On: Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS major, what should I know?

[paulcole]

The best advice I can give is do not take advice from anyone who graduated college more than 10 years or so ago. The problem is that their advice is woefully out of date and even worse, they’re incredibly confident that it’s still useful advice.

Most people are wrong about most things most of the time. Keep that in mind when listening to any advice (yes I am aware of the irony).

[paulcole → erikbye]

Among other idiocy, I've been told:

• Look in the Wall Street Journal want ads for a job

• Find an older person who wants to rent out a room in their home for $300 a month

• Walk into the office with a resume and ask to talk to a hiring manager

All spoken like it's gospel.