http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...threadid=77107

... thinking about what Trans AM 22502 said in that post ... it makes a lot of sense ... i dont know what to do, im REALLY confused at this point, about to graduate after 5 years of slavery at sfu .. and now all the doubts about the past 5 years of my life become so clear makes u feel pretty sh*tty, trust me it does...

(ps. i dont need any jokes from u jokers, this is pretty serious)

 

Only 3 months to go man... Just convince yourself to stay off of the board. I can imagine that it's hard to focus with the up coming season and all and you wanting to run your car at mission but you have to keep telling yourself only 3 more months. After that you can take a break from life and focus on your car.

This 3 months, study study study!! Stay away from your baby and stay away from girls and I promise you'll do just fine.

Payam joun, gqavy boush.

 

THink about it. You have 3 months to go till you graduate. After that, you can do whatever the hell you want, and you will have your CS degree to fall back on. It might even help re-insuring your car. By not driving it, you are constantly thinking about it. This was the problem I had when my rear end was dying - I think I was actually depressed when I couldnt drive my car the way it was meant to be driven!

Don't even think about quitting now man. You are very very close, tough it out for the next couple months and then you can sit around all day on the board until you find a job or get into the automotive industry.

 

You need to go travel. It will give you some good R&R after all that school work. Then when you come back, you can decide what you want to do. A career in doing something that is fun and interesting to you is a lot better than a career in doing the same ol' shiat over and over.


PHIL

 

but you also don't want to do it for a living and then when it comes time to work on your car you may not want to because you have been workng on others cars for a couple of years. that is the downside of doing something you really like, it will become a job, not a fun hobby. but hey, ya never know right? you may never get bored of it. only time will tell

 

I had the SAME problem last year. I was in one of the most intense courses at BCIT, coupled with a hot new girl friend that I wanted to **** all the time and a sweet car that all I wanted to do was mod it......this made for **** marks! What do I have a year later....no Z (WS6 now) no girlfriend and totally different career path layed out.

What can I tell you bud? Keep pluggin away at it and graduate damit!!! It's worth it and it doesn't look good on the resume if it says you took over 5years to get a degree. Life is hard and this is one of those moments that you just have to ask yourself..."am I going to be a looser all my life or what?" (Payam...this is a retorical question )

Good Luck...

Andy

PS= I still have the same "lack of production" problem...I just stay up untill 3am to get thing finished...7 courses ain't easy.

 

..let me tell you a story, right now I'm 28 turning 29 in August..all my life I worked my *** of to get were I'm at..in that process I lost a big part of my life working too much. At this point I thought I'd be at least married with some kids but my work got in the way..even with my cars..just no time. Anyway when I was your age I was at the top of my game in my industry..I was a **** hot chef working in hotels in Europe and Japan. At the age 23 I was making 65 grand a year working as a Sous Chef in Japan...but before that I focused all my time on my goal's..which was to become a successful chef..I ate, slept and breathed cooking..I had no time for me which was most important. But I didn't realize that till two years ago when I got cancer, yes cancer. Once I survived that my life changed..I did what I always wanted to do. I like tattoo's so went and got one, I have this passion for cars so restored a vette and bought my Z28...also I had a chance to spend time with friends and family which are way more important than anything else in this world..believe me.

..so you may spend all your time at school learning new things and making something out of your life..that's great...but, is this what you really want? If so, I wouldn't even be writing this and you wouldn't even have started that thread..in any case life is unexpecting..you may encounter paths in which you are uncertain to which way to go...this is one path that will change your life forever..

(a) continue school, focus on your future and well being...be comfortable..be successful..and in the end be proud of yourself.

(b) be yourself, do what makes you happy because you never know what lies ahead...create some sort of balance in life...jobs come and go...friends, health and life is forever...enjoy what you do, stand tall and proud...because only you can control your destiny and no one can take away your pride and passion...no one...

...so in the end make the choice which best suits you..not the people around you..you are a very talented person, although young your future is bright and full of life..I hope this comes clear for you...good luck my friend. Anytime you want to sit down and shoot the ****, you have many friends including me...good luck...

 

Forget about cars, forget about the board - the last semister is the toughest and you're going to hate yourself if you fail a single course as it will really screw things up.

Get the degree then try to fihure out what you want to be when you grow up - I still don't know and I've asking that question for a long, long time.

Just get the piece of paper!

 

..ok I didn't now you had three months left...fininsh school, take the summer off then decide what your life is about..at least you'll have school to fall back on...

 

Yes...
I agree with everyone
but finish school first... that way you have something to fall back on

now get off the computer and do your homework damn it.

 

thanx a lot guys ...

there is no doubt that i will finish my degree .... i didnt spend god knows how many thousands of dollars and the best 5 years of my life for nothing ... i never said anything about quitting school !!

but sometimes i wonder if i just threw away 5 years getting a degree in something that isnt my true passion in life !? cuz i sure as hell dont get a kick out of writing code and designing algorithms... so i ask myself this question, am i gonna be miserable for the rest of my life if i stay on this path !???

maybe its just the pressure of moving on to the next stage of life .... for the first 22 years its all been the same .. school .. school .. and school. no real responsibilities, no real worries.. just taking out student loans and spending half of it on school ..

but the whole idea behind graduation, and applying for full time jobs and sh*t like that really gets to u .. and in my case, i wonder if thats what i really wanna be doing for the rest of my life ..

mostly, im afraid of not being able to succeed in this field due to lack of interest ... but every job i've had (and i've had quite a few REAL programming jobs) i've succeeded in greatly ... i dont know whats gotten into me all of a sudden

anyway.. just needed to get it out

thanx for listening.

 

Payam I know exactly how you feel, working on my car makes me the happiest person in the world, even when its falling apart, I always just wanna find out what is wrong & fix it. I am not some dumb mechanic that most people take me & you for, the difference between us & people like Gerry Charlesworth is that we always wanna find challanges in the automotive industry. I'll tel you why you love cars so much, as a computer programmer you always want to see results from what you do, you make a program, you write a code, you see it at work. No different here, now that we can acctually tune cars & acctually find out how everything works(noone yet knows everything) you can change things in the tune & see it at work, you can always think where you want to port (heads) & think of how that will affect airflow, you always want to chose that right cam that will give you the best BSFC & best BMEP, always thinking how you can take the best intake charge & keep it in the cylinder, compress it, & than get rid of it all, & prevent detonation at the same time. My God, this is what always keeps us up at night, especially when you find a problem that only you & noone else could of fixed, you always want to cry because it was you that solved the problem, did the nessesary & saw results, just like when you are programming except you are dealing with real life. I feel your pain, we aren't some retard mechanics that take an o2 out cuz they saw a code & replaced it with a new one & be happy, we aren't happy when we have to fix cars, but only improve them. When you fix that problem that noone elses car would of had but yours because your car is unique, & no mechanic could fix it because this is not a matter of a broken part but a matter of how you made out your setup to be, when you isolate that problem, deal with it, & make it out to what you wanted it to be, you're more than satisfied, your at the point of tears. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't even call what we are having "problems" more like, setups, split blm? Not a problem, just a pattern to your own doing that only you can resolve.

I know Payam, but I say just understand your pation & know that in a few month, you'll be able to build on your knowledge & be the best you can be, to be able to achieve the undesirable is to make something of yourself aswell, not just the opposite which we always feel is best.

 

yes this forum...makes it hard to do homework........and even sleep....I always find myself on here making fun of either armin or matt late at night......what am i thinking.....round 33 will be tonight........but seriously payam just do your work.you only have 3 months..... I still have over 2 years

 

Ok Todd, we all know you have the fastest car out there

 

no
I DO!