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IT degrees may teach you basic bash scripting or whatever, but they won't teach you the fundamentals of computer science. Scripting is totally different to the kind of programming you do as a software engineer. Anyone can learn scripting in a few weeks, but computer science and software...

Well one of those isn't an IT degree is it, it's a CS degree. They are not comparable. Getting a CS job with an IT degree is about as easy as getting a CS job with a biology degree. In the converse case, CS graduates have an easier time getting IT jobs, since CS graduates can specialise in...

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

Well you definitely wouldn't say "it's good because". The language in SDD long answers should be as formal as the language you would use in an English response (though less embellished). Avoid first-person language, and be wary of words like "good". "Evaluate" requires you to take a stance, not...

I learnt that stuff myself, but I studied some compsci too. There's plenty of interesting theory behind the treatment of random numbers in programming.

The randomness of the random number generator isn't the issue. Rather, the issue is that there are many subtle variations on the basic shuffling algorithm, and the consequences of these variations are not clear from a cursory examination of the algorithms' outputs. The canonical shuffling...

The only way to improve is to practise.

Whose trial paper was this? They need a stern talking to. This as a totally inappropriate question for an SDD exam. Random shuffling is a hard problem which requires some intense mathematical analysis to implement correctly. Many 'obvious' solutions to the problem won't lead to a uniform...

I want to see these solutions now

Pender is such a legend.

The problem with matrices is that you have to learn a term of methods (multiplication, Gaussian elimination, etc.) before you can start actually doing interesting stuff with them. Also, it's difficult to motivate them. Complex numbers can be used for awesome unrelated proofs and students still...

From what I can see, the differences are: HSC Mathematics: +random variables Prelim MX1: +circle geom, +random variables, +normal distribution HSC MX1: -circle geom MX2: +statistical inference, +vectors, +difference eqns It's been a while since I did this stuff though. Seems good to me. I...

I have two 15" MBPrs :D 2012 and 2013 models

Yes, markers attach stigmas (stigmata?) to media based on their perceived sophistication. The sophistication order is roughly: poetry > novel > short fiction > visual art > film > music > others. Judgements are also made based on the age and popularity of your text. This is slightly mitigated...

John Papantoniou is an IMO medallist and he posts on the Tutoring forums occasionally. He posted in the last few months. Try him. Frankly, you won't find many people on this forum who have that sort of experience. Buy the Australian Maths Olympiad booklet from AMT and work through the problems...

UTS is not very good for CS. It isn't a highly respected engineering university. UQ is much better.

Yes, it's very good. Top 10 in Aus.

Re: HSC 2014 4U Marathon - Advanced Level Combinatorics 1) Count the number of possible subsets of an N-element set. Let A = \left\{a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n\right\} 2) Calculate the sum of all subset sums of A. 2) Calculate the sum of all subset products of A.

I don't think all smart people are HSC high performers or vice versa, but I've also met way too many people who use "HSC is just a game" as an excuse to slack off. They carry the same attitude into their uni years and continue their streak of low academic performance, and throughout it they...

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