You are either an (intellectual) Giant or need to stand on the shoulders of Giants. Go to a UNIVERSITY, not just a college. Learn theory, not application. Lean how to learn. Learn how to code like an architect, not like a digital janitor.
Then take what you have learned after 5 years, not 4, and create your own solutions to real world problems using modern tools (computation) and known solutions (amalgamating the work of Giants).
I made a career out of the a few simple concepts: Set Theory (Cantor), Cartesian cross products (Descartes), Empirical categorization (Locke), Validity versus Soundness (Frege).
Then take what you have learned after 5 years, not 4, and create your own solutions to real world problems using modern tools (computation) and known solutions (amalgamating the work of Giants).
I made a career out of the a few simple concepts: Set Theory (Cantor), Cartesian cross products (Descartes), Empirical categorization (Locke), Validity versus Soundness (Frege).

