I’m at an interesting point in my life. Coming up on the completion of my year in college now, I still haven’t defined my major yet. As it stands, I’m pretty much split between Computer Science and Business, leaning torwards Business.
I don’t want to take CompSci because it looks really boring:
- Intro to Computers: Darn the prerequisite system!
- Intro to Programming in C: C is like FORTRAN to me. Where’s my Advanced Ruby, Smalltalk an Lisp class?
- Data Structures: C’mon, I learned all that on my own years ago in junior high. I bet they don’t even get to the cool ones like Distributed Hash Tables and the like.
- Math: I’m stuck on algebraic factorization; must be its lack of procedure clashing with with my aspie mind. Either that, or I just get incredibly bored or distracted, not putting the work into the assignments.
At the same time, I don’t know if anyone would be willing to hire a programmer with a business degree. (Most require a BS in CompSci or related.) And, further, I’m not even that great of a programmer. I’m a little abstract, put it vaguely.
What I really want to do is work on the nuWeb Project and perhaps make a living by doing consulting in the same field. I’m just not sure how to get there.
My role models include Aaron Swartz, Blake Ross, Ian Clarke, John Gruber, Joel Spolsky, Brent Simmons, Rael Dornsfest, David Heinemeier Hansson, and my entrepreneurial uncle, among others.
I’ll be 18 in a little over a month; hopefully by then I’ll earn some interest in and support for the nuWeb Project. I just have to something important with my life; I can’t let it be meaningless. Something to offer the world; something to make a living with; something to enjoy. Just something.
Well, let’s see what happens these next few months. See you at the Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.
