needhelpca

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   by needhelpca 15y ago

   Thanks for the advice. I'll probably go see a therapist. Since you dropped out your senior year, did you already have significant internship experience and contacts by then? Did that help you succeed?
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   by needhelpca 15y ago

   I was planning to read a lot of source code, write a lot of code/contribute to open source, and study formal CS on my own. I think after 3-4 years I would have as much programming and formal knowledge as if I had stayed in college, and mayb
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   by needhelpca 15y ago

   I don't expect to get a job after dropping out. My parents will let me live with them at least. So I have a good 3-4 years. I was planning to read a lot of source code, write a lot of code/contribute to open source, and study formal CS on m
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   by needhelpca 15y ago

   Thanks for the advice. I'm not someone who's been programming for years. I just took multivariable calc and intro CS (scheme) this semester. I'm wondering whether self-teaching is realistic, and whether employers consider self-taught progra
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   by needhelpca 15y ago

   This is kind of a fear related to financial aid. It's mostly irrational, but not completely so. And the little part that's not irrational has been bothering me a lot. Thanks for the advice about the psychological help. I'll think about talk
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   Need advice

   11 points by needhelpca 15y ago|23 comments