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9326055 No.9326055 [Reply] [Original]

Is 22 too late to go to college?

I'm tired of being an unskilled stupid fucking slave wagecuck. For the past 4 years since high school I've been a $9.25/hr deli clerk, slicing meats and cheeses for menopausal secretaries on their way home from work. I want to fucking do something with my life.

In my spare time I've taken up programming and have a few small projects in my GitHub. I want to do CS, but is it weird going to college at this age?

>> No.9326063

>>9326055
college is a meme. join a trade, less debt

>> No.9326080

Same here OP. Plus my girl left me so I’ve been trying to think positively in all this negatively

>> No.9326083

nothing wrong with going to college at that age anon. in face you are still young i went back @ 26 to get a pilot's license cuz i wanted to buy a plane. instead of college get a trade find a job asap and ur done. go get em

>> No.9326090

>>9326063
Holy shit stfu tradefag, no one wants to hear it.

>>9326055
22 is not too late at all anon, if you really want it no one is gonna ask how old you are but at 22 you still look like a college kid. Now make sure you start with the end in mind.

>> No.9326095

>>9326055

>22
>Too late for college

What are you stupid? Graduate at 26 and sky's the limit till you retire 40 YEARS LATER. It's never too late. Unless you're 50.

>> No.9326114

>>9326063
Less debt and you do back breaking labor. I spent 4 years doing commercial HVAC and 10 years doing property maintenance. Fuck that shit. Now I'm a project manager and never lift a finger.

>> No.9326133

The fuck is this too late to go to college meme. Ive got people in their 40-50s in my classes

>> No.9326142

how the hell it can be too late at age of 22 years?!
I would understand if you asked same question when you are 52 or so.. but now??

anyway, college won't guarantee you anything. it might expand your circle of connections, at best.

If you have done some programming stuff already - how about applying to junior positions within languages you already started to crack? You won't earn much, but you will get 1000% better real life working/programming experience. And after same 4 years spent in in college i guarantee you will earn at least 75k/year (you can reach 100k+ with proper effort & motivation btw).

>> No.9326172

>>9326055
I had a 60 year old man in my engineering courses. No you fucking idiot.

>> No.9326195

>>9326055
It’s always been too late for you anon. You don’t sound very intelligent, be thankful all you have to do is slice meat. Your job is easy

>> No.9326248

>>9326055
Waste of money. You can learn CS on your own or in online courses. Get the certs and you'll be fine.

>> No.9326351

Colleges are becoming irrelevant. Internal company education will bring you further than any college degree ever will.

>> No.9326366

>>9326055
lol wtf, 3/4 of my class is over 21 and i started at 20

>> No.9326389

>>9326248
It’s been 4 years. Obviously this guy isn’t going to do it.

Go to college idiot, it’ll at least get you out of this rut.

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9326405

>tfw started college at 17 but suddenly became a wreck of a person and dropped out
>now i'm 21 and it feels too late
i was on path to be a little genious faggot but now im just a wasted potential faggot

>> No.9326756

>>9326055
In just about every campus I've been on, most people were 24-44. It's not wise t jump into college at 18-21 when you don't even know who you are yet.

>> No.9326900

>>9326063
This. Or study how to program from the net, work in IT

>> No.9327048

I think 22 is still early. I started at 22/23 but took a gap year because of some shit so I would've started at 21/22.
If you don't have any other options, it's a good way to improve your life. Personally I'd drop out if I make it in crypto because I'm disliking it but I don't regret going to uni

>> No.9327257

>>9326055
Yeah dude it's too late as soon as you hit 19 they won't allow you to go anymore you're doomed for the next 60 years of your life because you missed the cutoff you fucking retard.

>> No.9327387

>>9326405
>muh I was smart in high school
>I was special


I hope you know that everyone above 90 iq thinks they were the smart ones in high school and just about everyone has to bust their ass off in university

>> No.9327439
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9327439

>tfw 26
>been in uni since 20
>still havent reached bachelors degree

>> No.9327452

>>9326055
You would earn more working at Target, or a factory.

>> No.9327534
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>>9326055
hi anon i went back to school when i was 22 for machine tool tech. it helped land my job. if i didn't do that, i would still be hacking it as a cook in a sports bar hellhole.

i was a CS major, but i dropped out. i wasn't a fan of the program they had at my school. truth be told, i learned more in 2 hours watching slav-made C++ tutorials than i did during an entire semester.

i dont say that to discourage you, but instead to encourage you to supplement what you learn at school with outside information from every reach.. industry, youtube, blogs, manuals, whatever.. go nuts, and good luck my friend

>> No.9327552

>>9326055
not at all, plenty of people do 4 years of military service or work and then go at 22. its nice because when you get out at 26 you can leave with a 22 year old roastie and get married

>> No.9327562

>>9326055
it's never too late my friend. all high paying jobs require you to have degree.
go for a cheapest college and aim for scholarships.

>> No.9327567

>>9327439
iktfb

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9327617

I attended college when I was 30, graduated at 33. Was working 2 jobs (1 full time, 1 part-time), married with 3 kids.

>> No.9327646

>>9326133
>Ive got people in their 40-50s in my classes
Same.

>> No.9327651

>>9326055
>CS
Don't fall for this meme.
Get some useful and actually demanded skill in the workforce like welding for example. You can learn CS on your own.

>> No.9327677

>>9326055
No it's not too late. If you can be diligent about CS on your own, you might be able to save a lot of money. Some employers want to see the degree but others want to see that you can program and don't care.

