1. Prepare your eyes for a beating. I guarantee you that you will be staring at a computer screen for extended amounts of time.
2. Work meticulously but efficiently. Syntax errors will be a killer. They killed me ever so slowly…...
3. Whatever topic you are studying, make sure that you know it in and out before doing a homework assignment. This seems like a no brainer, but believe me, when you miss a tiny bit of information in lecture, it could cost you many, many hours spent staring at a computer screen. I learned this the hard way…
4. Enjoy the glorious moment when you finish coding something. If as the class goes on and you find out you don’t like it but want to finish it, then this tip should ease the pain. If this subject is your cup of tea, then this tip will only snowball into a gigantic boulder of motivation. I’d have to say that my boulder of motivation is large enough to have its own gravitational field. =)