College
I studied Computer Science at a college in India, graduating around May 2025. My relationship with formal education was complicated. I valued the learning but found the structure frustrating, and I learned more from online courses and building projects than from the curriculum.
Self-directed learning
In August 2023, I enrolled in Kirat’s MERN course, which I called “completely worth it” (the tweet received 43 likes). I described it as one of my best investments. While in college, I built a Chrome extension, learned Rust, and worked on six or more side projects.
Conflicts with attendance
I had my lowest SGPA in one semester because I missed approximately 90% of my classes to focus on development work, including building Aperturs and working at Gesturs and Viaprize. I wrote: “Last 6 months, development wise had a blast… but my college, I can’t say same about that part.”
I also recounted a grading dispute in which a teacher cut one mark on a “code” criteria while classmates who “did literally 0 work” received full marks.
Views on education
I called exams “The most time wasting part of students life.” I tweeted a broader critique that connects to my views on Indian work culture: “Education’s outdated info: Values originality over creativity. Overvalues memorization. Does not encourage emotional intelligence.”
Placement season
The 2024 placement season was, in my words, “real bad both on campus and off campus.”
Graduation
I finished my final exam in May 2025. I tweeted: “Finally finished my final exam today… Finally college is over ig!!!!”
In November 2025, I returned to campus for a formal farewell: “So yeah college was done 1.5 years ago but one more day to say bye college.”
