I was in this exact position when I was starting my first year of college. Western Digital offered me a job right after I graduated high school. It wasn't even a job I was considering because it was totally different than what I wanted to do. But the pay was great, especially as a first year, so I took the job because the incentives were lining up and I believed that the "pay" would make me happier. It ended up being the total opposite, I was not excited about anything I was doing and didn't want to do anything, but go home! To make matters worse anything that ticked you off at work, even if it's like a piece of hair on your tongue, you would complain about the job (even if it isn't to blame). I ended up quitting because I didn't see a future in it. It's not what I wanted to do.
In my experience, you should decline the offer and try to get your dream job. If you don't get accepted to your dream job, kindly ask them why and work even harder to get it!
It seems as if you don't enjoy what you are doing. I'm in college and this is my fourth year as a CSE (computer science/engineering major). The programming assignments should prepare you for the written exams/test and the real world industry. Computer Science/Engineering isn't limited to just writing programs, but understand the architecture and design patterns. If programming was a passion of yours, test/exams should be a breeze. I don't remember the last time I actually tried to cram/study for a test or even a final. It's because I was applying everything I had learned. The data structures and the concepts. I begin to read and understand how software works because I wanted to. Then I realized that I already learned a lot of the things they were telling me in class. So classes was just a practice/review.
I am 21 right now and am an entrepreneur. I am in a start up which started about a year ago. One thing I can tell you from my perspective is that my parents never encouraged me to be an entrepreneur. I think subconsciously the school teaches you if you want to be an entrepreneur or not. I learned that I would be a great entrepreneur from all the group projects I was leading ever since I was young. All the other kids would want to make me the "leader" and that encouraged me to take action. Also from my peers in college, they told me the dreadful stories of working in a big company. Many universities have entrepreneurship classes (believe it or not).
You should be happy whatever your child wants to do with his/her life. Whether it be an entrepreneur or flipping burgers in the streets. I think as a parent, it's your job to open doors for the child. Show them there is more than working for a big company, expose them to different roads. Then LET them choose what they want to be.
It's cool that you want to set aside Sunday's afternoon to "build stuff", but I would say also take them for "sports club", "art school", "music school". Don't limit them to what you want to be, open doors for them.
Very cool concept! At first I thought it was going to be like 2048, but it ended up being more of a challenge which I enjoy. Would love to see an app version of this
Congratulations to you! I think it's good to iterate that you said you love what you're doing. That's what matters most. When I was a kid and someone offered to by my paper made ninja stars, for $5 (it was a lot of money as a kid and still is) I couldn't sell it because I loved it! even though the materials probably added up to couple of cents.
