Hey man, probably wont see this but I am actually very interested in software engineering and I'm currently going to a cyber focused high school that gets us started pretty early with programming languages and engineering skills, i just wanted to ask if you have any tips or advice for my road to college, my dream is to go to MIT but Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, and a few others are on my list as well, I'm not entirely sure I want to go into this field as Cybersecurity also interests me, but it is an option. Also, how could I get started on some personal projects for GitHub that would possibly bring some attention to colleges or at least acknowledgement as I know you brought this up. Thank you so much!

Hey Baxate. I’m a computer science student right now and i’m having a huge dilemma about my future and wanted to ask you what i could do to succeed. i go to a liberal arts university ranked a little below 100 nationally for computer science and without an actual engineering department on a practically full ride financial award. i sent in a transfer application for virginia tech which is a school ranked top 25 in the nation for engineering and 29 for computer science. i don’t like the atmosphere of my current college and think virginia tech would offer a much more enjoyable environment for me. however, there are some issues. number one it’s more expensive and i would risk potentially going into around 30000 dollars in debt but hopefully less based off of my current plan to pay. because of that i would also have to work a little during college which may restrict my financial freedom and time management. number 2 i’m less certain about the potential of summer research at tech vs my school, since i’ll be coming in as a transfer student, however i’m sure i’d still be capable of finding some opportunity. i want to have a better, more enjoyable college experience and go where i know i can elevate a potential career in computer science, but i also don’t want to make a decision that would be rash financially and put me in a bad position for my future. as someone in the field snd s former college student, i was hoping you could offer some advice for me? thanks so much!:

I’m just now graduating highschool this may and i’m going to community college because of the cost what can i do in community college in order to set myself up for an internship maybe next summer or the summer after that. Is it impossible to become a software engineer from a community college or would a 4 year would?

Switching into CS at my school is hard. Do you think if I did a math degree with a specialization in computing, but still learned to code on the side and had the adequate knowledge that this would be okay for landing internships?