should i start an engineering degree at 23 ?
i’m 23f , i didn’t really do good in high school not because i couldn’t but i didn’t care enough to try . after high school i did a year of nursing and i didn’t like it and i also did a year of computer science and tbh i was very depressed and it was all online i had no motivation to learn or study so i dropped out . both were at college btw. intook off another year for jaw surgery and another year bc my brother passed . i’m 23 now lol . i was gonna apply to dental hygiene school - 18 month program and they make good money and i work in the field right now as an assistant manager as a dental office . but i’ve always wanted to be an engineer . i dont know like i never really tried at school ngl and im doing dental hygiene besides it seems like the smart choice . not because of interest or anything else . i dont want to do it but i will because it seems like the smartest choice for me right now because i dont have a degree .
i make around 65 k right now and i could
go into upper management but i dont want to. its very stressful in management and my job is pretty chill and i make okay money for my age.
i want to go back highschool and take the prerequisites for engineering and apply to universities and be an an engineer . i live in toronto so i have a lot of choices . but i don’t know if it’s what i should do . like with my heart i want to , i want to do something im interested and passionate about . it’s very hard work i know but i dont think im dumb . my older brother is a software engineer and he did computing engineering at uoft and i know of a few people that did engineering and i think its so cool . idk . i know computer engineering at uoft is a reach my older brother is very talented and smart and i am not on his level at all. i just dont know if its possible . like maybe tmu or york ?
should i just give up and do what’s most smart ? dental hygiene school. i’ve honestly been really struggling. i feel like my life is going no where lol . everyone around me has graduated is getting married etc . i have always regretted not going to university and getting a degree . it’s truly my biggest insecurity. i feel so dumb all the time but i know im not you know . i know degrees don’t get jobs and my friends that have degrees are struggling but i want to learn . my brain is so fried i feel like i haven’t learned anything in sooo long . i want to be an engineer , specially computer engineer or software. like i want to challenge myself and im gonna be 27 when i graduate when hygiene school anyways . indont know . maybe im just feeling lost in life and grasping at straws but is it doable . i know it depends on disciple and me and my hard work and i truly want this so badly . i will work my ass off i don’t care if im 30 when i graduate because i will be proud of the career i work in and i will genuinely enjoy learning so much . i just need someone’s honest opinion lol .