My son just approaches the world and problem solving from a very different perspective. I think he would be brilliant in security for this very reason...but I don't think I can get him back to CC, which is like High School on steroids. Nor do I want him living in my garage at age 30.
Since he is already on a computer 10 hours aday, on=line classes semed like a no brainer. How did your classmates/Frat brothers do?
Keep in mind that schools like Duke have online schools. I know kids that have full blown asbergers and do well with the right environment. They need an understanding boss and some basic skills.
I am borderline Aspbergers. When I was a kid, they thought I was autistic. In my teen years, I became an actor because I needed something to do. I forced myself out of my shell. If we had computers back then, who knows where I would be. Probably in a bad situation.
I do some computer security. I’ve had the SANS classes. Our computer security people are the most outgoing of the group because they are in so much demand. I couldn’t do it. I don’t like people that much and I abhor telephones.
I found that I loved to write computer code while I was in college thanks to my girlfriend at the time. But I graduated college with a 2.0 GPA. It was very hard to stay focused but I grew into it. It has to be something you love to do. I still build all of my own computers.
Here’s what worked for me. My parents never told me what to do. They paid for me to go to college and I made it on my own. I really needed to be on my own.
Buy him a backpack, a tent and a sleeping bag and dump him on the Appalachian Trail for a month. He’ll knuckle down after that.
He is acclimated then for a cube job! If he likes computer games consider a job skill for the gaming industry which is growing. Games are a bigger business than the movie industry now. Business IT is no longer good for entry level workers. This has become dominated by Indians, both on and offshore, that compete on cheaper price. IT has been very good to me but I'm planning to go back to school to formally learn investing skills. I can see the end of the line coming for me in IT.