From what I understand, you can't just "go native" from ReactJS because React Native uses specific components for mobile.
While you can't just port over, the way you think about components and your API endpoints can be re-used. It's also nice that they both work with components which allows for less "context switching."
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On the other hand, it does have Chicken Kitchen and Samurai, effectively canceling out all of those other items IMO.
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Thanks for sharing this here. I'd love to hear your thoughts on my situation.
I started programming in freshman year (2006) of high school and fell in love with it. I've been coding since, but also started getting excited about startups. A year after graduating from high school, I started one with a couple of friends from college. It's the best decision I've made.. I have learned so much in a few years. I am convinced I wouldn't have learned as much by focusing in school.
I've been in school for about 4 years now getting a CS degree. I started taking less classes per semester last year because I was doing bad in them. I had a lack of interest and also spent a lot more time involved in the startup. That hasn't changed. I have 5 classes left to graduate, but my GPA needs to go up by a lot in order to do so.
There is a lot of pressure from my parents to finish school since I'm almost done, but I'm really struggling to do well in my classes since I'm just not into them. It really feels like I'm wasting my time.. getting stressed about my grades.. and I'm not sure what to do.
The obvious solution is to keep going and finish... but it's a constant battle every week to convince myself that this is the best path and to keep going.
The lack of interest kills, I've been there. College will always be there, opportunities won't. Take the semester off, you never know how much your life will change in a few months. Plus, if you have a good amount of projects under your belt, it's likely that you can find a job doing what you like and be able to pay your bills. Remember though, if you do, make a conscious decision to work your ass off. Not necessarily because this is now your 'job' but look at it as a purpose/mission. You must hit X by Y. Really puts the pressure on (the good kind).
More than anything though, ask yourself what you want to do. Analyse all the scenarios and where you would feel happiest. Do you really believe in your work? in your startup? Have your feet grounded and boom, chase your dream like it's do or die.
That's the main issue, textbooks are not the ideal form of learning for some subjects.
Studies have shown that text is not the ideal format for novices to learn a subject for the first time.
I'm a co-founder at https://www.clutchprep.com and that's what we're tackling. Students go to 300+ student classrooms, don't learn much and then have to rely on a $250 textbook to teach themselves (doesn't work well for most). It's a broken system.
I'm definitely with you on this. Last year my team interviewed with YC (with Paul Buchheit in the room) and it was crazy.
10 minutes feels like 7-8 because of the adrenaline/nervousness. You don't usually get to finish your answers because they cut you off. They're straight to the point and cut through all the fluff (my suggestion is to have a 15 second answer and a longer answer for all questions if you want to get your points across). They're usually in "control", but you have to be strategic to lead things back to your "good side"
I think the article is really accurate on the YC process. Thanks for sharing.
This was a huge point for me when using the old tablesorter script. They had a plugin called StaticRow that would allow you to add the "static" class to a tr tag and it didn't change when sorting. Did you guys implement that too?
I enjoyed reading your post. I also struggle to get up to listen to a professor go over material at a very slow pace. I'm taking a class now and I only show up on the day before the exam and on the exam. There are 2-3 weeks of lectures before an exam.. Usually 5-7 hours of studying is enough to get me a B+.
I'm not saying everyone should do that. But I'm running my startup and my CS degree isn't getting me anywhere closer to being a success story. The things I've learned by "doing" are probably the equivalent of getting CS and MBA degrees.
Don't know about his specific case, but after a couple years (at most) of undergrad, you quickly learn how to tell which classes are the ones you'll actually need to attend. You'll pick out the profs who just teach 95% off the slides and textbooks, and which ones actually have useful lectures.
If you're willing to risk that 5-10% 'oh shit, professor included that one unique thing he taught in class that wasn't included in the textbook/slides' on your examination, then you really can usually blow off the lecture and learn at your own pace. And really, its liberating. You can focus on the classes and projects that you enjoy, and are getting the most out of, and still pass all your other classes.
It has nothing to do with hubris (at least in my case), but a combined case of just enough confidence and self-respect. I did not pay 6000 a term to attend inane, information sparse lectures. 90 minute lectures which can be successfully condensed into 15 minutes by your TAs are not worth my time. I've already been burned once by being forced to take these lectures (and paying for it!), I'm not going to let to burn me again by suffering through the opportunity cost in time and mental stability.
While you can't just port over, the way you think about components and your API endpoints can be re-used. It's also nice that they both work with components which allows for less "context switching."