hey stranger! so i am someone who has always been passionate about cs and coding and stuff i have been doing it since i was in 7th grade and now i just completed my 12th and the thing is i have always faced so much to persue this career bcz like i wasn't very great at maths, but people around me told me that you need to be really good at it to make it in this career otherwise you won't survive and yk what i did? i still chose maths infact i was good at other subjects like science, english and stuff infact i was always in top 5 in my class so i started spending all my time practicing maths since i was in 9th grade and got really good score in it in both my 9th and 10th (without any coaching or tuition) but then i was introduced to jee and stuff and it was well- difficult. obviously. but also bcz it was my first time juggling two insitutes at the same time like 7 hours of school and then classes in evening for jee i kind of lost me in it and ik everything is an excuse but yeah i agree that i could have done better and wtv well even during jee i never missed any opputunity to stay connected to cs, i took it as an extra subject in my school and i participated in all inter school competitions related to cs but like rn at this moment i am genuinely struggling to understand if i can pick myself up from here and persue cs or like not? and choosing the right college scares the shit out of me bcz i feel like i can't stand not getting a job after the degree bcz i have always given it my everything

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hey stranger! so i am someone who has always been passionate about cs and coding and stuff i have been doing it since i was in 7th grade and now i just completed my 12th and the thing is i have always faced so much to persue this career bcz like i wasn't very great at maths, but people around me told me that you need to be really good at it to make it in this career otherwise you won't survive and yk what i did? i still chose maths infact i was good at other subjects like science, english and stuff infact i was always in top 5 in my class so i started spending all my time practicing maths since i was in 9th grade  and got really good score in it in both my 9th and 10th (without any coaching or tuition) but then i was introduced to jee and stuff and it was well- difficult. obviously. but also bcz it was my first time juggling two insitutes at the same time like 7 hours of school and then classes in evening for jee i kind of lost me in it and ik everything is an excuse but yeah i agree that i could have done better and wtv well even during jee i never missed any opputunity to stay connected to cs, i took it as an extra subject in my school and i participated in all inter school competitions related to cs but like rn at this moment i am genuinely struggling to understand if i can pick myself up from here and persue cs or like not? and choosing the right college scares the shit out of me bcz i feel like i can't stand not getting a job after the degree bcz i have always given it my everything

Anonymous Practitioner · Accepted Answer

I understand you and your concern, and i am from India only, so I understand your situation related to jee and stuff , I myself is an Cs student and data engineering, if I were you then I would drop everything for a moment and in complete silence with myself i would listen my inner voice and gut feeling with calmness and if my heart says "this is it" then it's worth giving a shot, trust me.