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We'll that sucks. I'm sorry it wasn't good for you. > I consistently stayed so far ahead of the curriculum in personal projects and internships Wait a second!
by robotresearcher 9y ago
We'll that sucks. I'm sorry it wasn't good for you.
> I consistently stayed so far ahead of the curriculum in personal projects and internships
Wait a second! So you learned a lot while at college? You wouldn't have had those internships if you had a regular job. And maybe not the time to do personal projects. The college system set up that experience and time for you. College is about the opportunity to learn, not them doing anything to you. Maybe there's something to it after all.
- 0xffff2 9y agoI disagree with your reading. I certainly did have time for personal projects. I was a better developer than many of my current undergraduate senior peers before I ever started college, and it was because of personal projects I did while working more than full time. The internships I've had, like my future career, required that I be going to school, but in an alternate reality there's no reason I couldn't have started directly as a very junior software engineer working full time rather than only in the summer between school terms.