Originally Posted by Zer0

It took me a couple of years to really get my head around programming concepts, but by the time I was in the 3rd year of my course I learned a lot from doing various projects and didn't have much difficulty then. The final year of my honours degree was a one-year add-on course and people came into the course with different backgrounds and even no experience in programming. They went on to software testing and data analyst roles so there's a lot more to working in software than just being a programmer. I wasn't really given much of a choice with Java as it was part of my course from 1st year. But I'm glad I learned it as it's a very flexible language and can be used in anything from Android app development to web development to retail systems. We covered SQL as well.

Thanks, I really hope I do. Some masters courses you can just go straight into if you have a good enough degree. The one I applied for is sponsored by a well-known company and if my grades at the end are satisfactory I could be guaranteed a role with them. But there's a ton of work involved in it apparently. My current company relies on other companies and universities outsourcing research projects to us. There's very few projects coming in as a lot of bigger companies prefer to do their own research. I've learned a lot from working here though, such as learning new technologies and working as part of a team.