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It’s great to read your story after seeing a couple of tweets from you come by! I agree the college route isn’t for everyone and it shouldn’t have to be either. I did a UX/UI design track over at my university and while it’s helping me tremendously in some areas, it’s utterly useless in others. You don’t really get to pick the information you take in, it’s there whether you want/need it or not. For some people that’s great! For me, and possibly you, not so much.
This is really motivating me to finish writing my post! Thank you 😊
The cool part about structured educational tracks is that someone else has already done the work of finding what information you need to know. The less cool part is that sometimes you don't need all that information. I think it all depends not only on how much time someone has to research and teach themselves, but also on whether or not they've found a community of more knowledgeable people. Trying to figure out what you don't but need to know is probably the hardest part.
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It’s great to read your story after seeing a couple of tweets from you come by! I agree the college route isn’t for everyone and it shouldn’t have to be either. I did a UX/UI design track over at my university and while it’s helping me tremendously in some areas, it’s utterly useless in others. You don’t really get to pick the information you take in, it’s there whether you want/need it or not. For some people that’s great! For me, and possibly you, not so much.
This is really motivating me to finish writing my post! Thank you 😊
The cool part about structured educational tracks is that someone else has already done the work of finding what information you need to know. The less cool part is that sometimes you don't need all that information. I think it all depends not only on how much time someone has to research and teach themselves, but also on whether or not they've found a community of more knowledgeable people. Trying to figure out what you don't but need to know is probably the hardest part.