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From what you have written you shouldn't be studying. I would honestly consider a complete shift away from a 'mental' discipline. You sound like the lady that

by awjr 14y ago

From what you have written you shouldn't be studying. I would honestly consider a complete shift away from a 'mental' discipline. You sound like the lady that passed her driving test on her 50th attempt. This is a person that should not be driving. Have you considered being a lumberjack? I'm being serious here. You need to do something crazily different. Maybe work in a restaurant. Physically hard work with someone chewing on your ass to get it done quicker. A place with no long term objectives. Call it mind training but what you are doing at the moment is trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

eric-hu 14y ago
> You need to do something crazily different. I just want to chime in here. I graduated with a CS and math double major and Chinese Minor in 06. I backed out of a programming job offer and instea ended up working for my uncle as an RF engineer for the next 2 years. That was working for about half the salary and no benefits. I disliked it enough to eventually quit and staige (intern) in a restaurant for 3 months. Those 3 months have been the most empowering period of my life. After exploring other fields that I thought could be passionate careers, I've come back to programming and found a renewed interest. This advice worked for me.
guizzy 14y ago
I have a very similar disposition to the person you are replying to. At 20, I ditched college because I was unable to deal with school work. Considering the state I was in then, this was one of the best decisions of my life. I was pretty lucky to be able to get a good job thanks to my computer skills, one that was more immediate; very little long-term objectives (tech support), and managed to get enough impressive stuff to put on my resumé to more than catch up to those who did graduate college. Unfortunately, as I move up in the field (towards sysadmin), more long term objectives tend to crop up more and more in my professional life, whether I want it or not, and I am not any better at dealing with them than I was before. Unless the person you're responding to is content not to moving up professionally, I fear that he will have to tackle his lack of mental discipline one way or another...

by awjr 14y ago

eric-hu 14y ago

> You need to do something crazily different. I just want to chime in here. I graduated with a CS and math double major and Chinese Minor in 06. I backed out of a programming job offer and instea ended up working for my uncle as an RF engineer for the next 2 years. That was working for about half the salary and no benefits. I disliked it enough to eventually quit and staige (intern) in a restaurant for 3 months. Those 3 months have been the most empowering period of my life. After exploring other fields that I thought could be passionate careers, I've come back to programming and found a renewed interest. This advice worked for me.

guizzy 14y ago

I have a very similar disposition to the person you are replying to. At 20, I ditched college because I was unable to deal with school work. Considering the state I was in then, this was one of the best decisions of my life. I was pretty lucky to be able to get a good job thanks to my computer skills, one that was more immediate; very little long-term objectives (tech support), and managed to get enough impressive stuff to put on my resumé to more than catch up to those who did graduate college. Unfortunately, as I move up in the field (towards sysadmin), more long term objectives tend to crop up more and more in my professional life, whether I want it or not, and I am not any better at dealing with them than I was before. Unless the person you're responding to is content not to moving up professionally, I fear that he will have to tackle his lack of mental discipline one way or another...