Ask HN: What should I specialize in as a senior CS major?
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Look for chances to demo skills / show knowledge beyond book/classroom skills.
What subject areas / classes outside of direct classes were 'interesting'?
Figure out ways to apply what have learned to 'non-CS' areas. Perhaps start with finding related 'open source' software that might help with a given area & explore how to customize/change open source software to fit the situation.
Talk to prof(s) (cs & non-cs) about topic(s) for independent study and/or something realated to what instructor/professor does. (may/may not be related to above).
Look at internships / volunteer opportunities / hobbies to start applying/figuring/trying out how to use/apply/practice what know.
Use above experiences to get/broaden connections/learn about opportunies & different releated interests.
Document and present the above in some form (web, paper, conference, video, etc). Keep document/site statistics for future suggestions on 'what should I do now'
What subject areas / classes outside of direct classes were 'interesting'?
Figure out ways to apply what have learned to 'non-CS' areas. Perhaps start with finding related 'open source' software that might help with a given area & explore how to customize/change open source software to fit the situation.
Talk to prof(s) (cs & non-cs) about topic(s) for independent study and/or something realated to what instructor/professor does. (may/may not be related to above).
Look at internships / volunteer opportunities / hobbies to start applying/figuring/trying out how to use/apply/practice what know.
Use above experiences to get/broaden connections/learn about opportunies & different releated interests.
Document and present the above in some form (web, paper, conference, video, etc). Keep document/site statistics for future suggestions on 'what should I do now'
I would recommend to stay away from AI… everyone and their dog are into the topic right now so you’ll probably face fierce competition in finding a job when the current hype is over.
We’re always looking for good students in anything related to systems if this is your thing - OS, distributed systems, compilers, virtualisation, hardware design/codesign, system level security and all sorts of embedded systems topics. Most of the students here in Germany choose to go to industry after graduating (which pays quite a bit better than universities right now in these areas), so we have quite some trouble to find good PhD students…
We’re always looking for good students in anything related to systems if this is your thing - OS, distributed systems, compilers, virtualisation, hardware design/codesign, system level security and all sorts of embedded systems topics. Most of the students here in Germany choose to go to industry after graduating (which pays quite a bit better than universities right now in these areas), so we have quite some trouble to find good PhD students…
Specialize in being a generalist
How do I find out what I should "specialize" in?
I've studied a whole bunch but I just don't know what to do.