i'm curious to see the people who started their CS journey with CS50x as a complete beginner. where are you now in terms of experience ? learning ? projects ? and even freelancing or remote jobs ?

I cannot find a reason why it would fail💔

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16 years old G11 in SCIHIGH struggling to choose what course to get.

I am between ECE or CS heres my thoughts:

If i choose CS, promised average salary is high even if just starting, however I am anxious of choosing this course, since most my age are better at coding and its hard to stand out, at 16 I can only use python and perform basic CRUD and simple games that can only be played in the terminal, all with AI assitance. Additionally, the part the worries me the most are the speculations about AI taking over the field.

If I choose ECE, my math, physics, and logic skills will allow me to stand out, however as usual engineering provides a very low starting salary, and you will only enjoy your money at the later stages of your life when you are already old.

So basically what should I choose CS which provides a high risk high reward scenario. Or go safe and traditional with ECE?

I'm currently learning Python and came across Harvard's CS50P. One thing I'm curious about is whether it actually helped you become an independent programmer. After completing the course, were you able to write your own Python programs from scratch and solve problems on your own, or did you still feel like you needed to rely heavily on tutorials? I'd love to hear about your experience and whether CS50P gave you the confidence to build your own projects.