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Originally Posted by keish
Like I said, you really don't do a lot of coding in software engineering until your 3rd and 4th years when you start doing projects for your classes. I guess you do some in first year... but that's really really really basic coding. I would choose your program based on what you want to do when you finish because they're both geared towards very different targets. Do you want to write code for a motion simulator or a factory robot? Software engineering. Do you want to write software for computers? Computer science.
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I guess I'm not really sure which direction I want to go in yet so I'll try to pick one which leaves the most options open for me.
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Originally Posted by MarkA
Ultimately, it's left up to you to learn programming languages. It's not what you want to hear, I know, but it's there all the same. I remember in compsci 2SC3, a few people asked the prof why we were learning OCaml, since it's not used in the industry. His response was that it's not his job to teach you languages that prepare you for your first job; it's his job to instill in you the principles that are fundamental to software development.
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If thats the case then he's totally right. I much rather learn the fundamental principles than learn something thats going to be obsolete in a few years.