A Reflection on my B.S. in Software Engineering

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I've been out of university for almost a decade now. Your experience echo mine. I also started out in a local community college so I missed those first two years.

> Unfortunately, I came to discover that the SE program was generally considered “easier” than CS.

I also came to the same conclusion. At my alma mater the difference between CS and SE was only a few classes: Algorithms 2/3 and Automata Theory. So I switched from SE to CS as I felt it looked better on the resume.

> I discovered over time that none of my team members had written code outside of a homework assignment.

I also had the same experience. This was especially apparent in the CS undergrad capstone class. Which required working with a local company to develop some software. I ended up doing the majority of the prototype with .NET and AngularJS. Technologies which I was already experienced with from personal projects.

Interesting, glad I'm not alone here. We had a similar capstone for SE, mine was building out a scavenger hunt game in AR. That was pretty cool, even though, again, getting group members to contribute was difficult.

Thanks for sharing

Figured I'd share, hope that's alright. Please let me know your thoughts. I'd like to hear about your own experiences.

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