I lack friends to discuss interests with. I want to study programming but have no peers in the field. They say “Hang around five billionaires, and you’ll become the sixth”, and I believe this statement is a crucial thing about personal development. Networking is not my strong point, and communities often gatekeep unexperienced newbies. So, how do I actually find interest-based buddies?
This is where school can come in handy. You don’t become a good programmer from learning school books. You become a good programmer by doing and being intrinsicly curious. What school can help with is networking. It brings you in contact with peers. You can work together with classmates, discuss code an nerd out with them. Community makes you a better programmer. Community is just as impirtant as code.