TL; DR:
Time and Energy in College as a Developer
You’re juggling classes, maybe freelancing, maybe a part‑time job, maybe family obligations. Some weeks feel like 12 hours a day, back to back.
I get it. I've been in university grinding out homework for classes I'm not excited about, wrapping up lab reports, and cramming for exams. In the workplace, I’ve had on‑call shifts that start at 6 a.m. and days packed with meetings until 6 p.m. Regardless of work or school, it’s not sustainable if you don’t build guardrails.
The goal here is simple: focus your time and energy so you actually make progress -- in school, in skill building, and in your career runway.
This isn't a silver bullet, but I have thoughts based on my own path and coaching a lot of early‑career engineers. In fact, I talked about this recently on Code Commute in response to a submitted question:
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