Thanks a lot for writing this. It really gives me a lot of hope for the future going forward. I'll keep this in mind!
Going by your experience, it looks like persistent efforts are key to breaking in the industry. I'll just keep going on & hopefully things will pan out okay.
> ...college is also to meet people, to create a network in your field of interest. So use this time to achieve this, meet the futures CTOs, coworkers or maybe your future cofounders !
I totally agree with you on this. This sounds essential. But I wonder if there will be any smart people worth hanging around in a rubbish college? I think that the quality of students sharply declines at such colleges.
Regardless, you bring up a really noteworthy point. I will keep this is in mind.
I agree with you, getting a degree would probably ease up immigration among other important processes. I didn't think about this previously.
>...putting 3 years of literally any experience on your resume and passing some kind of technical interview is all you need to get a job in the current industry.
This makes me rather hopeful. Thanks!
If you don't mind me asking, how did you transition in to a technical career and how were opportunities in the beginning when you didn't have much experience?
> If you are demotivated, why do you think you will do better studying on your own? Will you be able to create and maintain the motivation? What is it that motivates you?
I've often wondered about this. Right now, I am studying for my exams. And its mostly the stuff that I am not much interested in. I love studying math but I suck at physics and chemistry which keeps bringing me down. I think that when I'll be studying on my own, I'd be focusing on the stuff that I like and is actually important for me. I've recently started doing MIT's introductory CS course on python and I'm really liking it so far. I also enjoy working on the problems after the lessons. So yeah, I think I may be able to do better when I'm learning things that feel intriguing to me.
> try to get to the root cause of your lack of motivation
this sounds really important but I don't know how to figure that.
> you should go to one of the colleges, meet their minimum attendance requirements, study on your own...
You're right. This is probably the best course of action for me. It's just that I feel if I had to go to a rubbish college, I should've already done that but even on my second chance I'm not able to improve the situation. I really regret that I wasted so much time. I think that if I study on my own I could get probably quicken things but maybe I'm just trying to escape my problems.
And thanks a lot for your response. I really appreciate it!
Thanks a lot!