Ask HN: Graduating at 24 – failing this term. Not sure what to do
Hey Hacker News. Long time lurker here (~2 years). I'm about to finish a semester at a uni for computer science. A little back story, I switched majors from psychology+econ to computing science and it worked out decently well. I finished an internship with a big company 6 months ago, cofounded a company (that didn't do so well) 4 months ago, and now in my final year at Uni and just received another internship at my dream company. This is all going awesome! I didn't plan on working at these types of companies but I felt ecstatic when I got an offer to work with them.
I'm in trouble with school. I came back and tried to divide my time up between running a company, going to hackathons, job applications, and taking a 5 course load - this was way too much for me in hindsight. I'm certain to fail one course (professor promised me this), with the possibility of failing another 2... so 3/5 courses failed. I'm in a lot of student loan debt and 22 years old, so already behind the curve of most engineers, but this setback will push my graduation back to 24 years old. I feel lost and alone, especially ever since cofounding the company and losing many friends/ social circles. Coupled with failing this semester, and scared of the ageist connotation our field has, I'm really lost, and well, scared.
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