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That is a very open ended question and it depends on what you want to get out of it. Are you particularly looking to study EE, CE, CS, or a mix of them all?

The major can be very broad and if you don't know what you'd like to specialize in, then I suggest looking at the core classes ( http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/Notes/section2.shtml#2... ) to gain a lot of diverse knowledge.

The program is good, whatever your future plans after undergrad may be. A lot of undergrads participate in research with GSIs and professors to see if they would be a good fit for grad school; also, a lot of undergrads do summer internships to help them with their industry careers afterwards.

The support network is good and you are assigned two advisors; a class advisor (to help plan with courses, units, graduating on time, etc) and a professor who will give you more high-level advice. In addition, though people in the program are bright and "competitive," there are plenty of opportunities to get help and collaborate. You are also often paired up with other classmates to work on projects so that you participate in teamwork.

I finished in 2008 and my only regrets are:

- Not planning my courses more carefully

- Not doing more over summers

Hope this helps.

I agree, quitting isn't for everybody. But one thing everybody can do is at least consider other options that fit with their risk profiles

Congrats to BT- though my site doesn't use them, their mentality of trying to cut out fine print for CC processing is a good step in the right direction.

I used to work at EA (now doing a YC company), you can change your password here:

http://profile.ea.com

Though it doesn't fix any of the encryption limitations that they are using.

4G networks will have to fall back on 3G networks sometimes, which is one of the reasons why AT&T is still building out its backhaul for its 3G network. Though I agree, it would be nice to have interoperable phones

Wooops- meant MicroSD! =S

Hopefully this will address some of the issues with the Nexus S, particularly:

-No dual ATT/Tmobile HSPA support

-Lack of MicroSIM

I think the point of the article is "In order to use your financial and legal counsel less, you're going to have to self-educate."

Note that the author says to use professional services less, but does not say to completely eliminate them. The more you can learn yourself, the less "research" your lawyer has to do, saving you money.

Building web applications is just a small part of programming in general; I too would agree on learning HTML and CSS first. Once you can master static pages, you can start learning how to introduce dynamic components to build rich web apps.

Well said- congrats!

I would recommend clearing out student debt before doing a startup full time. One can always work full-time at a big company, and do a startup at the same time on the side

You can thank AT&T for that one

I think part of it is that everybody has their own opinion of where others should start. For example, some people think that new programmers should start low-level (such as with C) and learn how memory management works; others think that a higher-level language (such as Java) is better and abstracts away all of the things that people can learn later. And of course, there's also web app programming, which brings in another curve

"The technology behind them is far from cutting edge: Anyone with an email program can start a company."

The tech is slightly more complex than that :D

Unfortunately, it's been invalid for awhile. You can check it out for yourself here:

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js vs https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Forming a startup without a real lawyer is very difficult, especially if you have to create contracts with outside parties. For a basic incorporation and issuing of shares, you are looking at a few thousand in legal fees. Though it may seem like a lot, it's best to do it correctly from the start, rather than doing it multiple times.

We had some issues integrating 3rd party systems, such as the Twitter button, which has had an invalid certificate for months now. If your site can live without these bells & whistles, then you should investigate and see if your site can take the performance hit.

Using Pandora on my Atrix keeps giving me LivingSocial ads from Seattle, but I haven't lived there in 2 years; I'm not sure how tightly integrated the GPS information is.

As a part of this team, I'm very excited to help launch this site. Check back soon for great deals!

The problem with this is that Nokia has invested a significant amount of resources into its own systems already. If it partners with Microsoft for WP7, Nokia will just be another player in the market with not a whole lot to distinguish itself from other manufacturers, such as Samsung.

Surprising that it has an integrated CDMA/GSM chip, but useless without a SIM card and the proper amplifiers/antennas.