In the words of German singer Farin Urlaub: “Life is not Home Depot, and there’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Having cruised through high school on little to no studying and with good grades, I had finally arrived in the real world - and it was tough. That first semester was a real wake-up call.
It was a nightmare, but in the end, we passed all of our exams.
#ASS DONT QUIT CODE#
We compared our notes, shared solutions, and stared at the programming console until the code finally worked. Working on the same problems or completely different ones. Luckily, in Germany, attendance isn’t mandatory for most classes, so we skipped what we could and, instead, focused on getting things done.Įvery day, we went to the library, sometimes as early as 6 or 7 AM, and worked like hell. In order to cope, we did what most cornered animals do: we fought. None of us knew what to expect, and, facing such a crazy workload, we were, quite frankly, scared shitless. While my friends and I didn’t know the first thing about these topics, we also had to code a new mini program each week, hand it in, and present it to a tutor.
In our first semester, we had seven subjects, ranging from math to economics to programming to materials science and business, each with a big final exam that determined 100% of our grade. I remember adding all my lectures, tutorials, and seminars to my schedule and realizing: If I attend all of these, I’ll spend 40 hours a week just getting input - and I won’t have done any studying or assignments yet. In 2010, I dropped myself into a 60-hour workweek by accident: I started college with no idea what would hit me.
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