Hello RWX Rob. Can you give me advice? I am a Russian young man, US citizen though. I don't know how exactly, but by chance I've stumbled upon a loophole that enabled me to attend college/university in the United States without paying any tuition at all. I'm not special at all, not "gifted", nor "connected", I didn't have any rich or powerful parents. All I can say is that I went to University and got a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science without spending a dime out of my pocket. I can say that I just got lucky somehow. I can't explain how I did this to anyone, since I myself don't know whatever happened there, but basically my financial aid covered all my tuition costs, and then some. I don't know how to replicate that feat, since I wasn't paying attention all that much, and it was only during my third year of University that I have known that people pay money to attend. I thought that it was free for everyone, just as it had been free for me, but apparently that's not the case. Now wherever I go I get questioned as to how exactly I did it, getting a University education for free, yet I myself don't know how or what happened there. But I have no debts from the University. It appears that I have accidentally found a "bug" in the system. As mentioned above, I got an education in Computer Science, graduating with a Cum Laude title apparently. I had passed all the courses, even the mathematics and physics requirements for the Bachelor's degree. I was taking 4 STEM courses each semester, passing all of them with at least a B+/A-, which was the minimum standard or challenge that I had set for myself. And that required a lot of just-in-time learning. I mean that I was learning just enough, just at a very fast pace, in order to keep up with assignments and exams. I had been going into every course with the goal of coming out with a level of mastery what the professor had of the materials. That of course required mastery and understanding the subject at a deep level. However because the courses were so fast paced, I had no time for truly mastering the subjects. I only had time for just-in-time learning. I was on survival mode almost all of the time, focusing on completing the projects and exams, without giving much thought into the subjects that I was learning. I was passing everything with an A, but I felt unsatisfied, as I was just working on rote memorization instead of true understanding, and everything was just going into my short term memory, but without a long term memory or understanding, that knowledge faded away after some time. It's unfortunate that I learned about the existence of Obsidian and Markdown as a note taking tools only after graduating from University. I didn't bother to build up my knowledge base, other than taking short term notes on paper, the bare minimum required to fly through my homeworks and tests. Now I regret that I didn't focus on mastery of the materials, or didn't focus on creating a second brain or zettelkasten system during my time at the University. I graduated without going into any debt, without spending a dime at all on my education, but I just don't feel a sense of pride, because it was only just-in-time learning, and I've trained my brain to work on autopilot or intuition. Such that I could do it, but I couldn't explain what I was doing to someone else, and I didn't fully understand what I was doing either. But since I saved all of my paper notes, absolutely all of my exams, all of my homeworks, and lectures, slides, and textbooks from all my courses, now I'm going to go back and review/re-study everything and do it right this time, make sure I understand everything well enough to explain it to someone else, and write an entire wiki as a second brain into my Obsidian, to make sure that I've covered all of my knowledge gaps. The other problem that I have is that I finished University without meeting a girl as a wife for me. I don't know why, but I passed through my University degree without ever going on a proper date with a girl. I did not find a wife. It appears that I simply don't have the ability to attract a girl. I don't know what is wrong with me. And now that I graduated already, and have worked for several years in the Computer Science industry, I don't know what to do. I don't know where or how I can get a wife. I have begged my father to grant me an arranged marriage, but he because he is from Russia and we live in the United States, he doesn't know anyone and he was no one to introduce me to. So I'm kind of stuck. And then I also don't like the American dating culture and all of these weird terms that Americans make up such as "red pill" or "blue pill", "beta bucks". I don't like how in America one can sex without getting married, and there appears to be no notion of devotion or loyalty to one's spouse, and marriage is viewed negatively. Hence I am having a cultural shock. But I can't go back to Russia as it is a war zone and a colonial society. RWX Rob had previously likened America to Fallout, but I think that Russia more greatly resembles it, because there are no villages anymore and the rural areas are a wasteland. It's not what it was during the Tsar time, which resembles the animes that I watch, when in a monarchist society a boy could find a wife easily. Now it's not so easy, and I don't know what to do. I don't go to bars or clubs, I am not a hedonist, I am actually pretty ascetic. I just go to work as a software engineer, and in my free time I practice and study by watching lectures on KZread, which is how I found RWX Rob. Other than having the life of an autodidactic software engineer, and watching animes from time to time, I don't do anything else in my life, I have no social skills at all, and I'm somewhat of an autist, even though I haven't been formally diagnosed. I don't know if I will be able to get a wife in this current life, or whether I should wait until my next reincarnation, and just use this current life as a way to learn as much knowledge as possible from the internet and built up my skills in programming and mathematics via self study. I guess even though I went to University, I still haven't discovered "myself", what is the main goal that I should dedicate myself towards. All I know is that I am absolutely obsessed with C, and all of the low level tricks and hacks that one can do with it. I think that I would find fulfillment in life of being a husband, but I don't know where or how I can get a girl. Is it even possible at all, I don't know, I have doubts in my abilities.
