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0 pointsrifung10y ago0 comments

I'll have to respectfully disagree with the idea that "anything worth doing is nontrivial." This might certainly be the case for you, but I would love to just spend some time learning Haskell, writing an OS for fun, reading papers on Theoretical Computer Science, or trying to find security exploits.

I don't think these things are hard, at least they certainly aren't things I would doubt myself to be able to do. These are just things I'm sure I could do today if only I had more time, and at least to me these are definitely worth thing for one reason: they make me happy

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smikhanov10y ago

    > I would love to just spend some time learning Haskell,
    > writing an OS for fun, reading papers on Theoretical
    > Computer Science, or trying to find security exploits.

What you describe sounds like what students do in a university. Maybe you should consider another degree in CS?

rifungOP10y ago

Indeed I didn't finish my degree and would love to go back and even get a PhD! But.. it doesn't make much financial sense right now, especially when you consider that the earlier you save and invest the better the outcome, so I'm waiting till the time is right.

dasmoth10y ago

If you'd enjoy the structure of university life, that's certainly worth considering.

But if you're happy doing it independently, why pay $lots (and add at least some extra bureaucracy) to "make it official"?

marktangotango10y ago

But is learning haskell worth the risk of quitting full time employment and living off of savings for x number of months or years? That is the context of this thread, and my statement.

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