What I would have done differently in college, standard Friday Night re-regret edition

  • Summer before: CompTIA, maybe it would've taken 2 summers to complete 
  • Summer before: CtrlPaint, Blender Donuts, Drawabox
  • Other summers: Working on other security certs
  • Same major: Computer Science, Animation And Games Emphasis
  • Same minors: Math and Creative Writing
  • Additional minors: IT, physics (OR double major with Mechanical Engineering, if BYU had let me), Design (if BYU hadn't dropped it) 
  • Once getting accepted into CS Animation, never stopping daily art practice ever. Film class doesn't count. Homework doesn't count. Doesn't matter how busy you are
  • Stayed consistent with exercise (Running + Lifting) 
  • Taken Scripting, 3D Animation, Intermediate Graphics, etc. Maybe even Digital Sculpting and Digital Painting. 
  • Made a demo reel AS I WENT 
  • Tried to take University Band every semester instead of just "when it fit" 
  • Internships earlier. Possibly: IT, then software engineering, animation, FAANG, theme park design. 
  • I probably would've dropped the Spanish fluency cert earlier because it was just too intense at BYU with all the RMs who went to South America, then tried it again at a community college. 

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