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I ask because, while in 1989 I was programming choose your own adventure games in BASIC on a commodore, I was too young to make anything of it. In the late 90's

I ask because, while in 1989 I was programming choose your own adventure games in BASIC on a commodore, I was too young to make anything of it. In the late 90's I was finishing up high school in the rural south without access to any real cs/ce curriculum. And in the mid 2000's I was working on my degree in Digital Media despite being a step ahead of almost every subject covered. (I probably should have been pursuing ce, or better yet, just moved to Palo Alto) So I keep mulling over the idea of going back to school to get up to the level needed for the industries above. But part of me just wishes there was a way to dive in and get my hands dirty like they were doing in the beginning of all this.

runjake 15y ago
What? It sounds like you're making up a bunch of excuses as to why you can't start this or that. You didn't miss any "good ol' days" because you create your own through sheer effort and persistence. There are plenty of ways to dive in to whatever you want to accomplish, so stop making excuses and just do it.
- willpower101 15y ago
  Thanks for this constructive criticism. I do kind of feel like I am making excuses to myself and need to admit that to move forward. I just felt like working on software and integrated circuits in the 1980's would have been so easy compared to the highly specialized environment today. But at the same time someone pointed out that it probably seemed pretty difficult to them. Also that in 25 years students will likely laugh about how easy some of the work we are doing today was. (edit weird that that my second post showed up so late. I wrote it as an add-on. Been having issues with posting.)
  - willpower101 15y ago
    Now that I think about it, mainly it seemed like it was easier to get into hardware back then, and today the entrepreneurial boom is really all about software and lots of money or expertise needed to get into hardware development. (as a startup.)
acangiano 15y ago
> But part of me just wishes there was a way to dive in and get my hands dirty There is a way. Just. Effin'. Do. It. Last time I checked they don't ask you for a CE degree to work with jQuery, Rails, Objective-C, etc. Just jump right in and start building stuff.

runjake 15y ago

What? It sounds like you're making up a bunch of excuses as to why you can't start this or that. You didn't miss any "good ol' days" because you create your own through sheer effort and persistence. There are plenty of ways to dive in to whatever you want to accomplish, so stop making excuses and just do it.

willpower101 15y ago
Thanks for this constructive criticism. I do kind of feel like I am making excuses to myself and need to admit that to move forward. I just felt like working on software and integrated circuits in the 1980's would have been so easy compared to the highly specialized environment today. But at the same time someone pointed out that it probably seemed pretty difficult to them. Also that in 25 years students will likely laugh about how easy some of the work we are doing today was. (edit weird that that my second post showed up so late. I wrote it as an add-on. Been having issues with posting.)
- willpower101 15y ago
  Now that I think about it, mainly it seemed like it was easier to get into hardware back then, and today the entrepreneurial boom is really all about software and lots of money or expertise needed to get into hardware development. (as a startup.)

acangiano 15y ago

> But part of me just wishes there was a way to dive in and get my hands dirty There is a way. Just. Effin'. Do. It. Last time I checked they don't ask you for a CE degree to work with jQuery, Rails, Objective-C, etc. Just jump right in and start building stuff.