11th grade

#1

Post by mapleoin » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 8:09 PM UTC

Re: 11th grade

#2

Post by jackowayed » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 9:41 PM UTC

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

Re: 11th grade

#3

Post by Oompa » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 9:45 PM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #2

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

I stopped doing homework to program. I'm not sure I'd advise the same to others, but because of all the extra-curricular activities I did with programming, I feel it was worth it.

Re: 11th grade

#4

Post by jackowayed » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 9:54 PM UTC

Oompa wrote: post #3

jackowayed wrote: post #2

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

I stopped doing homework to program. I'm not sure I'd advise the same to others, but because of all the extra-curricular activities I did with programming, I feel it was worth it.

yeah, I've contemplated that. doubt I'll do it though. I just do my homework quickly and code some still.

Re: 11th grade

#5

Post by mattmaroon » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 10:04 PM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #2

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

Do you live in Ohio? I know a great startup looking for Ruby hackers there :)

Re: 11th grade

#6

Post by aneesh » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 10:04 PM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #2

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

Somebody needs to give you the other side of the story.

Don't even think about dropping out of high school to do a startup. Statistically, you have a ~99% chance (okay, I just made up that number) of failing and then you'll just be a high school dropout. Stay in school, and do something on the side.

There will always be opportunities for cool startups in the future, and probably after you finish college, you'll be much better equipped to go after those opportunities.

Re: 11th grade

#7

Post by PieSquared » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 10:08 PM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #4

Oompa wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped doing homework to program. I'm not sure I'd advise the same to others, but because of all the extra-curricular activities I did with programming, I feel it was worth it.

yeah, I've contemplated that. doubt I'll do it though. I just do my homework quickly and code some still.

I tend to do all the homework I have a as far in advance as I can, then have a week or two of near-no-homework in which I can code, both for personal projects and a part-time job. (10th grade).

Re: 11th grade

#8

Post by jackowayed » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 10:10 PM UTC

aneesh wrote: post #6

jackowayed wrote: post #2

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

Somebody needs to give you the other side of the story. Don't even think about dropping out of high school to do a startup. Statistically, you have a ~99% chance (okay, I just made up that number) of failing and then you'll just be a high school dropout. Stay in school, and do something on the side. There will always be opportunities for cool startups in the future, and probably after you finish college, you'll be mu…

oh, I know that. I just am tired of school and wish I could code instead. I am actually considering taking a year off to do a startup or something before college. But I have every intention of graduating college (maybe even getting a masters in CS).

Re: 11th grade

#9

Post by jackowayed » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 10:11 PM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #5

jackowayed wrote: post #2

When I saw this, my first reaction was "Randall is stalking me." I'm in 11th grade. It's Ruby, not Perl, and regular, not just a weekend, but it's basically my life. All the school work I have leaves me not enough hacking time. I wish I could get sucked into a startup so I'd have a reason to drop out.

Do you live in Ohio? I know a great startup looking for Ruby hackers there :)

sadly not.

Re: 11th grade

#10

Post by GHFigs » Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 10:16 PM UTC

Ah, 11th grade. That's the year I both failed English (with an A average in classwork and a B on exams, because of an F in homework) and taught myself enough Perl to create a sample-based text-to-speech system inspired by Evolution Control Committee's "Rocked by Rape".

Call me crazy, but I still think being able to make Dan Rather say "wild and wooly Nazi war criminals hooked on drugs and drinking binges bug out on fire" is more important and valuable than any essay I could have written about symbolism in Huckleberry Finn.