Totally agree with Robert, Ivan. When I was about your age, I was a pretty lazy kid too (my grades were good, though... notch one up for my b/s ability :-) and when I told my mum I wanted to do Engineering she was really worried I'd make a complete hash of it.... found out I loved the stuff (from maths to electronics to software) went on to graduate among the youngest at my Uni, got a PhD too and now I'm happily working here at Google (and, yes, it's as good as they say it is :-) but we do aggressively select based on CS degrees, top colleges and high grades).
Bottom line is, don't believe what anyone would tell you about intelligence and being "born with it": that's nonsense -- it's all down to hard work, dedication and passion -- get on working on your grades, pick a good College and put your head down to do the best as you can. And when you're done, send us your CV, we're always looking for smart guys :-) On a separate note: Josh, you're a star teacher, I really wish there were more like you! On Apr 23, 8:35 am, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > Ivan, > > All the big companies (Google, Microsoft, IBM, etc) only hire folks > with degrees. Google and MS are fairly particular about hiring kids > with good track records from good schools. Better pull that GPA up > ASAP, get a good ACT/SAT (you can practice those for better scores, > it's not all raw ability) and make a plan for going to college. If > you haven't already contacted your target schools (and yes, you should > target multiple) and found out _exactly_ what you need to do to get in > by early junior year of HS, your chances drop to slim to nil. You > gotta get on top of it ASAP! Pay attention now and you'll thank > yourself for many years to come. > > On Apr 22, 7:37 pm, Ivan Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Miguel: Thanks for the encouragement! > > I am working on an Android game right now. > > I'm thinking about college, because I would really like to work for > > Google. > > But I'm not sure that will happen, my grades are quite bad (about 2.5 > > GPA). > > > On Apr 22, 6:48 pm, Miguel Morales <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Congratulations guys! You're on your way to build some great stuff. > > > I really wish I had a good computer teacher in High School, lucky! > > > Keep it up and you might not even need to go to college (MIT or > > > something would be cool though) to make good money. > > > I wrote my first program at 15 and never finished High School, now I > > > make more money than most college graduates, best of luck to you! > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Eddie Ringle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, I'm 15 (will be 16 in May), and I haven't made much just yet, > > > > but that is more due to the target audience of my app (GitHub users) > > > > and the fact that a free version is available. I only make money if > > > > someone chooses to buy the donate version (there are ads on the free > > > > verison, but they aren't really effective). Good job though. :) > > > > > On Apr 21, 8:26 pm, joshbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > > > > >> I'm writing a curriculum this year that is designed to get high- > > > >> achieving 8th grade students to write and publish > > > >> Android apps. One of my students broke the $50 this week. > > > > >> Here's an article: > > > > >>http://www.neisd.net/ComRel/News/Krueger_PaidApp_10.htm > > > > >> He's basically spent the last 2 months camped out in my computer lab, > > > >> but hard work pays off for sure. > > > > >> I'm doing my best to document my instruction through YouTube > > > >> athttp://linuxclassroom.com > > > > >> Thanks all, > > > >> Josh Beck > > > > >> -- > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> For more options, visit this group > > > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > --http://diastrofunk.com,http://developingthedream.blogspot.com/,http:/..., > > > ~Isaiah 55:8-9 > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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