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Originally Posted by Eric Bareiss
I think the only tip I can give is: learn to love studying and reading textbooks.
There aren't really any tips you can give other than work as hard as you can. getting a degree in engineering is very hard and if it's not for you, you will realize it very quickly.
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Learn to read manuals and specifications, not necessarily books. As you progress in the field, you'll begin to find that textbooks take more time than needed. The best approach I have found now is to read the specifications for a language, architecture, whatever, exactly as it was put out by the manufacturer. I suppose books would have exercises to test how well you have grasped what you are learning, but generally the exercises are trivial and bear no direct relation to what you will be doing with the tool you are learning. So, read the technical specifications, apply the knowledge by doing some simple exercises, then begin to draw similarities between that tool and others you have learned thus far. For the most part, many programming languages and tools should have a similar setup with slightly different lexical grammar (
slightly). I suppose this was geared more towards future programmers, but any heads up is a good one. I hope this same approach will help me as I progress through college, because it sure does help me now. Oh, one other thing.. learn one foundation language, and learn it well. Because with that language under your belt it becomes easier to learn others (I think one of the more commmon languages to learn now is C++).