Ask HN: Should I drop out the college?
I am currently enrolled in the BCA course of Pokhara University Nepal. BCA is the only IT course available in my country. I am in second semester but already feeling irritated, there is no practical knowledge of programming given to us. We study antiquated course, my teacher insists that I should use Turbo C++ to write and compile C code (which can't be run directly in Windows 8 and requires Dos emulator ) instead of Visual Studio or any other IDE. We are taught many outdated technologies such as mysql_connect for PHP to MySQL connection, table layouts for web design and so on. I also hate the evaluation system because there is no practical examination and we have to write everything with pen even C, C++, PHP and HTML. I do not understand why my assignment for C, C++ is to jot down some code in paper without ever running it on a real computer. I love programming and already have some knowledge of Javascript, Node , Python, C++, PHP, HTML and CSS that I gained by self learning. I feel irritated when I am forced to learn such nonsensical things and my teacher does exact opposite of the current standards.
Now my question for you guys is, should I continue the course or drop it and continue with self learning?
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 23.1 ms ] threadThe majority of college what you are doing has little to no correlation with real life.
Unless you have a great job already lined up I would say stay in school and continue to learn on your own. Having a degree puts you ahead of people who don't.