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Re: The subtle disadvantages of being a FIRST Alumni
I'm a freshman in college too, and I can see where you're coming from. After doing FIRST, I'm used to waking up at 7, doing 7 hours of classes, then 4 hours of FRC, then rushing through my homework in 2 hours to get in another 3 hours of CAD before bed. I became really ruthlessly efficient at getting stuff done whenever I had a free moment, and although I've become a bit more lazy since build season, my attitude is still definitely work first, fun second. I do my work efficiently and as soon as it comes out, and often find myself with a lot of extra time on my hands.
Even though I'm taking what a lot of people would consider really hard classes, my roommate and my friends sometimes jokingly ask me if I just never have homework. The reality is I already know a good fraction of the material, and know how to work efficiently. I am bored sometimes. I know where you're coming from.
It sounds to me more like you're burnt out rather than just too advanced for your peers. Try to do stuff in your major that you find fun, side projects and the like. Remind yourself why computer science is fun and worth spending your life doing. Doing that will probably make the intro courses a lot easier to sit through. Even if you already know the material, you can still learn the best way to teach it to other students.
If you really are just too too advanced, write a thesis and get a PhD. Then go out and get a professorship.
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