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I hope it was sex, drugs and rock-n-roll that had you so detached from your classes. I'm finding it difficult to reconcile your claim of being rather sharp and

I hope it was sex, drugs and rock-n-roll that had you so detached from your classes. I'm finding it difficult to reconcile your claim of being rather sharp and then having such a foggy notion of what your classes were about. Couple of questions: How do you learn best? Reading, tinkering and learning, being shown how to? What are you passionate about? - I mean outside of programming, perhaps connected to the opening comment. Have you become self-motivated? or still need a mentor to guide you? I think if answer the above questions you might discover a path forwards. If you share the answers with us on HN, then people might be able to chip in with suggestions.

betterfuture123 16y ago
it was mostly trying to manage paying for as much as i could on my own. My parents made enough for me not to be eligible for FA, but not enough to pay my tuition. I pick up the fastest when I'm shown, but that doesn't really teach me much, it only shows me how to do that one specific thing, so I usually learn by practicing over and over, until I'm comfortable it. I'd like to be successful, not sure if I'm passionate about it, or just afraid of ending up a middle-aged guy with no future. I have become motivated to do something, but unfortunately I still don't what direction to point this energy towards. I hope that made sense. Please feel free to ask as much as you'd like, after all, you guys are the ones offering to guide me.
- CyberFonic 16y ago
  Most people will tell you that you can't be passionate about being successful (whatever that means) nor about being happy. Passions are like: real-estate (Donald Trump), sports and media (Ted Turner), human rights (Nelson Mandela), the ecology (David Suzuki). I'm passionate about finding ways of using IT more effectively and in ways to reduce our impact on our environment. Some people are into flying, teaching, healing, etc, etc. Now, it's our turn: What are you passionate - or at least very interested in?

betterfuture123 16y ago

it was mostly trying to manage paying for as much as i could on my own. My parents made enough for me not to be eligible for FA, but not enough to pay my tuition. I pick up the fastest when I'm shown, but that doesn't really teach me much, it only shows me how to do that one specific thing, so I usually learn by practicing over and over, until I'm comfortable it. I'd like to be successful, not sure if I'm passionate about it, or just afraid of ending up a middle-aged guy with no future. I have become motivated to do something, but unfortunately I still don't what direction to point this energy towards. I hope that made sense. Please feel free to ask as much as you'd like, after all, you guys are the ones offering to guide me.

CyberFonic 16y ago
Most people will tell you that you can't be passionate about being successful (whatever that means) nor about being happy. Passions are like: real-estate (Donald Trump), sports and media (Ted Turner), human rights (Nelson Mandela), the ecology (David Suzuki). I'm passionate about finding ways of using IT more effectively and in ways to reduce our impact on our environment. Some people are into flying, teaching, healing, etc, etc. Now, it's our turn: What are you passionate - or at least very interested in?