Yeah I'm trying to discover said problems in any way possible. Possibly could with a startup but there's very few anywhere here, especially in web/tech. College seemed like the best way to network, and I don't mind having it for a fall-back plan since it's free.
That's reassuring to hear. I highly expect it's less about laziness and more about not being keen on the idea!
My expectation of success isn't really retiring at 17. It's just not having to work for some big corporation when leaving college. Hell, if I had a few million in the bank already I'm pretty sure I'd still want to work on startups. The money would just be good security and also help fund projects.
That's pretty much my train of thought, but I just want to maximize the potential.
Great point about figuring out something the competition aren't doing. And I understand about becoming a great hacker, that's why I haven't stopped learning despite not having solid project ideas.
1) For what it's worth, the web dev part of the course was given a complete overhaul to bring it to more of an industry standard this year, and 50% of the course is now design. I intended to study business but a massive amount of the curriculum (in this country anyway) would be of little use to me. I've had business as a subject for the last 5 years and found the syllabus to be appallingly orientated towards only management - there was literally just a chapter on entrepreneurial activity. I also considered CS, but there's a lot on the curriculum that doesn't really interest me, and since I'm certain I want to specialize in web/design I thought I'd be more interested in this course. Java is actually one of the languages on this web dev degree. As for networking, I've joined clubs and societies to network with people from these other departments.
2) I would definitely take that into consideration. Unfortunately there's little to no startup culture where I am, but I'm working on it.
3) I've heard that many times, but so far haven't found many personal itches. However I constantly get feedback from other people about their own itches and see what I could improve on there.
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I'm not sure if my post seemed to indicate I only have 3 months coding experience, but I've been coding for almost 2 years.
I'm about to do exactly what you're suggesting with the niche ideas, but just thought I'd ask here first.
There's a good chance I'll have to work on it longer than expected, but that's one of the reasons I want to have a great idea I'm passionate about.
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In response to point 2, that's actually exactly what I've been doing (making a Flickr clone), and have found it to be a great idea.
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Don't really wish to immediately post the ideas, however I may post some of them in a new thread soon to get feedback as I don't believe in hiding them worrying if they'll be stolen. Stay tuned.
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I'm working on the co-founder thing, it's part of the reason for going to college.
And yeah I hear that a lot, which is what makes me think I'm just too critical of my own ideas. I really couldn't be that bad.
Ha, that's an interesting analogy! Will take it into account and sample all the ladies.