RE: I thought I was doing myself a favour
August 6, 2014 at 2:46 am
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2014 at 2:46 am by bennyboy.)
Let me say clearly: the things you think you need from university and the things you really need aren't the same. If you knew everything about everything, you wouldn't be a student-- you'd be God.
Many of the courses I thought were central to my dream job have been mostly forgotten-- made obsolete by new technologies or ideas, etc. Some of the courses I thought were just requirement-padding filler ended up being fundamental to almost everything I do in life.
My advice-- absorb the material as full as you can, and think deeply about its implications. I'd be surprised if you didn't find this stuff extremely later sooner rather than later.
Many of the courses I thought were central to my dream job have been mostly forgotten-- made obsolete by new technologies or ideas, etc. Some of the courses I thought were just requirement-padding filler ended up being fundamental to almost everything I do in life.
My advice-- absorb the material as full as you can, and think deeply about its implications. I'd be surprised if you didn't find this stuff extremely later sooner rather than later.
