Happy graduation!!! Follow your heart and one day you will find your mission. I am happy to share this great post with friends to read about your unique thoughts.Enjoy the summer.
I agree with a lot of what you've said, and I also have a lot to say. This comment might be long. Well, to start with, I am from India, and I just completed high school.
> A few years ago, I read somewhere—maybe on a self-help blog, maybe on some r/AskReddit thread, who knows—about a young adult who had graduated from college and realized one day, this is my life. This isn’t me preparing for my life—this is my life.
I recently had this realization. All of the past years of school—what were they for? Preparing me for the real world. I will start college soon, and then life's going to be hard. I'll be required to work for real. It's not like I didn't know I would have to work; it even sounds odd to think that. It's just that now, when the time comes, it is terrifying. In school, life was easy.
> For many years, I was averse to declaring computer science as a major because I didn’t want to be one of those people
I need to choose a branch for engineering The thing about the Indian education system is that it's so rigid that it doesn't allow you to change careers so easily. I don't know what to do. I want to choose something core like mechanical or electrical engineering, but everyone tells me to choose CS. People say it's still the future, and I myself, somewhere, feel that's where everyone is going. Choosing CS seems like a way to play safe. My aversion to not choosing CS also comes by the fact that in India everyone wants to do it. I know it sounds stupid, but I'd rather do something different. I'll be good to everybody. It's not like I don't like computers. It's the other way, I love them. I've been into coding and hackathons since high school, and I mean I love it, and I am not bored by it, but when it comes to getting knowledge I have the idea that doing mech, electrical or electronics would give me more knowledge and I can also learn about cs in the bg. I don't know what to do. I'll risk and not choose cs. In future, I will be probably one of those people. The gist I mean is I agree with you. I don't know what to do
tl;dr, I agree. Life changes. It seems like you can't spend your darn life reading comics and sitting and tinkering and playing games on your computer.
This is such an interesting perspective. I have often pondered on my life's devotion. Should I continually aspire to professional heights or should I just allow myself to truly live this life.
Happy graduation!!! Follow your heart and one day you will find your mission. I am happy to share this great post with friends to read about your unique thoughts.Enjoy the summer.
thank you for reading & for sharing ❤️
good luck with all, rona. much love.
thank you!
I agree with a lot of what you've said, and I also have a lot to say. This comment might be long. Well, to start with, I am from India, and I just completed high school.
> A few years ago, I read somewhere—maybe on a self-help blog, maybe on some r/AskReddit thread, who knows—about a young adult who had graduated from college and realized one day, this is my life. This isn’t me preparing for my life—this is my life.
I recently had this realization. All of the past years of school—what were they for? Preparing me for the real world. I will start college soon, and then life's going to be hard. I'll be required to work for real. It's not like I didn't know I would have to work; it even sounds odd to think that. It's just that now, when the time comes, it is terrifying. In school, life was easy.
> For many years, I was averse to declaring computer science as a major because I didn’t want to be one of those people
I need to choose a branch for engineering The thing about the Indian education system is that it's so rigid that it doesn't allow you to change careers so easily. I don't know what to do. I want to choose something core like mechanical or electrical engineering, but everyone tells me to choose CS. People say it's still the future, and I myself, somewhere, feel that's where everyone is going. Choosing CS seems like a way to play safe. My aversion to not choosing CS also comes by the fact that in India everyone wants to do it. I know it sounds stupid, but I'd rather do something different. I'll be good to everybody. It's not like I don't like computers. It's the other way, I love them. I've been into coding and hackathons since high school, and I mean I love it, and I am not bored by it, but when it comes to getting knowledge I have the idea that doing mech, electrical or electronics would give me more knowledge and I can also learn about cs in the bg. I don't know what to do. I'll risk and not choose cs. In future, I will be probably one of those people. The gist I mean is I agree with you. I don't know what to do
tl;dr, I agree. Life changes. It seems like you can't spend your darn life reading comics and sitting and tinkering and playing games on your computer.
Hope you always do the stuff what you find cool.
keep going rona! rooting for you
thank you!
This is such an interesting perspective. I have often pondered on my life's devotion. Should I continually aspire to professional heights or should I just allow myself to truly live this life.
Congratulations on your Graduation!💯🎉
As a cs major who'll graduate in July, This, itself, felt revelatory! Good luck to you with your future endeavors, Rona.