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Re:Ask HN: Defer College? on Monday April 11, 2011 @10:53PM (#2435646)
I totally agree with what you said. I will send out some emails, and see what they say.

As for startups being hard, I'm looking for experience now, so that when I start my own, I won't be lost.

Re:Ask HN: Defer College? on Monday April 11, 2011 @10:50PM (#2435635)
My ambitions really aren't a programming career. I'd live to be able to program whatever ideas pop into my head. I'm able to do that only with lsl.

What I want to do (eventually) is start my own company that creates technology to aid education. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a stack of ideas already lined up; however, I don't have the knowledge necessary or the capital. My end goal is to help people, and I feel as if it is time to decide the first real step.

Re:Ask HN: Defer College? on Monday April 11, 2011 @10:45PM (#2435626)
I definitely value the experience more than the money, and I would love to start my own start-up(s). The problem with that; however, is that I don't have the knowledge to physically build my ideas. That's what the E.E. major is for.

Maybe I should stick with the E.E. major and work on CompSi&Coding in my free time.

Re:Ask HN: Defer College? on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:43PM (#2435445)
At the same time, I haven't really reached out, so I feel that I should spend time contacting startups before I declare the search moot.
Re:Ask HN: Defer College? on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:40PM (#2435436)
I haven't contacted any startups. I really only seriously started considering it when I got into college, which was the beginning of April. However, now that I've thought about it, I really would like to do it.

Ask HN: Defer College?

Hello Hacker News,I'm here to ask for advice. I've gotten into college, but I would like to defer and work at a start-up in the bay area for a year. I've done a little bit of c++, java, javascript + html + css, and a lot of lsl (from the virtual world Second Life). I don't know if I would be very useful as a coder (right now), but I learn very fast, and I will learn if given the opportunity....

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