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.

Thanks for the answer, it would be for CS mainly.

Is the class size a problem and is it hard to get a seat for some of them?

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.

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

-No dual ATT/Tmobile HSPA support

-Lack of MicroSIM

How is the lack of MicroSIM an issue? As far as I know there's no functional difference apart from the size.

Wooops- meant MicroSD! =S

And as a bit of a smaller complaint, no notification LED. I still don't quite know what they were thinking when they decided to leave that off.

Which is somewhat mitigated by an AMOLED panel (if you can get it) and use of the NoLED app.

Not sure what I would do without NoLED, it is one of the best apps I've ever used on my SGS.

> -No dual ATT/Tmobile HSPA support

According to the article it's on LTE, so that means AT&T or Verizon. I can see why they're doing it as it looks like WiMax doesn't have a great future ahead of it, but I both those carriers have abysmal track records for customer abuse (as opposed to merely bad.)

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

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.

Definitely educate yourself, but don't forget what your core business and get distracted trying to do everything yourself. The services you hire - whether legal, artistic, development, accounting - can be force multipliers for you. Believe it or not there are attorneys out there who have experience as technologists and entrepreneurs that can keep you out of hot water. Find one that you can develop a good working relationship with and you won't get nickeled and dimed for every phone call (I take a lot of questions over the phone or email, many I can answer in a couple of minutes and don't charge for).

Just like any other business, there are those out there that want to drain the entire LVA in the first month. The good ones will help you develop that relationship that helps you maximize the value you get from your attorney.

Make sure you understand how the attorney bills for services. If you're not sure, ask - "do you charge for phone calls" - "do you bill actual time or six minute increments" - "will you discount your rate if I pay early?" Get those in writing in the retainer agreement.

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.

Cool

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