turned 10. But still i find it highly unlikely that there is nowhere else in the world they do it better 🤷 This culture where we’re just saying “x is the best in the world” i think its a very subjective thing and secondly its important to note schools isnt right for everyone :)

[@OompaLoompa74]

Okay, she said "...It's one of the best in the world for it...". Last I checked, Berkeley does have one of the best computer science programs in the U.S. according to different ranking sites. And because I do believe the U.S. has one of the best educational programs in the world, I think it's logical to say it probably is one of the best in the world. I believe when you say the culture of saying "x is the best in the world" is subjective to you because the metrics for being the best are not well defined. But, there should be a general consensus on quality of work done and that is usually validated by other people. School isn't necessarily right for everyone. But, it should be good for most people to get a general education.

[@MoonOvIce]

@@OompaLoompa74 *Private tertiary schooling is one of the best in the world in the US. Anything accessible to everyone (such as public education) tends to be worse than even in many developing nations. Basically, if you have money, the US has the best of everything. If you don't, or don't have a lot, there's almost no middle ground, education quality goes waaaay down.

[@vladimirlikhoded2529]

What is the song after 6:20 ?

[@okosunfamily1081]

i love this

[@syuhadaramadhan8246]

Hello, Thanks for your video, it's helped me a lot. In April, I will be 30 years old. Is it too late for me to study and start a career in web development?

[@avinav_pandit]

No bro you're never too late to learn new things remember its really worth it ...........

[@syuhadaramadhan8246]

@@avinav_pandit Thank you very much for your advice. May God keep blessing you with success in everything that you do.

[@avinav_pandit]

@@syuhadaramadhan8246 Welcome bro 🥹🫶❤️

[@Determinator21]

​@@syuhadaramadhan8246yes your life is pretty much over already, just settle down or go scam someone like the rest of your kind.

[@tanvighildiyal8068]

Nice Video, I heard boAt is hiring through a challenge called Wavemaker's. They are also giving out cash prizes & boAt products. I also want to participate, can you please make a video on it?

[@Jameelahs1World]

I am 10 years old I love coding I have learned slot watching your channel I was wondering if you mentor me?

[@okosunfamily1081]

eecs got no break they working and getting interview

[@bayazidhossain5938]

nice

[@djee02]

Why CS? To make the world a better place, through minimal message oriented transport layers.

[@MaxMohammadi]

What hackathon is this

[@ananyagarg4672]

another namanh banger

[@classname]

Good👍, From 🇮🇩

[@namanhkapur]

appreciate it

[@MMMD37]

I'm kinda scared I wanna study CS but is it really hard to find jobs

[@forthehomies7043]

No I wouldn't say that it's really hard. It's not as simple as applying to Taco Bell but it's not like trying to become the President either. CS is arguably the most employable major you can do in college, there's an entire spectrum of CS jobs with accompanying demand in every area. You just have to apply yourself. And the #1 thing about getting a job in CS is simply knowing how to code (and communicate well)!

[@MynameisntEricK]

It's actually just as easy as ANY profession. The difference is in are you willing to accept a lower paying entry level job to get into the industry. Most kids feel entitled to the six figure salary right out of school. If you take the 70k job, you can find one instantly.

[@techmentormaria]

It'll be easier when you have more coding experience!

[@YASH-cz6ir]

@@forthehomies7043 what about all the hype AI replacing programmers?

[@moonsilver909]

@@YASH-cz6ir if AI replace the programmers who will program the AI ;)

[@pratikdharanep.d.8938]

BCA student here ❤️😊

[@namanhkapur]

welcome

[@hammerfist8763]

At least a good number of these interviewees do it because they like it. There are reasons self-taught people and applied physics/math majors code rings around so many self-hating, workplace destroying comp sci majors. It's not that they're bad or unintelligent. But this IT work is grindy and the problems are brutal. If you don't like what you do you won't get good at it and you'll just make yourself and everyone around you miserable. The people with the worst tech skills invariably get promoted to tech management and then make everyone below them as miserable as they are. And the misconception that tech pays better than business or law or medicine is false. For who? A handful of motivated rock stars? Yea. Rockstar lawyers and doctors make way more. Rockstar CEO's way way way more.

[@Iscore4]

Some of the best software engineers that I've met hate/dislike it. Just because you are in something for the money, doesn't mean that you can't be great at it. I know people at big tech companies and hedge funds who don't like cs but are still good at it. You can get jobs that pay 300k plus as long as you're good at leetcode. Discipline > Passion.

[@hammerfist8763]

@@Iscore4 Can happen, but doesn't jive with most of my observations. What I don't like about IT work is working with slackers and corporate America in general. But I like networking, computers and software and working on all aspects of them, so I put up with the things I dislike to do the things I like. I take your point that software engineers who hate their jobs are doing the same thing, ie their job they dislike for the money they like. My argument was and still is they could do other jobs and make way more.

[@vmp_online]

@@Iscore4 i agree, you liking something has nothing to do with whether youll be good at it or not, im only in cs for the money and remoteness tbh. i started teaching myself code when i saw how much money you could make lmao

[@vmp_online]

I enjoy your content normally and obviously this has nothing to do with you but i feel that some of these people gave some of the most generic and basic answers, as if thats what theyre supposed to say. i could be wrong and maybe the answers are sincere but it doesnt seem like it at all to me, some of these people lacked personality in my opinion lol im only in cs for the money but its the truth and i dont hide it

[@maestro_man]

this video is actually sponsored by uc broccoli 😅

[@marknguyen3845]

That ronit guy a goofy ahh

[@ronitnp4298]

This mark guy kinda goofy

[@mr.erikchun5863]

That carrot shirt girl is cute

[@micah_reyes]

instacart

[@pratikdharanep.d.8938]

Hii first

[@namanhkapur]

let’s goooo

[@cboi7450]

Why is everyone Asian or white?

[@MrNobody989]

The major, college preferences, and cost. One thing I’ve noticed when in my CS classes is that a good amount is Asians, whites, and Indians.

[@philj9594]

Yeah, I'll be that politically incorrect guy. Intelligence is largely genetic. The IQ of certain races is ever so slightly higher than others (On average! Important because I'm not saying geniuses don't exist across all races). It doesn't take a genius to do CS, but it's just a numbers thing. Way more whites and Asians meet the minimum IQ threshold than a lot of other races. People with larger IQs have a tendency to pursue interests that benefit from said IQ. It acts like a social funnel and well, here we are.

[@MrNobody989]

@@philj9594 intelligence is slightly genetics, its mainly just the household you grow up in and your mindset on learning. I’m Mexican but grew up in a 2 parent household that wanted me to make school a priority. Once I got to college I really took school seriously since I had to pay for some of it by working a job. If not having 2 parents, them pushing me to make school a priority, and me not wanting to learn, I probably wouldn’t be in year 3 at UT for CS. also both of my parents are smart but probably not as smart me. Now for the race distribution in CS about 80% is Asian, Indians, and whites from what I’ve noticed. And when I go to CS colloquiums or CS innovations 90% of the time the person presenting is Asian, white, or Indian and 90% of the time I’m the only Mexican in the room. CS isn’t hard by any means it’s hard I believe some people don’t have the opportunity and others just aren’t willing to learn.

[@andiuptown1711]

@@MrNobody989 Indians are Asian…

[@temle7489]

@@MrNobody989 You got in because you are Mexican. Affirmative Action LOL