Re: Career and Education Choice (another)

[Ankur Jindal <divinepresence () gmail com>]

Hi
This is another student to student talk. I am currently doing my
Masters in Information Security at Carnegie Mellon and I cant tell you
how good it is. I agree that you need to be proficient in programming
as sometimes you'll need to devise small programs or tools and good
programming skills will help u there. Apart from C or Java I would
also recommend you to have a look at Perl as it is far more stronger
than the other 2.
Hope I was of help
Ankur 

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:33:11 -0800, Zaven <zaven () sonic net> wrote:
> Hi,
> Your English is good. I can offer advice on a Computer Science degree
> since I'm just finishing mine. First, continue your C programming
> skills. Being proficient in C is still very important and will be a good
> start for learning other languages. Second, make sure your math skills
> are good. At my school (University of California, Santa Cruz) we are
> required to take up through multi variable calculus, linear algebra and
> differential equations, and probability theory. Math is especially
> helpful if you want to pursue scientific computing.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Jeroen van der Rijst wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I know there's another thread but i prefer my own one :)
> >
> > I want to get some skills in network/computer security/encryption and I want your advice which education I need.
> >
> > I'm 16 years old, I know a bit of C and I'm learning to program in assemble (linux i486) I will finish ( the dutch 
> > version of )highschool in one or two years..
> >
> > Which ( Northern-American) university would be the best choice for me? Which education on that university?
> >
> > And last but not least, what basic skills do I need to start a career in computerscience?
> >
> > I do not want a highly paid job for security companies, I want a scientific job when I finished my education.
> >
> > Yours sincely,
> >
> > Jeroen van der Rijst
> >
> > (hope my English is not that bad, I'm working hard on it)