Basically, can you learn it on your own and save money or do you need to be in an environment where you have to push yourself due to circumstance

>> No.9327836

>>9326055
Please don’t let all the peasants here convince you college isn’t worth it for CS. If you can afford college it will open 100x more doors than learning on your own or doing a trade. I work in CS and wouldn’t hire someone without a college degree. If anything the degree shows you’re able to commit 4 years to something difficult, and that you have Atleast some social skills.

>> No.9327863

>>9326055
No it isn't mate. Just make sure you take something useful with a well defined goal in mind.

>> No.9327867

>>9327651
THIS. Should just do computer engineering or Electrical Engineering. Save yourself years of pain and anguish.

>> No.9327875

>>9326055
Nigga even if you graduate at 30 you still have 35 years of working until retirement

>> No.9328325

>>9326055
Dude ever hear of the GI bill? Veterans dont start college until early 20s and thats if they only did 4 years and got out.

>> No.9328392

>>9327836
bulshit im running my own business, a little factory and i just hire people with brains and balls , i dont care if they have a college degree or not. with exceptions as lawyers and shit related, jobs with the need of a degree for doing them other examples CPA or doctors. literally there are some things that arent teached on schools and others that arent bought on stores, btw im not defending useless neets tho.
>21 yo who inherited the family´s LLC

>> No.9328411

>>9328392
Well no shit. A factory worker doesn't require any higher education.

>> No.9328429

>>9326055
This thread again?

>> No.9328467

>>9326055
i'm 33 and studying law

if 22 is too late, i may as well be dead.

>> No.9328483
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9328483

COLLEGE IS A SCAM

>> No.9328593

>>9328411
true, in OP´s situation i believe that he could add value to his life with other alternatives than laboral ones, i mean doing self improving shit like doing sports,arts or shit related. i mean dedicating yourself to be good at something cus lazy fucks are abundant. at my own i dont feel satisfied just with my working life wich is going well but i wont be the same without being /fit/, /lit/, studying languages (im not english native speaker) and having a healthy social life you know family friends and even participating in social projects as another life goal. idk i just think op could be a valuable person not only by the main socially acepted way of college. many of my friends have their degrees and are unemployed and even worse useless cunts who cant even wash their own dishes...

>> No.9329092

>>9326055
Nothing wrong at all, I started at 22

>> No.9329103

>>9326405
you're in crypto early, you still have a chance

>> No.9329113

>>9326055
You can teach yourself anything online that isn’t something like a doctor or something
Everything you need to develop anything on a computer is obtainable by anybody

>> No.9329232

You can do it anon. With programming skills you can do anything. Fuck if you work hard enough and have a good idea you could even start your own company and make a few million. Stay positive boi

>> No.9330150

>>9326405
Wah wah, I'm a lazy genius.
No, you're just lazy.

>> No.9330210

>>9326055
Nope. I'm 35 and I just finished a B.A. Granted, it was so I can stay in Asia indefinitely, but still.

>> No.9330261

How do I get an entry level job? Oil & gas engineer in Alberta.

Am I just fucked?

>> No.9330379

Don’t do a trade.... I work in aircraft maintenance. There’s a limit to what your body can do and guess what, no medicine will give you a new back after years of strain. Srsly go to college and strive for a manager position in whatever you do, be hungry and competitive
Source: I’m a marine and it fucking sucks at least in the back end I’ll be getting college for free and guess what, I’m gonna be going to college at 25

>> No.9330979

>>9326055
No one gives a shit about your age in college.

>> No.9331619

lmfao

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9331654

>>9326055

No one really cares about your age, im 26 and will be starting my Bachelors in Fall. You do you. Meritocracy is still alive and well enough, people (the right ones anyway) will respect a good student and a hard worker regardless. We believe in you man!

>> No.9331662

Wtf is wrong with these brainlets! I started college at 24 and finished at 29 and I make more than 145k dollars yearly now that I’m above 30.... I’m just amazed about how kids are thinking everything is against them.

>> No.9331664

Just keep learning programming on your own

College for devs is mostly a meme

>> No.9331689

>>9326055
nope and the younger girls like older guys so...go forth and prosper

CELEBRATE YOUR EXISTENCE ANON

>> No.9331692

>>9326172
>desperate old man trying to learn a new skill at 60
>assumes assloads of debt to be indoctrinated by the jew in mandatory liberal white guilt classes
>no one will hire him as people 1/3rd his age have the same training and will be more likely to work more than a few years
>calls other people an idiot for not signing up for those guaranteed loans
Hello Rabbi.

>> No.9331707

>>9326055
47 here, graduating in a couple days with a degree in Physics. Going on to grad school. You think it's too late? Look at me motherfucker.

>> No.9331728

>>9326090
>Holy shit stfu tradefag, no one wants to hear it.
>>9326114
>Less debt and you do back breaking labor. I spent 4 years doing commercial HVAC and 10 years doing property maintenance. Fuck that shit. Now I'm a project manager and never lift a finger.
t. soibois.

>> No.9331732

>>9326055
>I've taken up programming and have a few small projects in my GitHub

You already have a portfolio, that's miles better than most CS graduates, just try applying for programming jobs, no need to go to college for that.

I'm a CS graduate, and I have plenty of classmates who somehow managed to graduate and get a degree but couldn't program their way out of a paper bag.

>> No.9331798

LOL

>> No.9331853

college is a scam you fools

>> No.9331975

Go to a trade school. Even though it isnt what I really wanted to do, I went to a Universal Technical Institute and graduated from a diesel course after like a year, started making $20/hour a month after graduating. Started college a year afterwards at 20 y/o, still yung and fresh, already making $24/hr only 2 years out of high school. Yeah I got school bills to pay, but better than making a bare minimum that all these college kids are making for years after high school.