It's been a long road to where I am today; the tl;dr is that I got grudgingly accepted into an experimental secondary school at 9, and entered uni at 13. Most universities didn't give my application a second look, but the small liberal arts college I attend put their chips on me and allowed to me to attend. I've been full-time ever since, and managed to stumble my way through 4 years of a well-balanced computer science liberal arts education.
I would love to have been able to be finished with university at 18, but than I would probably miss going out and playing soccer with my friends until my mother would come looking for me (which is something I weigh heavily in my personality development)
How did your personal life evolve having this early university start ?
When I started out, I was definitely really awkward. A lot of folks came up to me and infused into my head that I was special and a superstar - probably one of those most damaging paradigms I've ever held. I watched a lot of movies about folks who overcame the odds and worked day and night to figure out who they were and what they could do. I adopted this one-track fierce mindset; and I ended up not valuing the people around me as much. I didn't see people as that important until my junior year, until I met a group of folks who showed me just how valuable relationships could be. As I continue, I hold the firm belief that people are the greatest asset, and that just running on a hamster wheel gets you nowhere. Since that paradigm shift, I have great friends, great folks who support me and believe in me, and it no longer feels like it's me against the world; but rather what I can do to help it.
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How did you manage to be a university senior at 17 ?
It's been a long road to where I am today; the tl;dr is that I got grudgingly accepted into an experimental secondary school at 9, and entered uni at 13. Most universities didn't give my application a second look, but the small liberal arts college I attend put their chips on me and allowed to me to attend. I've been full-time ever since, and managed to stumble my way through 4 years of a well-balanced computer science liberal arts education.
I would love to have been able to be finished with university at 18, but than I would probably miss going out and playing soccer with my friends until my mother would come looking for me (which is something I weigh heavily in my personality development)
How did your personal life evolve having this early university start ?
When I started out, I was definitely really awkward. A lot of folks came up to me and infused into my head that I was special and a superstar - probably one of those most damaging paradigms I've ever held. I watched a lot of movies about folks who overcame the odds and worked day and night to figure out who they were and what they could do. I adopted this one-track fierce mindset; and I ended up not valuing the people around me as much. I didn't see people as that important until my junior year, until I met a group of folks who showed me just how valuable relationships could be. As I continue, I hold the firm belief that people are the greatest asset, and that just running on a hamster wheel gets you nowhere. Since that paradigm shift, I have great friends, great folks who support me and believe in me, and it no longer feels like it's me against the world; but rather what I can do to help it.