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Welp.
I guess I have to make my bed and lie in it.
I need to get this off my chest. Never in my life have I been so frustrated.
I decided not to drop out of my tertiary studies.
I would develop my business as I continued studying. Once the business could sustain me, I would drop out immediately.
If I had the free roam of too much time, I stand the risk of action faking.
I attended the briefings on arranging my timetable of lessons and whatever else I need to do throughout this week.
Did my best to arrange the classes to have me some liberty. Some days would only have two or one classes. Others had multiple classes stacked up, but at least had two hours to either use to clear off assignments or do Fastlane stuff.
All fine and dandy?
Not really.
I looked at the module outlines they sent me online (the school is tech savvy).
One of them was accounting.
I read it. Mandatory pre-class reading.
I tried to write some notes.
Then, my pen snapped.
Full of theoretical bullshit.
Why on earth do I need to know the full bloody definition of what accounting is? Roles of accounting? Financial vs managerial accounting?
I'm not saying these topics are useless.
I'm saying that I don't need to waste five months of a semester to push that shit down my brain for a measely exam that doesn't free my life. I may or may not use that stuff.
I won't know until enough action has hit the mark.
Earlier, I picked up a non-academic book titled Financial Statements by Thomas R. Ittelson. I found it to be surprisingly comprehensive. Even had an entire story of a business startup to illustrate points.
As of now, it is my go-to for accounting matters.
With the help of Quickbooks and recently, Wave, I can just jump to work without wasting time to learn all that crap. When it comes to the legals, I can get a formal accountant to help me.
As of now though, my freelance gig just operates like a piggy bank thing though as it is still small and takes time to meet clients.
@healthstatus's debate on whether coding was stupid gave me some insights. He compared hiring coders with hiring accountants, and that was what hit the mark.
Here's the very post:
GOLD - Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)
I looked at the other modules quickly, and found that I would have to write essays and all that academic lingo.
Something in me screams 'action fake'!
Will this essay even provide real-market value? It's not even a bloody product you can sell on the market, unless you want to do a tutor business. How am I helping people in business by going for a 3-year course?
It's pretty maddening to waste my time learning business in the wrong way, rather than earn and learn at the same time.
Sure, I could go for a job instead of college.
But I suppose that even jobs can provide similar suckages of time that you have to manage. And I still get 'paid' for my time in study by my parents, so although I hate this route, it still involves 'trading time for money' like a job, industry experience aside.
I guess I have to make my bed and lie in it.
I need to get this off my chest. Never in my life have I been so frustrated.
I decided not to drop out of my tertiary studies.
I would develop my business as I continued studying. Once the business could sustain me, I would drop out immediately.
If I had the free roam of too much time, I stand the risk of action faking.
I attended the briefings on arranging my timetable of lessons and whatever else I need to do throughout this week.
Did my best to arrange the classes to have me some liberty. Some days would only have two or one classes. Others had multiple classes stacked up, but at least had two hours to either use to clear off assignments or do Fastlane stuff.
All fine and dandy?
Not really.
I looked at the module outlines they sent me online (the school is tech savvy).
One of them was accounting.
I read it. Mandatory pre-class reading.
I tried to write some notes.
Then, my pen snapped.
Full of theoretical bullshit.
Why on earth do I need to know the full bloody definition of what accounting is? Roles of accounting? Financial vs managerial accounting?
I'm not saying these topics are useless.
I'm saying that I don't need to waste five months of a semester to push that shit down my brain for a measely exam that doesn't free my life. I may or may not use that stuff.
I won't know until enough action has hit the mark.
Earlier, I picked up a non-academic book titled Financial Statements by Thomas R. Ittelson. I found it to be surprisingly comprehensive. Even had an entire story of a business startup to illustrate points.
As of now, it is my go-to for accounting matters.
With the help of Quickbooks and recently, Wave, I can just jump to work without wasting time to learn all that crap. When it comes to the legals, I can get a formal accountant to help me.
As of now though, my freelance gig just operates like a piggy bank thing though as it is still small and takes time to meet clients.
@healthstatus's debate on whether coding was stupid gave me some insights. He compared hiring coders with hiring accountants, and that was what hit the mark.
Here's the very post:
GOLD - Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)
I looked at the other modules quickly, and found that I would have to write essays and all that academic lingo.
Something in me screams 'action fake'!
Will this essay even provide real-market value? It's not even a bloody product you can sell on the market, unless you want to do a tutor business. How am I helping people in business by going for a 3-year course?
It's pretty maddening to waste my time learning business in the wrong way, rather than earn and learn at the same time.
Sure, I could go for a job instead of college.
But I suppose that even jobs can provide similar suckages of time that you have to manage. And I still get 'paid' for my time in study by my parents, so although I hate this route, it still involves 'trading time for money' like a job, industry experience aside.
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