2017-02-05 at 4:27 PM UTC
I always have this tendency to get myself in over my head. Like when I joined the military, I didn't just join the military, I had to go and join the "most hardcore" branch there is, where "most hardcore" really just translates to "gets treated more like shit than any other branch on a regular basis and don't have time for anything else."
After I got out, community college was fucking easy (for real not trying to brag, but I'm fairly intelligent, at least in the sense that I can hear a math or science lesson and figure out how to solve the problems they give us) so I figured fuck it I'm going to go to a top 10 university. But now I'm here and it's alright but I'm definitely not the smartest person in the room now, I'm like mid-level, and I can do everything required of me but it just takes up ALL my time and I kind of feel like there's little point in prestige. I like engineering but there are other things I'd like to do with my time too, like be fairly in shape instead of just sitting down for 12 hours a day and feeling my body waste away. I'm not really too concerned with getting a job at Apple or Google or anything, so it's just starting to feel pointless to me to give up more years of my life in order to compete with people who are all trying to be the top tier of new hires for all the best tech companies.
I think I'd rather study for like 4-6 hours a day, go work out, then get high and listen to j pop or do yoga or go for a bike ride. Then again maybe I could just take an elective or something instead of going hard on all engineering and math classes 24/7. It's just such a drag sometimes.
2017-02-05 at 4:46 PM UTC
kroz
weak whyte, frothy cuck, and former twink
Well man I'm probably not the best person to give you advice on school as I'm just now realizing I need to go back to school lol.
Are you suggesting that by switching schools the workload towards an engineering degree would be less? Cause I figure regardless what school It would probably be about the same.
Or are you wanting to go to a different school where they have a completely different program that has nothing to do with engineering?
I dunno how long you got on finishing your engineering stuff but It might be worth it to stick it out even if you are "mid-level"
You seem like you're in good shape and after you're done with school you will have more time freed up for physical fitness.
My dad was a manager of a design team for AMD for 25 years and then even got his own subcontract company out of it, and he would hire people that went to certain schools in california (not sure what schools)
But as far as Texan school, he would only hire people from UT austin and Rice in Houston. (jerome goes to rice, its one of the best engineering schools)
So I just wouldn't want you to sell yourself short if engineering is your thing.
My dad and his co-workers all were really successful and had their shit together but seemed like they still had time to do fun stuff after they landed that job.
I wish I could of been an engineer but I am smacktarded at math, like seriously.
2017-02-05 at 5:01 PM UTC
kroz
weak whyte, frothy cuck, and former twink
^ah I gotcha. Man thats a tough call I guess. I'm sure lanny can give you a lil more input than me.
2017-02-05 at 6:19 PM UTC
honestly doubt you were in the military
2017-02-08 at 2:02 AM UTC
lol this thread. I decided I'm not going to do that. Fuck doing that.
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2017-02-08 at 5:08 AM UTC
Now is the time to try something new.
2017-02-08 at 5:41 AM UTC
If you're at a community college now I'd suggest transferring. Even a state school is significantly better than a CC in a lot of ways, one of them being how it looks on a resume but in other dimensions as well, like the kind of people you'll be around and quality of instruction. Honestly if you're smart or have a knack for it or whatever it's perfectly reasonable to do a normal course load with 4-6 hours of studying a day, it's not really that better ranked schools are "harder" than lower ranked ones, they're just uhhh, less vocational? At least in CS that tends to translate to less programming, more theory/math, which is a good thing IMO.
You might find there are more people in more "prestigious" universities that are super serious about their grades and stuff but no matter where you go most people will have lives outside of school. Cultural background probably plays more into than anything, UCI students (largely first/second generation asian) probably study more than Stanford students although the latter university is generally higher ranked. Honestly you're GPA doesn't count for much as long as it's below 4 and above 2 and people recognize that.
2017-02-08 at 1:05 PM UTC
A state school would be a step down from where I'm at right now. I was just stressed af about midterms. That's good that gpa doesn't really count for shit though because it's not very good anymore.
