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>”One day, I’m going to graduate and move out for university” Seems to me like University would be wasted time. You’re well on your way. If you can configure r

>”One day, I’m going to graduate and move out for university” Seems to me like University would be wasted time. You’re well on your way. If you can configure reverse proxies on nginx, host node apps, route ssh, and keep uptime - there’s a job for you today… Do university on the side if you really want the paper but you already possess the skills to succeed. The insatiable desire to learn. Best of luck my friend.

laserbeam 3y ago
> Do university on the side if you really want the paper. There are other good reasons for uni, like social and networking opportunities (doing a startup with like-minded students, maybe exploring the uni party life, learning how research is done...). None of the reasons are worth going into debt for though. You do indeed already have the skills needed to get a good job in the field. Uni is an option for you but definitely not a requirement. Feel free to go for a study field which is tangential to your interests (e.g. UX design, business...). Maybe you won't be doing any of that for a living but it's one of the best opportunities you get to learn how people you will end up working with talk and think. You can certainly learn the stuff you major in on your own.
- reactordev 3y ago
  Going to Uni for networking and social reasons (as long as you aren’t going into debt) is a great reason to go. I was simply suggesting that one already has the skills to go work and make a pretty handsome salary doing what they are doing while learning what they want to learn. It’s a whole lot easier to fund a woodworking shop when you have money. It’s a whole lot easier to experiment with 3D printing when you have money. You see what I’m getting at. It’s not the ends, it’s the means.
gizmo 3y ago
You can learn the easy stuff by tinkering. It's fun! Many people are smart enough to teach themselves anything. But actually sitting down and doing the work is the hard part. How many people are going to struggle through "Algorithms" by Cormen without the external pressure of coursework and exams? Almost nobody. And that's the problem. It's not that people can't learn by self-study, it's that nobody wants to. There is no alternative for learning to the structured environment provided by a good university.
- reactordev 3y ago
  I like that kind of stuff and will gladly sit through it again and again until it’s ingrained in my brain. Some people love to learn. Teach me something or lose my attention. You are right though that there’s a huge difference between doing something as a hobby vs as a job. If you don’t have a passion for it, it will feel like every other job. No matter what you are doing. However, hard work and discipline are good traits to start early so I’m still in the camp of “Go and work and make money instead of go into debt to learn”. >” There is no alternative for learning to the structured environment provided by a good university.” We can agree to disagree. I found the R&D lab of some of the companies I worked for far surpassed what my peers were doing in their labs.
Noumenon72 3y ago
It's too soon to lock into a career path like this. Insatiable desire to learn is something that can lead to success in a great many fields other than the one that helped you set up your Minecraft server. OP can use college to find the field where society needs them most and there are the most opportunities. As "Server technician 12", they will make fast money but they won't be discovered or mentored appropriate to their talent.

laserbeam 3y ago

> Do university on the side if you really want the paper. There are other good reasons for uni, like social and networking opportunities (doing a startup with like-minded students, maybe exploring the uni party life, learning how research is done...). None of the reasons are worth going into debt for though. You do indeed already have the skills needed to get a good job in the field. Uni is an option for you but definitely not a requirement. Feel free to go for a study field which is tangential to your interests (e.g. UX design, business...). Maybe you won't be doing any of that for a living but it's one of the best opportunities you get to learn how people you will end up working with talk and think. You can certainly learn the stuff you major in on your own.

reactordev 3y ago
Going to Uni for networking and social reasons (as long as you aren’t going into debt) is a great reason to go. I was simply suggesting that one already has the skills to go work and make a pretty handsome salary doing what they are doing while learning what they want to learn. It’s a whole lot easier to fund a woodworking shop when you have money. It’s a whole lot easier to experiment with 3D printing when you have money. You see what I’m getting at. It’s not the ends, it’s the means.

gizmo 3y ago

You can learn the easy stuff by tinkering. It's fun! Many people are smart enough to teach themselves anything. But actually sitting down and doing the work is the hard part. How many people are going to struggle through "Algorithms" by Cormen without the external pressure of coursework and exams? Almost nobody. And that's the problem. It's not that people can't learn by self-study, it's that nobody wants to. There is no alternative for learning to the structured environment provided by a good university.

reactordev 3y ago
I like that kind of stuff and will gladly sit through it again and again until it’s ingrained in my brain. Some people love to learn. Teach me something or lose my attention. You are right though that there’s a huge difference between doing something as a hobby vs as a job. If you don’t have a passion for it, it will feel like every other job. No matter what you are doing. However, hard work and discipline are good traits to start early so I’m still in the camp of “Go and work and make money instead of go into debt to learn”. >” There is no alternative for learning to the structured environment provided by a good university.” We can agree to disagree. I found the R&D lab of some of the companies I worked for far surpassed what my peers were doing in their labs.

Noumenon72 3y ago

It's too soon to lock into a career path like this. Insatiable desire to learn is something that can lead to success in a great many fields other than the one that helped you set up your Minecraft server. OP can use college to find the field where society needs them most and there are the most opportunities. As "Server technician 12", they will make fast money but they won't be discovered or mentored appropriate to their talent.