It took me long enough

From about May until November.

Five months.

I got out of college and took a shit job for minimum wage. A job so easy that they hire retarded people to do it. The lack of mental stimulation combined with a high amount of stress from failing college shut my brain down, and when it woke up, it woke up to a hell that it determined to get itself out of.

It's very close to that now. I have a new job, which is ever more stressful but also mentally challenging and well paid. If I was full time I could be out on my own. I've also been slowly getting back into programming. I feel like I've forgotten a lot, but I know if I keep working at it i'll be able to dive as deep as I was in before college let out, if not go further. I don't want to be stuck doing shit jobs for shit pay for the rest of my life.

I did a few programming exercises from www.javabat.com today, and one from a programming challenge website. The problem is there are uninteresting, and reading my beginner C++ book is leading me to things I already know.

I know there are things I've forgotten, but there's a lot I still know how to do.

When I was in college, I was slowly working my way through a data structures and algorithms book. I have decided to pick up this book again, and start from the beginning. I haven't read but a few pages yet, but I think this is where I need to be. If anything is unfamiliar I can use the internet. There are also a lot of other textbooks I've picked up that I need to read through, as well.