Hey, that's pretty neat! I'm a Redux maintainer, and it's always great to see people building things with Redux Toolkit / RTK Query. Congrats!
Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
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Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#122Very good work on your application, but are you not going to college at all?
> Now I am about to finish Highschool and originally I thought about applying to college and spending another 3-5 years there, but after the positive feedback I got on a three month internship I did at ContentPepper, and seeing how my own projects developed, I decided to look for open Developer positions, to work with a team of experienced developers so I can learn even faster.
I think you should go to college because with that degree you can enhance your portfolio even more so that you get better jobs. While your work speaks for itself, are you 100% sure about not going to college?
Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#123Hey Marcus! Super cool to see another fellow Minecraft-jumpstarted developer. I got into programming way back in 2013 with Minecraft mods and then Bukkit/Spigot plugins. > I decided to look for open Developer positions, to work with a team of experienced developers so I can learn even faster. Seeing as you're in Europe and not in the U.S. (with exorbitant tuition costs), I would actually recommend against skipping ou…
I didn't have any good experience in college. Could have skipped, I don't want to work as a developer anyway. Ended up playing poker professionally...
Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I can confidently say that while experience in the industry is great (having worked part-time at a startup, as well as various internships during College), I think the knowledge gained from University classes is often underrated. 100% agree. Great advice. I never went to University, in my case for reasons that I prefer not to mention and it has been a constant source of regret. I wish I had a time machine.
+1 on this. Left school at 16 to do an apprenticeship, then went straight into industry. As a result, my social life is like a withered plant. Don't waste time and money on education you don't need, but also don't grow up too fast. You only get one life and one chance to be carefree.
I went to college and didn't have a social life. Maybe it's on us
Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
All knowelage today can be found on the web. And you will never have any use of 95% of the course. If you get emplyed you will find that you already know more then the people with an engendering degree. But I still recommend getting a engineering degree for two reason 1) those with a degree earns 25% more then you because they can get more job offers 2) university/college is good for your social life. So if you alrea…
Bullshit. The web is full of crap. To really learn you need to learn how to learn. Education still matters. Otherwise you’re just a gpt4 prompt monkey. I’ve found many times in my life where the internet doesn’t know anything about what I’m trying to figure out. Your “just google It” recommendation is destructive.
College doesn't teach you how to learn. There's no course on memory or forgetting curves that is mandatory. Nobody taught me flashcard software.
I only got a bit about skimming and note taking from my high school teachers
Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#126Go to college and have fun. You are too young to waste your best years working.
I don't know, does everyone have such a good time in college? I had an okay time in college. I had a better time just going to travel without attending classes
Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#127Hey Marcus! Super cool to see another fellow Minecraft-jumpstarted developer. I got into programming way back in 2013 with Minecraft mods and then Bukkit/Spigot plugins. > I decided to look for open Developer positions, to work with a team of experienced developers so I can learn even faster. Seeing as you're in Europe and not in the U.S. (with exorbitant tuition costs), I would actually recommend against skipping ou…
Meh, I'll go against the grain and say I'm happy I started programming in my teens, and got my first job at 19. It's harder to learn university-level curricula by yourself, but not impossible, and it is better to get a headstart in a field where young talent is preferred over senior like tech.
If you want to be real good at inverting a binary tree and get a FAANG job ASAP, choose the academic route. If you love programming and want to get better at it with real world experience, get a job. You will have the rest of your life to learn about inverting binary trees if you really need to. 100% of what you will learn is available online, often for free.
Don't underestimate the effect of starting your career at 18 instead of 25. I'd rather hire the one with most experience.
Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#128Hey Marcus! Super cool to see another fellow Minecraft-jumpstarted developer. I got into programming way back in 2013 with Minecraft mods and then Bukkit/Spigot plugins. > I decided to look for open Developer positions, to work with a team of experienced developers so I can learn even faster. Seeing as you're in Europe and not in the U.S. (with exorbitant tuition costs), I would actually recommend against skipping ou…
Meh, I'll go against the grain and say I'm happy I started programming in my teens, and got my first job at 19. It's harder to learn university-level curricula by yourself, but not impossible, and it is better to get a headstart in a field where young talent is preferred over senior like tech. If you want to be real good at inverting a binary tree and get a FAANG job ASAP, choose the academic route. If you love progr…
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Re: Show HN: I spent 2 years building Tablane as a 17-year-old
#129Don't listen to old folks, you're able to ship quality code production ready already, uni won't make you a better engineer comparing to a self taught path that you have already started and have made results with. The more you make money young the better it will compound through the years the earlier you can retire. Focus on making money, not degree. Keep this creative energy, bootstrap more projects, continue to brin…
us old folks have a priceless property - experience. ignore this at your peril.