08-31-2023, 12:01 AM
I've only been enrolled 4 months and I'm already burnt out. I've done 18 CU's and am currently working on another 3 CU's. If I finish in 2 weeks, I could probably do another 3-4 CU course. It's hard to imagine keeping this up for another 2 years. I'm in Software Engineering (Java) but I don't plan to ever be a Java programmer, so that is demotivating me. Maybe I will switch to Cloud (AWS), or something I wouldn't mind doing. I'm not really sure what I want to do. I seem to go about 2x speed compared to a regular B&M college person, though that is slow for people here. I am just really slow to memorize things. Cloud and AI interest me. Cloud would be useful if I end up freelancing in the future, instead of getting another day job. I have a medical problem that seems to be getting worse that might force me to work from home the last decade of my career. Or just be self-employed. It's hard to imagine working in an office again if I periodically need to go to a hospital. I lasted less than year when I first went to a B&M college 40 years ago, though I had a cool roommate who went on to be successful doctor. I was going to go visit him because I heard he had retired, but then heard he was diagnosed and died of cancer within 6 months. That was a shock. It made me wonder if there was anything else I should be doing right now.