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I live in Australia where by default, you don't have to pay for university right away (you have to pay the government back slowly once you start earning above a
by llamaz 9y ago
I live in Australia where by default, you don't have to pay for university right away (you have to pay the government back slowly once you start earning above a certain salary). As a result it's common for people to do double degrees over a long time, and universities usually don't care how long it takes you to do them.
I went down the opposite path than that described in this post - into electrical engineering and math, and 5 years down the line I feel like have no practical skills (there's an emphasis on theory and the fundamentals), and feel that I'm wasting my twenties being stressed out, abusing caffeine, and pulling all nighters every week.
I've been working hard on academics since I was 16 (I'm 22 now) this blog post reads like a fantasy of mine.
- alexkavon 9y agoIt's a possibility, have you tried taking a few years off and testing the other methods you have in mind?
- electricbanana 9y agoOn the bright side if you did electrical engineering and math in uni then you probably know a lot about matrix math and numerical and iterative approaches to solving equations that do not have elementary solutions. You might be able to apply those to graphics programming or data science.
- xiphias 9y agoIf you enjoy problem solving, coding is easier than math, I wouldn't be worried about that. Also it's easy to get programming job with math / EE degree (just ask any friend of yours to give a reference). Being stressed is a much bigger problem than being a few years at academy (which is I think still a great thing, as long as it helps problem solving skills). Health is exponentially getting worse as you get older, which means that you don't feel the damage that you do to yourself under 30.