My biggest regrets as a computer science student

sometimes, things just don't work out the way you intend them to. today, let's talk about my two big regrets that i have about my time as a computer science major. even though i'm now working full time, i still think about these two a fair amount - what would be different in my life and where would i be instead? sorry for the late upload on this one - it's been a hectic week!

thanks for watching!
cheers, laura 🍋

🍃 t i m e l i n e 🍃
0:00 intro
0:12 too much time on jobs
3:50 more career education
6:38 conclusion

🍃 c o n t a c t 🍃
📥 | laurajjiang [at] gmail [dot] com

🍃 r e s o u r c e s 🍃
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🍃 a b o u t 🍃
hey! i'm Laura, a full-time product manager and i studied computer science in college. i want to help demystify the post-grad transition, full-time work, and personal finance. i also want to help you land your next internship or full-time role! thank you so much for watching :)

🍃 m u s i c 🍃
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[mevanscodes]

Great Perspective and great tips !

The part that stuck with me the most was when you spoke on attending an event and missing out on a ton of valuable experiences because you were so focused on the career fair. I was planning on attending events specifically for the career fair and was going to ignore the panels. Im a rising sophomore in uni with no experience on my resume. Thank you for sharing !!

[georgegao]

A lot of headaches finding an internship job! Too many students, 1k from my program, compete for limited working opportunity here in Chengdu.

[tabeebyeamin]

I definitely made many mistakes and focused on the wrong things at times but a lot of those were necessary experiences and not necessarily experiences that I regret.

My biggest regret is not making or maintaining connections during the pandemic. During the lockdown, I became very unsociable. I just did my work and spent the rest of the time mostly alone. There were so many opportunities I could have taken advantage of like online events and opportunities to meet people. I think as a CS student, it seems pretty "natural" to just be kinda socially avoidant, a lot of people even seem proud to be this way. I don't think it's helpful or conducive to a successful career or happiness, even as an introvert. From now on, I make an effort to say "yes" to more things even if it makes me uncomfortable.

[MegaLeoben]

My regret is not doing leetcode sooner.

[AtomLabX]

The audio is very weird, makes it really hard to hear audio without your head hurts, it’s very sharp.

Sadly, I can not finish the video because of that.

I recommend re-upload if possible

[AtomLabX]

Yeah, I’m not addicted to your videos at all 😂👍🏾✨

[Zerotradess]

I'm a second year student knows dsa can u tell me abt all the intership i can apply and roadmap for it👍🏻