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A bit OT, but as a more experienced engineer who dropped out of school to start a company, I'm curious: why weren't you able to get into your school's CS progra
by nitrogen 8y ago
A bit OT, but as a more experienced engineer who dropped out of school to start a company, I'm curious: why weren't you able to get into your school's CS program?
Don't worry too much about "falling behind". There will always be time to learn more math or a new framework. Worry more about finding that first job, any job, then you can branch out once inside the industry. Networking beats recruiters beats sending a resume, so try to find a friend who already works where you want to be.
- datademon 8y agoI did poorly on a math class that was required to declare the major. It's ironic since now that I'm in the data science major, I have to do even more math classes and less programming classes. I would love to do my own startup. I have a few ideas floating around. But I feel like I lack the discipline to sit down every day and force myself to work on them without external deadlines/pressure. In terms of jumping into the tech industry: I understand the advice about looking for any job when starting out. It just seems that even a lot of the entry level jobs are very specialized.
- nitrogen 8y agoI'd recommend against doing a startup straight out of school unless you get accepted into a notable accelerator with a solid cofounder. Apply for the seemingly specialized jobs anyway, the worst they can do is say no.