Hello?
Hey! What's up?
Just making dinner and dreading my next class. You?
Not much. Dreading homework instead of class. What type of class are you dreading ?
Haha I know that feeling. Astronomy. 2.5 glorious hours...
2.5! Wow, that's so long. I can barely focus in 50 minute classes.
Right? It was the only time I could take it b/c the two day course conflicted with other things No food allowed, no water allowed, it's dark 80% of the time, warm, and has nice reclining chairs Perks of the planetarium
Yep. I would fall asleep.
Yeah, it's a natural occurrence for me.
Well good luck.
Haha thanks. What homework are you dreading?
Math mostly, but also everything since I feel like I have a lot right now.
Mrgh I really should take a math class. I miss algebra
I miss algebra too. It was much easier than calculus.
I never took calculus in HS but I really actually want to learn it
Calculus is actually really interesting. It's where math starts to be really applicable to the real world and connects Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry together. It's just hard.
See I loved all three of those! But my parents told me to take statistics senior year instead of calculus Statistics is horrbile *horrible
See I took Calculus as a junior and stats as a senior. Stats wasn't really interesting for me either and was kind of easy compared to Calculus.
I took this IB math class junior year which was kind of like a pre-calc class? I don't even know. Kind of a waste time.
I don't even remember Pre-calculus even though I took it so it probably was a waste of time for me too. I don't feel like it really prepared me for calculus at all.
What are you majoring in that needs calc? Or is it for a GE?
Computer Science. Honestly though, Calculus is more for useful for Engineering majors though.
Haha nice. I feel like I'm meeting a lot of computer science people. That is kind of true. I took a CS class last year...but the teacher...didn't teach...at all I feel like they require it if you're going into some kind of STEM major
It really depends on what kind of coding you are doing. Some programs are going to require you to know a lot of math, some aren't. I think math teaches problem solving skills. Which is mostly why computer science students are required to have a heavy math background.
Oh that's a good point. CS is definitely a lot of that. What language are you learning in/did you code in high school?
C++ is what I know best and what a lot of the classes at BYU are taught in. I took a couple programming classes in high school. One learning Python and one learning Java. I don't remember either Python or Java very well though. I also have taken some Web Programming classes and I've been learning Swift recently to build iOS apps.
Yeah we learned Python in my class. Where do you want to go with computer science? Woah nice. What kind of apps?
I'm honestly not sure where I want to go yet with it. There's too many choices. I really want to make a successful startup which is why I've started learning to make iOS apps. My friend and I are trying to make the next big social media platform.
Haha nice. Think you can one up Facebook and Snapchat? What kind of things are you implementing for it?
I don't know if we will be able to beat them out. We are trying to find a niche where we are popular enough that Facebook would buy us out for millions of dollars. It's pretty hard to beat out Facebook or Snapchat. A lot of startups make something that might be useful for Facebook or Snapchat to buy and use for their app. Even Instagram was eventually bought out by Facebook.
Huh. Really? Well, I wish you all the luck to get Facebook's attention How long have you been working on it?
Not too long. My friend just got the idea this semester and we have just started planning it. We'll be diving into the real coding and making of the app soon.
That's pretty awesome. I've never been one for innovation/entrepreneur-ness
Me neither until recently. It just sounds really fun to me now, but mostly because my friend is more of the entrepreneur and I'm just helping him make his ideas come to life.
Ah gottcha. Brownie points to you
Thanks. What's your major?