| firebush03 said: An unfortunate consequence of this system, however, is that grades aren't always perfect. I never go below "B", but I'm not typically hitting an "A", b/c I'm usually fixated on long-term results as opposed to short-term; i.e. if I'm not finished with a homework assignment, I take the hit and move on at my own pace. I won't stay up all night trying to work to a deadline, I only work as comfortably as I feel I can. Works great for ensuring strong final exam scores, but everything else gets weighed down. It's a stupid system which rewards those who choose to work uncomfortably/unhealthily hard. I feel based on the way I've described my work ethic here, it wouldn't be correct to truly call it an "addiction". I know I'm the one who called myself a "workaholic", but I speak in hyperbole every so often. |
Ah you're still in school. I dropped out of university in my 3rd year, quit as it wasn't going anywhere. (First AI course they added to the curriculum, ran out of steam year 3) and went to work at a software startup at 22.
Anyway slow down when you get a job. Plus all the extra work I did in university didn't matter at all later on. (Probably because the field was so new, yet I learned more from work than in university)
