HN user
basically you have 3 choices.
- try to help others(less fortunate). Setup/contribute to charities, teach, cure, feed...
- try to change the world. promote democracy in russia, try to figure out how gravity works, actively support/participate on a team that does something visionary such as new energy initiatives or space exploration.
- defer the question for some time. Try to turn 20 into 200.
I like the idea, as long as it's very far away away from my house.
Most classes I took beyond the sophomore year required rather involved projects to be delivered. Be it a creating a compiler, a mini OS or a peer-to-peer chat client. All of those had requirements discovery, deadlines and checkpoints. We also worked with a partner which meant dealing with integration issues and debugging other person's code, which made me appreciate value of a source code control system.
The classes I regret taking had to do with "hot" industry technologies such as Data Warehousing, Applets, JSP. Spending those credits on something like Graph Theory or deeper dives into Operating Systems/Computer Language design would have been more rewarding.
What's the plan for Unladen Swallow to support py3k?
Good programmers, need good managers. And the best software managers come from software development background. So do others a favor, don't be afraid to lead.