And your spending number comes from where? My kids all work and one of them also plays a sport in college so I am not particularly sympathetic… my daughter isn’t working ON campus this year (it was her first year college sports so we weren’t sure what the schedule would be like) however she worked and saved all summer for spending $$ (and on holiday break will work too) … but she is already looking forward to a small PT job on campus next year – she said many of the girls on her team have them and the school is very accomodating on the class and sports schedule.
On the one hand, ClassicRockerDad is right on the last sentence of his second post. From the perspective of a software development and/or gaming company, a portfolio of developed games or games in development (even done at home in one’s own time) is far more valuable than time spent flipping burgers.
However, the issue with that kind of thinking is that these things are not mutually exclusive - it is very possible for someone to work 10 hours a week to make some spending money AND spend some time developing their own games in their spare time. And burger flipping and retail are only two kinds of jobs…a college student with an entrepreneurial spirit can find all kinds of other ways to make money besides working at a fast food joint. Reading how to start a business can be valuable; learning how to run a business by working with someone who already has one is even better, for example. Lots of startups will hire college students as interns or part-timers.
I mean, if you need money…you work. That’s the basics. It’s unrealistic and immature to expect your parents to foot the bill for both your college education AND your spending money while you sit around and do only what you want to do.
Another option I forgot about: Apple hires at-home college advisors, specifically targeted towards college students at participating universities. https://www.apple.com/jobs/us/college_advisor.html. (Apple also hires regular at-home advisors part-time, so even if your college doesn’t participate you could apply through the regular Apple at-home advisor program.)
My college aged child is taking six engineering classes and working. No reason in the world you cannot. I am with your dad on this one
The OP has not returned to this thread. I guess he didn’t get the responses he was hoping for, except from ClassicRockerDad.
Well…he did post on November 19…
But he seems to think his game development and getting a paying job can’t be done at the same time.
In my house, this student would not have a dime of discretionary spending money.
Getting a paying job AND working on starting his little business…and finishing his college degree can ALL be done at the same time.
According to a post on August 25, this student is attending a community college. Seems to me there should also be a small part time job he could do within his community.
Or maybe he can do yard work, babysit, or something like that.
My daughter, a college sophomore, has two minors and is in the school’s honor program. She still manages to work 10 hours a week in the campus art gallery. She mainly has to sit at the front desk and welcome visitors, so she’s free to study and do homework a lot of the time. She wants to save enough money that she can off some of her student loans before she graduates.
If you’re still out there OP, I get that 10 hours a week is not just 10 hours a week. One has to commute to/from job, perhaps power down/back up to what you’re doing before you went to job. So yes 10 hours a week maybe 11/12. You should still be able to handle this without breaking a sweat.
You should get some kind of job. With both our daughters we expected them to contribute $1000 each year toward their college education. Both daughters had jobs in high school and during college. Having a job and earning your own money makes you appreciate what your parents are doing for you. You also appreciate just how much things actually cost. If your dad is fussing, it sounds like you are just sitting in front of a computer all the time. Don’t be so self absorbed.
Hard for you to appreciate this in the present, but should you get a job (menial) and become a successful entrepreneur, you will actually look back and appreciate what you did (or had to do) in order to get where you got. You’ll have strengthened your resolve and proved a grittiness or willingness to do what was necessary to pursue your dreams. That will be a great lesson to teach your children someday, one that your parents learned and are passing on to you. Take advantage of the benefit of their wisdom…and get a job!
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my Dad is now pressuring me to get a job because I need money <<
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Everybody needs money. That’s why they call it money. Get a job. Because as you yourself said:
“because I need money”
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You aren't wrong, but I would like to clarify that I have had a job before. I was laid off on my last job because the business closed down; however, that was about six months ago. <<
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So what? Why do you even mention this? Do you know what grownups do when they lose a job? They get another job.
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Now I would like to focus my attention onto my game development and starting my own business. I don't want to end up with a degree that was meant as a "back-up plan" with no progress on what I actually want to do. <<
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That’s nice. Now how do your future plans address your current need for money? Because as you said:
“I need money”
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When I'm not working on classwork, I'm programming games <<
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So you have spare time. Super. Get a job. Programming games in your free time isn’t getting you the money you say you need. If it did, it would be a “job” and therefore your dad would stop hassling you to get a job. How do you expect to get the money you say you need? From your parents?
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I'm a full time college student (that my parents pay for) <<
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Sounds like the Bank of Mom and Dad has its assets fully tied up in financing your education. Step up your game and get a job.
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I feel if I get a job on top of college I won't have any time to pursue what I actually want <<
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Need trumps want. And as you yourself said, you need money. Get a job. Your parents are doing more than enough.
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I feel if I get a job on top of college I won't have any time to pursue what I actually want <<
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This is life. As a grownup with a job, I don’t have as much time as I would like to pursue what I actually want either. I want to travel. I want to play golf. I want to go to the gym. I want to finish scrapbooks for my children. I want to bake three dozen cupcakes for the school bake sale. I want to volunteer in my community. I want to be at home with cookies and milk for my children when they come home from school.
Welcome to the real world.
I think the OP has left the room.
Maybe he is filling out job applications and gong to interviews 