Re:Should You Attend University for Web Development?
by jhancock on Saturday April 11, 2009 @11:17PM
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Well said. There is no good reason to grow up so fast. You have the rest of your life to work. Spend as much time in university as you like. Take a year or two and travel after your done, it doesn't have to be expensive. Work is always waiting for you.
Re:Should You Attend University for Web Development?
by unperson on Sunday April 12, 2009 @11:44AM
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Great idea in theory, but not everyone can afford the costs of spending as much time as they want without income (much less follow it up by traveling for two years).
In the real world, people are often forced to 'grow up' faster than they would want due to external factors.
Re:Should You Attend University for Web Development?
by jhancock on Sunday April 12, 2009 @01:03PM
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This is mostly a problem in people's minds. You are not forced to grow up faster, you do it to yourself. I went to college without a penny from others. I worked every other quarter and did just fine. It took longer, but I also got a lot out of it and ended up without debt.
Leaving school to start some "get-rich-quick" web X.0 idea is very foolish. If you luck into having a huge success on the line by doing a side project with a friend during college, that's different and very rare.
Re:Should You Attend University for Web Development?
by ibsulon on Sunday April 12, 2009 @01:34PM
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I had older classmates. I can't remember ever thinking of them as "losers." They were usually more interesting than the younger set.
No, you won't end up in a fraternity. However, there are a surprising number of people who end up in school years later. This shouldn't be a concern for returning.
You really don't want to go to college when you're years older than the other students. All the kids will think you're a loser, and they'll think you're creepy if you try to hang out with them. You'll think they're shallow and irresponsible, and you'll resent it when they do as well in class as you. No, thanks. Now is the time. Just go. If the obligatory college pastimes of drinking, socializing, and watching foreign films sound silly to you, I've got good news: you'll have LOTS of free time at college to work on your web development skills.
P.S. He got a variety of responses and a lively discussion among people who are still interested in web development. The answers would be much more predictable if you could ask the people who entered college as programming freaks and developed an interest in economics or anthropology. I think that consideration settles the issue pretty well.