Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
by yamasanama on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:40AM
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> Surely with a German passport this wouldn’t be a biggie.
The U.S. PR lottery couldn't care less. Neither many other non-EU countries.
Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
by sureglymop on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:02AM
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You're 25... You could still go to college. If you're in Europe I would recommend it (if you wanted to).
Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
by elvis10ten on Saturday January 07, 2023 @05:14AM
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Thanks. I’m in Berlin. Why do you recommend? If you have experience going to college as an adult I would love to hear it also.
Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
by UncleEntity on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:05AM
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I think the only difference I had from going to university later was I hung out with people around my same age.
Would have been better to start earlier but that wasn’t an option. Extra-meta: would have been better to go to a trade school or similar and skip college altogether but that’s not what they were selling back then.
But if you can, I think it’s the safest decision to go.
People in this thread give a bunch of reasons, which I challenge:
1. Immigration: I’m 25 from a shithole country. I have lived and worked in Asia, Europe and America. A bit more difficulty, but nothing major. Surely with a German passport this wouldn’t be a biggie.
2. Learning: Admittedly, the internet has a lot of noise. But there are good resources like MIT OCW, teachyourselfcs, etc. I will argue some universities are worst than some of the online resources.
3. Social connection: This wouldn’t be a problem if you have hobbies, community and a life outside work. You can always make life long friends.
4. You will learn or experience something vague: Please be specific? Usually, there are other ways to learn or experience these things.
The biggest issue I had to deal with was I thought all the college folks were better than me. But that went away when I joined bigger companies and started interviewing and working with college folks. They were not special.