But there’s good in both side of the table, so the realistic option for me is to continue working on my own side projects, games and apps, that I will release to the playstore, while balancing my academic life.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory I mean, why not both? I was self taught before I chose to go to university for CS, but to be honest, I’m kinda worried that it will destroy my will and passion to keep working on my side projects.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory I mean, not everyone is like me, not everyone writes mobile apps/games for fun, some people are 100% academic, who don’t do anything beyond anything outside of the curiculum.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory I’m not sure why some people find CS so hard? Is it because they are pure beginners without any industry experience? Is it because some schools treat CS and textbook algorithms like solving maths equations rather than projects in which you create something for fun.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory maybe that’s why so many real world developers drop out, because they have something else to work on, and they don’t find college worthwhile.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory but that doesn’t mean I will drop out, I think I prefer to balance my situation, have something going on in your life like a part-time job or a college course so that I will not feel stagnant, while doing what I want only during a specific period like weekends or nightime… there’s a reason why there are so many self taught developers out there right now, who are making a living off their own projects.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory its because of the availability of documentation and open source frameworks, anyone can look up documentation online these days and start learning on their own, not everything has to be learnt in schools anymore.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory and sometimes, the things you can learn online are much more advanced and interesting than the things you can learn in school. I know that those who goes to schools to learn CS, tend to have a stronger foundation and understanding in theory and textbook algorithms, and they are able to learn and pickup new things really quickly, but some of them lack real world practical experience.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory I don’t think most schools actually teaches you how to use these open source frameworks to develop your owns apps followed with marketing,monetization and publishing them, instead I think they are more focused on textbook algorithms and theory than the practical side of things.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory whereas there are many self taught devs out there who already know how to do all these things, and they are making a living off it. The self taught devs I met are very passionate about what they do and they are always working on their own project in any spare time they have, I’m a self taught dev too before deciding to go to university for CS, so I know what it’s like.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory while your average CS student is just there dreaming about their GPA, who only does assignments when they are given one, perhaps not every CS student is like that, but I tend to find that people who are not passionate in what they do, to exhibit this kind of behaviour.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory there’s a difference between graduates and talent, and initiative. If you don’t have anything to show to others other than the fact that you are currently a student or a college graduate, then consider yourself average.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory it is important to create something on your own, make your ideas come true, anything, while you are still learning. Being good at solving textbook questions does not make you anything special, being good at creating your own software, getting it to a production ready level to be shipped, and putting it out there in the market is what makes you special.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory that’s why the barrier of entry for tech jobs are no longer there, you no longer require a degree, most employers only care about your work experience and your portfolio, and the projects you have worked on and what you created in the past.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory

Think about it, what’s the difference between a writer who doesn’t writes but studies literature and a writer who doesn’t studies literature but writes, sells and publishes his books to the market?Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory its the same thing with programmers/developers, a developer who doesn’t write his own software or work on his own projects, is a developer who does not make any real world progress.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory as a game developer, the more games you make, the more you learn, even if you never finished your project and and it becomes an abandonware or your project failed.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory if you don’t start somewhere, you will never learn, you’ll never know what its like. The more you fail, the more you learn. And eventually, you’ll get the hang of it, you’ll discard the bad practices that have been implanted into your mind and start adopting a better workflow, and eventually, getting a project to a production ready level and taking it to the market is a norm to you.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory

There’s no point learning to code for the sake of coding. You learn to code to create something, be it an app, a game, a website or whatever.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory boasting about the fact that you already know how to code but have never written a production ready application that actually made money before shows that you are nothing more than script kiddie with no initiative and real world experience.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory

There’s a reason why most developers drop out, because they have something to work on. I have something to work on, even before I went to or even started college , but that doesn’t mean I mean I am going to drop out.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory I’ve been given too much, if I don’t make use of what I’m given, then I’m just another unappreciative young kid. College/university is where textbooks algorithms are taught as if they are math equations to be solved, self taught developers like me don’t always have a strong foundation in textbook algorithms, although we are skilled in writing our own applications and hobbyist projects like video games, apps and websites.Albert bandura social cognitive learning theory so there are good and bad things that come out of this.