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How is community college? If you can go for free/cheap, is the experience worth it?
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.How is community college? If you can go for free/cheap, is the experience worth it?
Did you live on campus?In my case it has been more than worth it. Maybe skewing my particular case is that my county is an affluent county that can afford to hire the most talented professors that stack up with major universities. Not saying that professors at other CCs suck but I'm just saying that it potentially has an effect on the kind of education I got.
I've been getting an undergraduate certificate at mine in Software Engineering and it's helping towards my goals phenomenally and not costing much, especially compared to a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. It's an excellent education but it might not help at all toward's marketing to what a cushy corporation's hiring manager wants. Which was never my exact goal. Ideally I want to get into a small quirkier company/startup and increase my skill level and then go off on my own path.
Other people often will get their credits here for cheaper, get a general associates degree and then transfer to a 4 year. Slowlane stuff basically. Financially and logically it's a good decision.
One thing I'd especially watch out for is the student body though. I'd say 8/10 of the students at my CC who are around my age don't impress me the least. In my upper level courses you get a better ratio of intelligent and driven students (maybe 6/10) but still, the less productive people actually ended up contributing to slowing me down when I befriended them (& their life goals and patterns, everything that came with them). Not judging them, but their process was inadequate.
So if you go, make sure you have a specific goal in mind, suit your own purposes perfectly, get more out of it than anyone else in your class and stay away from people with toxic lifestyle's.
Did you live on campus?
By experience I meant the social experience.
Ye hahah that's what I was thinking. And there's people in their late 20s there too huh? So there's barely any parties?miserable social scene
Ye hahah that's what I was thinking. And there's people in their late 20s there too huh? So there's barely any parties?
I'm in college now, but for a whole other reason than most. If I graduate or not doesn't matter to me. I'm essentially going to school to build up a business on the side so when I do finish/quit I'll be in a position where I wont have to get a job. Right now I'm doing the Kindle thing because I don't have to worry about storing a physical product in my studio apartment.
Of course, I'm going to school under different terms than most. It's 98% free, and I get a monthly housing allowance which is just enough to survive.
I love the whole "what kind of job are you getting with that degree?" Bitch I ain't getting any job, ever. Tried that after I got out the Marines, everyone was just too happy being mediocre. Not for me. Still made me go to a career fair for a grade though, which I just flirted with the women and ate free candy.
So fun.
If you're young and want to go the programming route, sign up for one of the many hacking bootcamps that have sprouted across North America...
http://www.skilledup.com/articles/the-ultimate-guide-to-coding-bootcamps-the-exhaustive-list/
I did one in Toronto, now I'm gainfully employed as a full time web dev, building apps on my spare time (when I'm not partying ;P).
I got a college degree hanging somewhere...it's completely irrelevant though.
@ChrisJHarrington being given the gift of life, and all its sensuous pleasures.
I joined the military and didn't get started with college until recently. It's paid for, and I get an extra $1200/m for going to school "full time", and I enjoy the challenge. I was always a horrible student in high school, because I was always more into self-study. I passed classes, obtained the same degree as my peers with A's and B's. Now that I'm a 4.0 student, it kind of adds credibility to my business through the people that know me. Plus, it adds some satisfaction and confidence to my own agenda.
Not to mention, in my situation anyways, it cannot hurt. Any comments?
Build your fastlane bro, no time to celebrate. I was searching for the quote but i couldn't find it. It goes something like "People party every Friday night but what are they celebrating?"
Chris, you seem like a nice guy, and I read your intro/progress thread.
But you should watch how you present yourself--your writing.
I could tell you that I've been unsocial, and a hermit for the last year or so, hardly went out, lost most of my friends, and made 0 progress on any fastlane ventures. And that in the last few weeks of my life, I've finally stabilized at a learning-orientated slowlane, took control of my fitness, and brought back my confidence in spades. But I won't tell you that. Because you don't have any right to judge me in such a patronizing tone.
So, next time you want to make a suggestion, take a moment to consider how to frame it.
I'm a high school senior and I decided to attend community college next year after all the thinking I've done. I'm still focus on the fastlane, but if something happens I would like to have some to fall on. I take having a STEM degree (anything but STEM is probably worthless) is like having a gun for my situation. I hope I don't have to use it, but there's is a slight possibility I might.
Excuse me, if my comparison is a bit off, but I hope you get the point.
I think as long as I continue to self-educate myself and apply all the knowledge to a fastlane idea, I think I will be okay. Right now, I don't have a job, but I consider myself a decent front-end developer. So, I just need to start freelancing.
& also since I will attend community college and have financial aid, I will have a little bit of extra money in my pocket [NO DEBT].
after I finish two years at the community college I'll go to an University and enjoy that college experience.
Most people who go to college, have no clue what they want to be or need college to get a certification they want to be, then later realize that college is just a bunch of bs, I'll be upward of 85k this year with no college degree, I have friends that are making 100k and barley made it through college , college is a waste and a joke UNLESS you need it!
A lot of the millionaires and billionaires never went to college, there's tons of things you can do to make money it's where you want to apply yourself, I talked to many people about going to college for a business degree and they told me don't, learn the business and open
Not to mention the 200k dollar debt you will be in
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I'm a high school senior and I decided to attend community college next year after all the thinking I've done. I'm still focus on the fastlane, but if something happens I would like to have some to fall on. I take having a STEM degree (anything but STEM is probably worthless) is like having a gun for my situation. I hope I don't have to use it, but there's is a slight possibility I might.
Excuse me, if my comparison is a bit off, but I hope you get the point.
I think as long as I continue to self-educate myself and apply all the knowledge to a fastlane idea, I think I will be okay. Right now, I don't have a job, but I consider myself a decent front-end developer. So, I just need to start freelancing.
& also since I will attend community college and have financial aid, I will have a little bit of extra money in my pocket [NO DEBT].
after I finish two years at the community college I'll go to an University and enjoy that college experience.
Thanks, I already got a few certification in adobeo
I would recommend you get some it certifications. Such as A+, microsoft MCP, security +, and maybe a Cisco cert CCNA. You get those you can make 60k+ while still in school. Then graduate with both a degree and experience, puts you ahead of the pack by miles.
Thanks, I already got a few certification in adobe
Thanks, I already got a few certification in adobe
Then why not start offering training in that - could you even get work at your college - and use the income from that to pay for more technical certification like that mentioned by julien155.
I guess you could also offer a flyer-design service which you can probably sell to other on-campus businesses; especially if you organize the printing too via a local print shop who will give you a discount, or an online printer who offers "white label" services to people like graphic designers
As much as you seem to dislike the idea of college I think something like 70% of millionaires have at least a bachelors degree in America. So that should say something about the correlation between a degree and success.
Correlation is not causation.
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