The Double Life of an Engineering Student...
The syllabus ends at 5:00 PM. My real education starts at 8:00 PM.
I am currently a full-time engineering student.
I attend the lectures.
I respect the degree.
But I stopped expecting the university to teach me everything.
In my manual, The Rewrite, I analyze a case study named "Zahir" (Chapter 5).
He realized early on that a degree gives you safety, but self-education gives you leverage.
He didn't quit college.
He just added a second shift.
Day Shift: Thermodynamics, Assignments, Attendance. (The Script).
Night Shift: Psychology, Systems Engineering, Building Products. (The Rewrite).
I am living this "Double Life" right now. When I look around the classroom, I see many students waiting to be spoon-fed skills that will get them a job. But the market doesn't pay for what you were taught.
It pays for what you built while no one was watching.
If you feel like the curriculum is too slow for your ambition, don't blame the college. Build your own Shadow Syllabus.
Read Chapter 5 in "The Rewrite" (v1.0) here in our website - https://rewrite-labs.netlify.app/
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