What careers is this Computer science vs programming?

I like to build codes and want to create os and other stuff like that whatg field of study is this. I am playing to go for software enginner where does this fall under thax in advance. IF u have taken computer science in college and work (microsoft or other company) then tell me about ur experience and e-mail so i can contact u.

What careers is this Computer science vs programming?
First of all, you need to go to college. In order to get into college, you are going to need to be able to demonstrate proficiency in English. That is the first thing you have to work on. Everything else follows from there. How can you do Calculus, or Physics, or Computer Science, or any of your classes if you can't write in proper English.





Once you have the English thing down, you need to ace all of your math and science classes. Make sure you take all of the math and science available to you. You have to take Calculus and Physics.





Next, you apply to universities. Go to the best school that you can afford/get in to. They will have the best professors and curriculum.





If you want to be a professional software engineer, and work at Microsoft, you will need to ace all of your math, science, and computer related classes in college.





As for what classes you take, what you need is the basics, the fundamentals. Forget java programming, this programming, and that programming. Take compilers, languages, operating systems, real time, and architecture. If you understand all of that you can program any kind of software in any language.
Reply:go study Software engineering man if you're interested in writing codes.
Reply:If your interest falls in the study of operating systems then Computer Science is for you. This will include a study of programming but is not intended to prepare you for programming in the business environment.





If you decide programming for a company is the direction you would like you would be wise to take business as your major and CS as you minor. It has become more an more important to understand business principals in order to develop systems for it.





Based upon what you have said however CS is for you. not sure where you would be marketable for this however.
Reply:Software Engineering is a new field. Computer Science has existed longer. Computer Science is more involved with programming, computer architecture, operating systems, and database. Software Engineering is an approach to developing software in organization with of other developers. Writing programs for a long time has been at times an art. Software Engineering makes programming more of an engineering approach. A lot of analysis and design is stressed with elaborate object orient analysis and pattern reuse. Also, you learn the work flow of the water fall model and iterative approach. Then you get into metrics and how to optimize develop and identify areas of trouble. I think a degree in computer science is best. Software Engineering is more of a specialty that you can do in a masters program or learn on the job. Small companies don't always use a lot of the software engineering methods and are ad hoc rather than an SEI approach. Also, knowing a foreign language is useful as lot of the work now is outsourced.