It’s over once again

Today marks the last day I shall be attending college this year. One more lecture and one more project to hand in, then it’s down to ye olde studying for the exams. Then (assuming I pass) 3 months of blissful freedom before I return.

I have, to be perfectly honest, been thinking about leaving college. Dropping out, as I believe the ‘cool people’ say these days. I’m just not enjoying my course as much as I thought I would. In enjoy writing code, but considering that coding constitutes roughly one tenth of my overall course, I’m beginning to think I made a bad choice.

Dropping out, of course, brings with it a whole range of new problems. In Ireland, the government provides one course worth of fees free. So if you do a four year course (as I am), you get four years of college fees paid (barring registration fees, accommodation fees, book fees and so on). Now, should I drop out two years into my course and start something else, I will only get two years of the ‘something else’ paid for, and then after that fees shoot up to roughly 30k euro a year. Which I really cannot afford. Which means the only option is to follow in the footsteps of a friend and drop out permanently and try to scratch out a future by myself with my meagre coding skills.

Opinions? How many people here are living a relatively comfortable life without having attended college? Advice is much appreciated, and will actually be considered. I’m genuinely without a clue as to how to proceed along this road. I could use a map from someone, even if it only shows part of the way.

As always, stay safe, dream well.

One Response to “It’s over once again”

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