@ltnlabsАй бұрын
Gabe and your son had you. Most people dont have that kind of person to guide them. Community colleges can create ways for students to test out of classes so thats on that colleges program director for not having that in place. Tenure was supposed to be a mechanism to allow professors to not be afraid of taking risks. Lazy professors ruined that original ideal by getting tenure and then just coasting. Great video with thoughtful insight.
@shyjy6241Ай бұрын
I want to do electrical engineering... I just like it so much. I need a degree. Similar to law, medicine, etc.
@interferonrecon8162Ай бұрын
Rules of the game? You’re starting to talk simulation theory, Rob.
@bobfunk5055Ай бұрын
In England it’s definitely not free. You will leave with around £40k of debt.
@bobfunk5055
Ай бұрын
Whether we are in Europe or not post Brexit is up for debate.
@p99chan99
Ай бұрын
Doesn't that mostly apply to non-locals? The fees for international students/non-UK citizens are absolutely outrageous.
@bobfunk5055
10 күн бұрын
@@p99chan99 £9k per year for fees is the “cheap” rate for locals. Yes international rates are much higher.
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Hello RWX Rob. Can you give me advice? I am a Russian young man, US citizen though. I don't know how exactly, but by chance I've stumbled upon a loophole that enabled me to attend college/university in the United States without paying any tuition at all. I'm not special at all, not "gifted", nor "connected", I didn't have any rich or powerful parents. All I can say is that I went to University and got a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science without spending a dime out of my pocket. I can say that I just got lucky somehow. I can't explain how I did this to anyone, since I myself don't know whatever happened there, but basically my financial aid covered all my tuition costs, and then some. I don't know how to replicate that feat, since I wasn't paying attention all that much, and it was only during my third year of University that I have known that people pay money to attend. I thought that it was free for everyone, just as it had been free for me, but apparently that's not the case. Now wherever I go I get questioned as to how exactly I did it, getting a University education for free, yet I myself don't know how or what happened there. But I have no debts from the University. It appears that I have accidentally found a "bug" in the system. As mentioned above, I got an education in Computer Science, graduating with a Cum Laude title apparently. I had passed all the courses, even the mathematics and physics requirements for the Bachelor's degree. I was taking 4 STEM courses each semester, passing all of them with at least a B+/A-, which was the minimum standard or challenge that I had set for myself. And that required a lot of just-in-time learning. I mean that I was learning just enough, just at a very fast pace, in order to keep up with assignments and exams. I had been going into every course with the goal of coming out with a level of mastery what the professor had of the materials. That of course required mastery and understanding the subject at a deep level. However because the courses were so fast paced, I had no time for truly mastering the subjects. I only had time for just-in-time learning. I was on survival mode almost all of the time, focusing on completing the projects and exams, without giving much thought into the subjects that I was learning. I was passing everything with an A, but I felt unsatisfied, as I was just working on rote memorization instead of true understanding, and everything was just going into my short term memory, but without a long term memory or understanding, that knowledge faded away after some time. It's unfortunate that I learned about the existence of Obsidian and Markdown as a note taking tools only after graduating from University. I didn't bother to build up my knowledge base, other than taking short term notes on paper, the bare minimum required to fly through my homeworks and tests. Now I regret that I didn't focus on mastery of the materials, or didn't focus on creating a second brain or zettelkasten system during my time at the University. I graduated without going into any debt, without spending a dime at all on my education, but I just don't feel a sense of pride, because it was only just-in-time