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Ask HN: Birthday present for a soon to graduate CS student?

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Re: Ask HN: Birthday present for a soon to graduate CS student?

#31

Have you considered just getting him a gaming console? If he's got the degree, he's prepared enough. After he gets a job, you'll be in a position where he won't really be practical to get those "Wow!" gifts for anymore—entry-level salary for new grads is pretty great. It's basically the last "easy" gift you'll ever be able to get him; past that, everything else will require serious thought if you want to give genuine…

if he got the degree he is prepared enough.

that is how it should be.

yet, people are grinding leetcode to get through the hiring process.

Re: Ask HN: Birthday present for a soon to graduate CS student?

#32
Buy him a course of preventative physiotherapy, or a gym membership, or similar.

He'll be doing a lot of sitting down staring at a screen for the rest of this life, and over time this will fuck his back up.

Best to start fighting against the inevitable health conditions early on.

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