I Dropped Out Of Computer Science

I know a lot of you that watch my channel are students and you have probably considered getting a degree in Computer Science. Maybe you're already in one or maybe you're considering dropping out of one. In my experience I did decide to drop out of university and in this video I am going to share with you a little bit about what was going on in my life at the time that I made that decision and if I have any regrets. I hope you enjoy!

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[tessapugh]

I'm an engineering student at the university of waterloo, and your story is quite a common one for our software engineering and computer science students. UW has a really coop-heavy program, you do 6 coops, 4 months each, over your degree, so very often in 2nd, 3rd year on coop 3 or 4, students will get picked up by microsoft or tesla or google and never come back. the money is good enough, they have the skills, there's really nothing left for them to gain from school so they stop going. It just really reaffirms that university is not about the piece of paper at the end, its about what you learn and who you meet, and if you've learned what you need and met who you can its time to move on. glad you dont regret your decision :)

[jacques-dev]

TLDR Don't drop out unless you've found success in something else.

[climbit]

I have a math master degree and work in a data science team for ~2 years now. Mostly because of your videos (and programming expert) I grew into a mostly Python software engineering role there. You are truly my hero Tim and you helped me learn so much!

[FahimAmin]

You're close to 1M. Congratulations in advance! You've done a lot for the community. 😊

[CompSciCentral]

If people can find success outside of college, I think that's amazing.

For me, I'll be finishing my CS degree in a couple weeks and it feels amazing!

[seifabdelkefi]

Your tutorials on Selenium and Beuatiful Soup helped me a lot to do my web scraping side project which landed me an internship this summer. I would have never done it if it wasn't for u. or maybe would have but in so much more time and with so much more pain, that s the cool thing about your vids, you make everything look simple and straightforward in no time. Keep going man! Road to 1 MIL!

[sentdex]

I *still* have predicament dreams where I'm still in college and college is conflicting with my business and I have to make the decision to drop out or let business suffer. Its an extremely difficult choice... one that I apparently still struggle with in my 30s. xD

[Dr.Viperbeta]

Ain’t even start the video but good luck with your journey

[KartiKKaushiKYt]

Man, I remember my first trimester at uni doing computer science, I was doing really bad. So, I searched how to be a good cs student. I saw your video on the topic. Man it changed my whole outlook on how I was going about my degree. Last trimester I got HDs (high distinction) which is the best grade you can get in Melbourne in all the units for that trimester. Thanks a lot.

[thierryeeman]

I decided at 37 to finally get my computer science degree, so opposite side of the spectrum here. It takes guts to stray from a safely paved path. So congrats to the both of us, and I wish you all the best! I've learned a lot from you already, will continue to follow your work!

[solarwinds]

I used to be a Computer Science major but I found out that I enjoyed my math classes a lot more but struggled with the hardcore programming in CS so I switched to Computational Mathematics. It has coding but way less intense than CS and more of an emphasis on math which I find myself way better at. But nowadays you can learn a lot of skills not just through university system and I didn't like how CS was taught in the school setting.

[zeppelinqaz]

You've gone way beyond a degree now. You have skills, profile, communication talent and you've built a successful business.

[clem]

Well done, Tim! Your story is super impressive. 💪 And for what it’s worth, as I had told you back when you made the decision to drop out, I think you made the right decision. 🤝

[levibruh]

I got my computer science degree last week. You are one of the youtubers I have to thank in helping me prepare for my classes and exams. I honestly learned more from you and other people on youtube than I did from my classes

[matt._.]

I have a degree in electrical engineering but work as a software developer. My main qualifications were from my internships and research projects that I took up. None of the companies ever cared to ask about my degree or results

[ron-davin]

hey Tim. Just wanna say thank you! you helped me learn Python OOP and it served me well in my career

[phostings]

Tim, you were the first youtuber i watched when I started taking programming seriously. Though the concepts were very weird, I gradually fell in love with programming. It has officially been a year since I started watching you and man, I'm still surprising myself of how much of a programmer I am today. Thank you for making the sacrifices to continue to educate the world because programming IS the future and we need to teach the youth, young.

[dimakalinin]

Tim, really proud of you and appreciate your hard work during those years since I am an old subscriber and watched this channel growing all the way through.
Hope you become even bigger, your videos and vibe are really unique, I am glad you found what brings sense to your life and keep doing it!
It is really grateful that you watch your subscribers improving their skills by watching your videos.
I think your work makes more value for people than the average person with a degree does and that is amazing😊

[oq]

Tim, you're the teacher everyone wanted in school but never got. I never could have even found where to start when I decided to start learning cs until someone showed me you channel. You're a truly intelligent and skilled person, we're lucky you created this channel.

[nirupamjollymullassery]

Your videos made me land on a software engineering career from a mechanical engineering job. Cant thank you enough man. Keep rocking !!