Andrewmc wrote:
How long did it take?
What did you study?
What did you struggle with?
What would you do differently?
In '98, at 31 years old, I stopped practicing law and went back for a degree in computer programming. I was working full time from the beginning but 2 semesters in I got a full time gig as a developer. In 2000 I also started training for triathlon. So for a period in there I was working full time, going to school full time all night Friday nights and all day Saturday, and training (the last couple months started training for an IM).
I hav no idea how I survived that time. I have no idea where the time came from. I took a semester or two off in the summers but mostly went straight through for 3+ years.
The struggle is there are only 168 hours in a week. If you work 40, sleep 56, commute 8, are in class 12+, do homework 8 - 12, get ready for work, school, bed 6, training 10, etc. time starts running really short.
Not sure what I would do differently because honestly I don't know how I pulled it off.
The problem is time and supporting yourself. Figure those out and go for it.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.