hard mango
Hey guys whatsup. What better than to seek the advice of my peers? Short intro, I'm 29. Just graduated BS in CS at a lesser known state school. I've had two internships under my belt at a defense contractor (was in the military before school).
I'm slated to start my Masters program (top 10 school) next month in NYC. But I've also been accepted in to a research fellowship at MIT (Doing ML/AI).
The fellowship runs for about 4 months, and will push my graduate program back by an entire year.
I have not yet started leetcoding so I'm not quite ready to start the interview train (I thought it would come a tad later in time).
Being that i'm 29, I don't have any debts, but neither do I have any savings as well.. do you think I should be delaying starting my "real real" career yet another year?
I've really just been so f****ing lucky. Like I'm not the calibre of person who gets into schools/programs like this. I really promise. I opened leetcode and couldn't do the first problem. I am not a. specialty in any language or AI/ML at all.
I keep wondering when my luck will run out, so I really want to take all the time an opportunity possible.
The other side is crying at the idea of having nothing to do for the other 8 months of the coming year, no savings, and delaying the start of my career into my early 30s. (The time i though i'd be setting aside to date, get married, have kids etc.).
Any thoughts? DMs or public in this thread are all welcome. Thanks in advance.