Not exactly. It is what you make of it, your circumstances, etc
College is very, "I need to learn X to pass the test" but not much of a deep dive, even within classes related to your major. At least, that's how I feel looking back on my experience as a design major. I learned a lot, technically, but also felt very unprepared entering the job world. I never quite got hired as a designer, which is why I learned to code.
Not attending college can be due to a variety of reasons, cost being one of them. Personally, I could not really afford college, but also did not feel like I could afford not to go to college.
If I had to do it over, would I still go to college? I wish the idea wasn't so force-fed to college-aged kids (what does a 17-year-old know about what they want to do with the rest of their life). Now, I feel like I a must better student, more focused on what I want to learn and maybe would be in a different place.
Really interesting Shannon.
I have felt that my own way too.
Within 5 months at Ericsson as a telecom engineer, are worth like 8 years of experience because I was working closely and learning everything that I can from a 10 year engineer.
The engineer had 10 years of exp in 2G. Withing 5 months, he delivered to me almost 80% of his knowledge.
Your last part about going back to college. I agree with you, but I wish if my family told me to pursue a computer science major instead of electrical engineering.
Back then, I didn't know about programming. Do I regret it? Of course not.
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Not exactly. It is what you make of it, your circumstances, etc
College is very, "I need to learn X to pass the test" but not much of a deep dive, even within classes related to your major. At least, that's how I feel looking back on my experience as a design major. I learned a lot, technically, but also felt very unprepared entering the job world. I never quite got hired as a designer, which is why I learned to code.
Not attending college can be due to a variety of reasons, cost being one of them. Personally, I could not really afford college, but also did not feel like I could afford not to go to college.
If I had to do it over, would I still go to college? I wish the idea wasn't so force-fed to college-aged kids (what does a 17-year-old know about what they want to do with the rest of their life). Now, I feel like I a must better student, more focused on what I want to learn and maybe would be in a different place.
Hindsight is 50/50.
Really interesting Shannon.
I have felt that my own way too.
Within 5 months at Ericsson as a telecom engineer, are worth like 8 years of experience because I was working closely and learning everything that I can from a 10 year engineer.
The engineer had 10 years of exp in 2G. Withing 5 months, he delivered to me almost 80% of his knowledge.
Your last part about going back to college. I agree with you, but I wish if my family told me to pursue a computer science major instead of electrical engineering.
Back then, I didn't know about programming. Do I regret it? Of course not.