learning, and I've trained my brain to work on autopilot or intuition. Such that I could do it, but I couldn't explain what I was doing to someone else, and I didn't fully understand what I was doing either. But since I saved all of my paper notes, absolutely all of my exams, all of my homeworks, and lectures, slides, and textbooks from all my courses, now I'm going to go back and review/re-study everything and do it right this time, make sure I understand everything well enough to explain it to someone else, and write an entire wiki as a second brain into my Obsidian, to make sure that I've covered all of my knowledge gaps. The other problem that I have is that I finished University without meeting a girl as a wife for me. I don't know why, but I passed through my University degree without ever going on a proper date with a girl. I did not find a wife. It appears that I simply don't have the ability to attract a girl. I don't know what is wrong with me. And now that I graduated already, and have worked for several years in the Computer Science industry, I don't know what to do. I don't know where or how I can get a wife. I have begged my father to grant me an arranged marriage, but he because he is from Russia and we live in the United States, he doesn't know anyone and he was no one to introduce me to. So I'm kind of stuck. And then I also don't like the American dating culture and all of these weird terms that Americans make up such as "red pill" or "blue pill", "beta bucks". I don't like how in America one can sex without getting married, and there appears to be no notion of devotion or loyalty to one's spouse, and marriage is viewed negatively. Hence I am having a cultural shock. But I can't go back to Russia as it is a war zone and a colonial society. RWX Rob had previously likened America to Fallout, but I think that Russia more greatly resembles it, because there are no villages anymore and the rural areas are a wasteland. It's not what it was during the Tsar time, which resembles the animes that I watch, when in a monarchist society a boy could find a wife easily. Now it's not so easy, and I don't know what to do. I don't go to bars or clubs, I am not a hedonist, I am actually pretty ascetic. I just go to work as a software engineer, and in my free time I practice and study by watching lectures on KZread, which is how I found RWX Rob. Other than having the life of an autodidactic software engineer, and watching animes from time to time, I don't do anything else in my life, I have no social skills at all, and I'm somewhat of an autist, even though I haven't been formally diagnosed. I don't know if I will be able to get a wife in this current life, or whether I should wait until my next reincarnation, and just use this current life as a way to learn as much knowledge as possible from the internet and built up my skills in programming and mathematics via self study. I guess even though I went to University, I still haven't discovered "myself", what is the main goal that I should dedicate myself towards. All I know is that I am absolutely obsessed with C, and all of the low level tricks and hacks that one can do with it. I think that I would find fulfillment in life of being a husband, but I don't know where or how I can get a girl. Is it even possible at all, I don't know, I have doubts in my abilities.
Gabe and your son had you. Most people dont have that kind of person to guide them. Community colleges can create ways for students to test out of classes so thats on that colleges program director for not having that in place. Tenure was supposed to be a mechanism to allow professors to not be afraid of taking risks. Lazy professors ruined that original ideal by getting tenure and then just coasting. Great video with thoughtful insight.
I want to do electrical engineering... I just like it so much. I need a degree. Similar to law, medicine, etc.
Rules of the game? You’re starting to talk simulation theory, Rob.
In England it’s definitely not free. You will leave with around £40k of debt.
@bobfunk5055
Ай бұрын
Whether we are in Europe or not post Brexit is up for debate.
@p99chan99
Ай бұрын
Doesn't that mostly apply to non-locals? The fees for international students/non-UK citizens are absolutely outrageous.
@bobfunk5055
10 күн бұрын
@@p99chan99 £9k per year for fees is the “cheap” rate for locals. Yes international rates are much higher.