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Discussion on: What advice would you give to university (college) students?

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Austin S. Hemmelgarn

Look at what concepts your intended industry cares about that are not regularly covered by typical degree programs in your field, and do what you can to learn those well. A particularly good example of this in the field of programming is version control. Most college courses don't cover it very well, if at all, and having at least the basics is critical for starting out smoothly in a new job as a programmer (at least, it is at any place that's actually good to work at as a programmer).

Beyond that though, look to diversify your skills as much as possible. Learning a foreign language is a great option for this because it's something you can put on a resumé that actually has practical applications even if the job doesn't require it. The same goes for basic coding skills (real coding, not VBA macros in Excel) if you're in a degree field other than CS, CEG, or EE, or extra programming languages that aren't normally taught in most universities' computer science programs (Rust, Go, and Python are probably the three most generically useful right now).