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Learn as much math as you can stand in college. No matter what you end up doing down the line this will pay off well. A math minor is an excellent addition to e
by hiAndrewQuinn 2y ago
Learn as much math as you can stand in college. No matter what you end up doing down the line this will pay off well. A math minor is an excellent addition to e.g. an electrical engineering degree (I speak from exxperience here).
Read https://80000hours.org/ https://80000hours.org/ . Even if you have no intention of doing EA-type stuff, their career advice is unparalleled for a generalist, ambitious audience.
>Some advice I've seriously considered is just reading and learning as much as possible then starting a company when I come across an opportunity.
Apply for 100 jobs first after you graduate and then see how you feel about this idea. If, after those 100, you don't find anything that feels like a good fit, revisit this plan. (Chances are the job descriptions themselves for what you apply for will help massively in steering what kind of startup you tackle.)
>[W]hat do I do if the startup fails?
Assuming you have actually applied for those jobs and made a serious effort at the startup, you should now have enough experience to apply for a further 100 jobs and have greater success. The great thing about life is this is an iterated game and you can just keep alternating between these things until you find your productive niche in the economy.
>[I]s it worth it to go to graduate school or medical school? How do I decide?
From a purely financial standpoint, usually not. From a career standpoint, given that you are very undecided at the current time, I would still say no. Wait until you find a niche you can really sink your teeth into in the actual world before you revisit this idea.
Remember: The Georgia Tech online master's in CS is $7000 flat, chump change for anyone with a full time job, and other degrees are becoming more flexible and even cheaper. If you really don't feel like even saving up that much you can drop out of most PhD programs, which are fully funded, after 2 years and recieve an "honorary" master's degree out of them.