Story:
Before starting university, I had 3 published games under my belt, a great GPA from my community college, and I was set to attend one of the best universities in the U.S for computer science. The summer before my first quarter, my girlfriend since high school broke up with me. At the time, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, but looking back, I realized how much it actually effected me
This is because once I entered my first quarter at my university, I completely fell apart and stopped caring about my future. This was the worst time to lose my drive because the workload at my university was 10x anything I’d ever experienced. It was designed for the truly determined. Dropping out when I knew my heart wasn’t in it would have been the right thing to do looking back, but at the time i felt that dropping out wasnt an option so instead, I pushed through by self-isolating and getting hooked on drugs where i used some very bad stimulants to pass my classes. I kept telling myself that ill get on the straight and narrow once i graduate but of course, that didn’t happen.
After graduating in late 2022, I continued using for 2 more years until around 6 months ago, I finally decided to get sober. Since then, I’ve gone through a lot of self-reflection and discovered a genuine passion for software development and a genuine desire to want to work in the industry. I want to move on from minimum-wage service and use my degree, but with 3 years essentially lost, I feel like the opportunity has passed and that i essentially threw away my degree.
Recent experience:
I developed a portfolio website using React, i got a couple front end certificates from meta on coursera, a couple months ago i developed in python some blender addons that i sell on the marketplace, I participated in a few hackathons with some teammates and i have another hackathon coming up, I do leetcode problems everyday, and I apply to jobs everyday, after i graduated i published 2 games using Unity and C# and I half developed a vr game that i later scraped (I developed them on drugs so trust me the ones that i published are trash but all of my games, even the ones that i developed before going to my university, are original titles and nothing just came from a tutorial if that means anything). Im also in mid development of another game using Unity C# and Svelte/websockets but that wont come out for at least a few months.
Opportunities:
I have one with Revature, in which the unpaid pretraining starts soon but idk if i want to do it cause of how sketchy everyone says it is, and another as an unpaid web developer intern at an NGO. The NGO internship is 1 year long and there’s no opportunity for a permanent position.
Question:
Should i take those opportunities? What should I do to get into the industry and get back on my feet?
Tldr: I graduated with a cs degree and after struggling with drugs for around 6 years i decided to get sober and ive been sober for 6 months. Recently i rediscovered a genuine passion for software development. I want to use my degree but feel like I’ve missed my chance. I built a portfolio, hackathon experience, some post-grad game projects, and upcoming opportunities with Revature and an unpaid NGO web dev internship. What’s the best next step?
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r/cscareerquestions Story: Before starting university, I had 3 published games under my belt, a great GPA from my community college, and I was set to attend one of the best universities in the U.S for computer science. The summer before my first quarter, my girlfriend since high school broke up with me. At the time, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, but looking back, I realized how much it actually effected me This is because once I entered my first quarter at my university, I completely fell apart and stopped caring about my future. This was the worst time to lose my drive because the workload at my university was 10x anything I’d ever experienced. It was designed for the truly determined. Dropping out when I knew my heart wasn’t in it would have been the right thing to do looking back, but at the time i felt that dropping out wasnt an option so instead, I pushed through by self-isolating and getting hooked on drugs where i used some very bad stimulants to pass my classes. I kept telling myself that ill get on the straight and narrow once i graduate but of course, that didn’t happen. After graduating in late 2022, I continued using for 2 more years until around 6 months ago, I finally decided to get sober. Since then, I’ve gone through a lot of self-reflection and discovered a genuine passion for software development and a genuine desire to want to work in the industry. I want to move on from minimum-wage service and use my degree, but with 3 years essentially lost, I feel like the opportunity has passed and that i essentially threw away my degree. Recent experience: I developed a portfolio website using React, i got a couple front end certificates from meta on coursera, a couple months ago i developed in python some blender addons that i sell on the marketplace, I participated in a few hackathons with some teammates and i have another hackathon coming up, I do leetcode problems everyday, and I apply to jobs everyday, after i graduated i published 2 games using Unity and C# and I half developed a vr game that i later scraped (I developed them on drugs so trust me the ones that i published are trash but all of my games, even the ones that i developed before going to my university, are original titles and nothing just came from a tutorial if that means anything). Im also in mid development of another game using Unity C# and Svelte/websockets but that wont come out for at least a few months. Opportunities: I have one with Revature, in which the unpaid pretraining starts soon but idk if i want to do it cause of how sketchy everyone says it is, and another as an unpaid web developer intern at an NGO. The NGO internship is 1 year long and there’s no opportunity for a permanent position. Question: Should i take those opportunities? What should I do to get into the industry and get back on my feet? Tldr: I graduated with a cs degree and after struggling with drugs for around 6 years i decided to get sober and ive been sober for 6 months. Recently i rediscovered a genuine passion for software development. I want to use my degree but feel like I’ve missed my chance. I built a portfolio, hackathon experience, some post-grad game projects, and upcoming opportunities with Revature and an unpaid NGO web dev internship. What’s the best next step? submitted by /u/DifficultHelp7649 [link] [comments]
Story:
Before starting university, I had 3 published games under my belt, a great GPA from my community college, and I was set to attend one of the best universities in the U.S for computer science. The summer before my first quarter, my girlfriend since high school broke up with me. At the time, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, but looking back, I realized how much it actually effected me
This is because once I entered my first quarter at my university, I completely fell apart and stopped caring about my future. This was the worst time to lose my drive because the workload at my university was 10x anything I’d ever experienced. It was designed for the truly determined. Dropping out when I knew my heart wasn’t in it would have been the right thing to do looking back, but at the time i felt that dropping out wasnt an option so instead, I pushed through by self-isolating and getting hooked on drugs where i used some very bad stimulants to pass my classes. I kept telling myself that ill get on the straight and narrow once i graduate but of course, that didn’t happen.
After graduating in late 2022, I continued using for 2 more years until around 6 months ago, I finally decided to get sober. Since then, I’ve gone through a lot of self-reflection and discovered a genuine passion for software development and a genuine desire to want to work in the industry. I want to move on from minimum-wage service and use my degree, but with 3 years essentially lost, I feel like the opportunity has passed and that i essentially threw away my degree.
Recent experience:
I developed a portfolio website using React, i got a couple front end certificates from meta on coursera, a couple months ago i developed in python some blender addons that i sell on the marketplace, I participated in a few hackathons with some teammates and i have another hackathon coming up, I do leetcode problems everyday, and I apply to jobs everyday, after i graduated i published 2 games using Unity and C# and I half developed a vr game that i later scraped (I developed them on drugs so trust me the ones that i published are trash but all of my games, even the ones that i developed before going to my university, are original titles and nothing just came from a tutorial if that means anything). Im also in mid development of another game using Unity C# and Svelte/websockets but that wont come out for at least a few months.
Opportunities:
I have one with Revature, in which the unpaid pretraining starts soon but idk if i want to do it cause of how sketchy everyone says it is, and another as an unpaid web developer intern at an NGO. The NGO internship is 1 year long and there’s no opportunity for a permanent position.
Question:
Should i take those opportunities? What should I do to get into the industry and get back on my feet?
Tldr: I graduated with a cs degree and after struggling with drugs for around 6 years i decided to get sober and ive been sober for 6 months. Recently i rediscovered a genuine passion for software development. I want to use my degree but feel like I’ve missed my chance. I built a portfolio, hackathon experience, some post-grad game projects, and upcoming opportunities with Revature and an unpaid NGO web dev internship. What’s the best next step?
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