<p>Also whether companies are looking for students in a particular school, and expected chances of getting a job after graduation. </p>
<p>Looking to make the best investment possible to quickly pay off my student loans.
What attracts me to this field is the potential to work alone and not deal with people so as to allow me to concentrate more on my own work.</p>
<p>Stony Brook is the best SUNY for computer science, I think</p>
<p>If we’re talking about CUNYs, City College explicitly casts itself as a math/science/engineering place and prides itself on the technological resources it has. So majoring in computer science there would probably be pretty great. Hunter College is also a great CUNY.</p>
<p>But computer scientists definitely work with people. First of all, developers often work on teams of other developers - you may be doing one part of a larger job that involves many people together. You will also have managers to answer to - those who are directing the design of the project and also those holding the purse strings. Some CS jobs require explaining technical details to people who don’t know as much as you. You’ll definitely have to ‘deal with people.’</p>
<p>You forgot to answer the question about recruitment regarding SUNY/CUNY computer science students. </p>
<p>Although it is true, computer programmers tend to need to work together and explain technical details to people whom are not as knowledgeable in the computer field; from what I have researched, computer programmers spend the majority of their work day alone in front of a computer doing any technical tasks needed. Also the fact of being near a higher caliber of people and whom have the same characteristics as I do: Introverted, organized, desires quiet work environment, good morale character, no BS and mature.</p>
<p>I’ve worked with a fair number of people who have CS degrees from Binghamton and Albany out here in California, and they were all pretty competent.</p>
<p>I’ve never met someone with a CS degree from Stony Brook. Reputation notwithstanding, I doubt that it produces better programmers than most of the other SUNY or CUNY schools. Its advantage over other SUNYs might be that it’s close to lots of jobs in NYC.</p>
<p>I’m a programmer. In my current job, I’ll guess I spend about 45 minutes a day in meetings and discussing work-related issues with others. But I’ve also had jobs where I spent as much time talking to people as I did programming. In fact, there have been a couple of jobs where all I did was drive around Silicon Valley talking to people, and didn’t write any code for months.</p>
<p>How much time do you spend on average per day at your current job talking to people?
What company do you work for?</p>