@DenubisX Just Fucking Do It is the only consistent theme I've seen in practical learning. Start with a personally interesting goal of making a thing. Website, game, calculator, whatever. That interest will drive the resource seeking and questions and writing of the code which gives the practical glue to fit class concepts into your brain. College doesn't create programmers any more than art school created Da Vinci. It's the practice.
Also: tech is really about people.
Starring:
-A misanthrope who's probably not even in a good mental space to be romantically involved with anybody anyways!
And the beaus:
-Maybe It's A Bad Idea To Try To Change Yourself To Be What You Think The Girl You Had A Crush On Back In Freshman Year Wants Guy!
-Commitment Issues, Edgy Sarcasm, Elitism And Unresolved Trauma Guy!
-All The Relatives My Age Were Guys So I Think Women Are A Different Species And Am Terrified To Talk To One Guy!
First the queers and furries build a space where they can be themselves.
Then the infosec folks find that it fits well with their values.
Then the communists flock to the first real alternative to capitalist monopoly on shortform burst communication.
Then the artists come to find new walls to paint and nobody to tell them no.
The intellectuals, the chroniclers, the priests and the prophets, singly and in droves.
Slowly, it builds. It's neat to build an oral history from inception. #mastodon
"...women participated more actively when a more casual and collaborate atmosphere was encouraged, which also gave rise to simultaneous interaction between speakers." (Yuasa, Ikuko; 2010)
Hmm gee I wonder why that might be 