Before I went to "college" (it still feels wrong for me to say University lol), I too thought it would be a waste of time. I really just wanted to get out in th

Before I went to "college" (it still feels wrong for me to say University lol), I too thought it would be a waste of time. I really just wanted to get out in the real-world and work. Then I went into my freshman year basically partying my grades away and crushed my ego to a little pea. Actually, it turns out you have to work your ass off to do well in an undergraduate program. So I learned how to study and I learned how to become disciplined enough to say no to distractions. True, the computer science part of my degree was the easy part, but the other courses, the "liberal arts" part, that was the tough part that also expanded my mind. I loved most of my classes because in reality, I love learning. I love seeing the world through different lenses. University life is also about meeting life-long friends and self discovery. EVEN if software engineering can be distilled to just learning a language to instruct a computer, going to college is still a giant stepping stone in life that I think every capable individual should experience.