Wait I don't get it, Zero. You passed on Programming because you didn't have the experience? But wasn't that why you were going to learn it? Because you didn't know?

There is no prerequisite for being a programmer. A good programmer yes, needs to know the maths. But anyone can code.

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I've already graduated. I have close to two years working in the programming industry. I'm planning to study psychology, I just don't know when. Its either I study on my own and buy books to read and attend seminars of find a school. I'm more inclined to the former.

Oh, my bad then.

That's pretty cool. Is the pay enough to warrant you extra money for your advance studying in psychology? In fact, I'm also curious if you even have the time to do so since I heard programming's a pretty heavy job (For high end contracts that is) and shouldn't you aim to actually school in Psychology so you can get your degree on it?

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Wait I don't get it, Zero. You passed on Programming because you didn't have the experience? But wasn't that why you were going to learn it? Because you didn't know?

There is no prerequisite for being a programmer. A good programmer yes, needs to know the maths. But anyone can code.

It's more of the logic that "I passed it because I feel more confident in Engineering than Programming".

One of my early faults was that I did not do a lot of research on various courses and I was told by a bunch of my friends that programming is difficult. Difficulty of a course doesn't matter to me if I have the passion for it but since I didn't have any interest in programming, those opinions became a big factor on choosing between Engineering and programming.

Perfect example is me. I hate math but I can do what needs to be done. Heck, I programmed a calculator for some Calculus and Trigonometry methods. Its fun honestly... until it crashes.

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Oh, my bad then.

That's pretty cool. Is the pay enough to warrant you extra money for your advance studying in psychology? In fact, I'm also curious if you even have the time to do so since I heard programming's a pretty heavy job (For high end contracts that is) and shouldn't you aim to actually school in Psychology so you can get your degree on it?

The pay should be high enough. My current job just sucks. I need to save a lot AHHA. Programming has its highs and lows depending on the company. There are dead times where you do absolutely nothing but get paid and other times you're head deep in tasks. I'm more interested in knowing rather than the degree, so yeah. The degree for me is secondary.

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Perfect example is me. I hate math but I can do what needs to be done. Heck, I programmed a calculator for some Calculus and Trigonometry methods. Its fun honestly... until it crashes.

I've tried my hands on basic programming.

You know, those exercises where the teachers tells you to make a popup that says "Hello world :-D". It's not the same without the ":-D"

The pay should be high enough. My current job just sucks. I need to save a lot AHHA. Programming has its highs and lows depending on the company. There are dead times where you do absolutely nothing but get paid and other times you're head deep in tasks. I'm more interested in knowing rather than the degree, so yeah. The degree for me is secondary.

Woah, wait, I understand that knowledge is great and all but don't you WANT to be a psychologist? If that was the case, then wouldn't getting a degree on that make you much more credible?

I want to be but in my current state, I don't think I could have the time. If there was another way for me to be a credible psychologist without going to a university, I would go for it. If a window opens in the future, I'm sure to take it but right now, I'm thinking realistically. So knowledge is good enough. Besides, once I do study up and then get into a college, it'll be easy peasy.

Psychoanalysis isn't the only thing you can get with with a Psych degree. There's also R&D and HR

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I want to be but in my current state, I don't think I could have the time. If there was another way for me to be a credible psychologist without going to a university, I would go for it. If a window opens in the future, I'm sure to take it but right now, I'm thinking realistically. So knowledge is good enough. Besides, once I do study up and then get into a college, it'll be easy peasy.

Aye, that sounds just about right. Anyway, best of luck with your path to achieving your dream man. I'm gonna go through the same thing as you are a year from now, so this was informational to me.


By the way Hewitt, what course are you taking up? You were recently making a thesis yeah?

lol, that was 2 years ago. My MBA is ancient history. And I just acquired my Real Estate liscense a few months ago.

Now I'm trying to see what else I can learn. Thinking of international relations or language.

The day you stop learning is the day you die :D

Languages is always a good way to expand. I'd go for that.

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lol, that was 2 years ago. My MBA is ancient history. And I just acquired my Real Estate liscense a few months ago.

Now I'm trying to see what else I can learn. Thinking of international relations or language.

What the hell, why are the memories I remember from you guys 2 years ago? @_ @

Damn, so are you gonna school again or are you gonna self study? Either options you take, I'm impressed at how dedicated you are in expanding your knowledge.

Time flies by too fast @_@.

Unexpected Free Time is the worst kind. You should always been learning, always reading, always doing new things. That's why I don't get the animators who make tests here sometimes.

Error you should just read alot of psych books, and not the textbook ones. I'm talkin about the Psychology genres in your local bookstore. I recommend The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar for example, for text about Choice and what drives people to do it.

It's kinda old though so maybe an epub is floating around instead


Also, the only thing college really does is teach you how to be a proper workslave. If you really want to learn something, you should just find it for yourself.

I'll look into the book. Thanks Hewwy. Like I said, I'm more on the knowledge itself. The college thing is for the diploma.

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Also, the only thing college really does is teach you how to be a proper workslave. If you really want to learn something, you should just find it for yourself.

I agree on the last line but is all that colleges teach really just how to make us "proper workslaves"?

Genuine question here as you are more experienced in the real world and have far more knowledge than I do. It's one of my policies in life to always listen to people with more experience but personally, I don't follow through on why you think College is just there to teach us to be workslaves. At the very least, it gives a piece of paper we can show off for credibility. I know, I know, grades aren't everything in life and it's more on the referral's and the people you know of that gets the spot but you get what I'm saying right?

EDIT: I'll look up your response in an hour or so. It's tym4workout.

I was being cynical lol, don't take it literally. Of course what you learn in college is invaluably applied in the real world. It's just...

The thing is, whatever you learn from college will be outdated by the time you enter a place of work. Error can relate to this; IT is very fickle a field. Engineering, maybe. What you learn in college that matters more though is your ability to adapt and build on what you have. The methodology. When you're finally working, you're still going to be learning things, but now there isn't a system to grade you or hold your hand and anyone can excel at their own pace. So your real task is to excel faster and better than everyone else without being coddled by complacency. And then there's Politics. You have to balance that now as well.

Grades is really subjective. I wouldn't dismiss it so easily. I would say Grades at the very least gets your foot in the door, like how the first paragraph of a draft gets you in the Editor's eyes long enough to not end up in the garbage can.