DD’s boyfriend is in his first year of a computer science degree which he’s finding quite boring as he says he can already code, has taught himself lots of stuff before starting it. He’s also in the process of setting up his own business to do web site design/coding.
I think in an ideal world he’d have stayed doing the degree while seeing if he can get this company of his off the ground. I admire his ambition but also aware that a lot of companies might not succeed or be slow to take off.
His parents are getting divorced, his mum has moved in with a new bloke. His dad is selling the house and moving away (he lives at his dad’s at the minute and goes to the local uni). His dad has told him he needs to be totally financially independent in 12 months and won’t have anywhere to live and won’t get any money from his parents. They’re cutting him off. Because of his parent’s earnings he’s only entitled to the minimum student loan.
So he says he’ll leave his degree and get some sort of junior IT job, he’s adamant you don’t need a degree and it’s all about what you can actually do. But when we looked at some jobs on Indeed some said they needed a computer science degree. Others didn’t. So his plan is to get a junior job so he can support himself while hopefully his company takes off. If however his company doesn’t take off and he ends up working for others for ever will a lack of a degree hold him back?
I’m happy that he moves in here and I support him through the last 18 months of his degree and I’ve told him this. He says he doesn’t need a degree but I don’t know if he’s just being polite as he doesn’t want to be an imposition. I’m so angry with his parents that they’re putting him in this position.