I'm about to get a burnout I suppose.
I just can't handle the amount of things we need to master in very near dead lines anymore. It's too much.
I've spend about 3 years with this year now. I am thinking of dropping it, because my grades only get worse, but on the other hand I had my dream of attending an university plus all the years that I've kind of lost here...
I can feel how the veins around my brain are full with pressure.

BTW. I'm thinking of dropping it and beginning an apprenticeship as a developer. But before that maybe an internship in that company xor taking one year free to fly to China and to the US to get my brain free.

Would you like to give me an advise, @bittersweet

1. What are you studying?
2. Burnout is normal, it is (at least) 4 years doing similar things, with potentially increasing difficulty. You just have to learn to relax, play some videogames or whatever makes you forget about work for a while, and when motivation kicks back (sadly for me, it's usually around 1-2AM), just take advantage of it.
3. ++ Just for the use of xor.

Really no idea how to give advice without knowing everything in detail.

How long until you're finished? Do you have an idea how easy/hard it is to find work that you like in your area? Do you have any tuition debt? Can you easily take a 1y break from your education? etc

The feeling of burning out should be taken seriously, but breaking off education is also a life altering decision not to be taken too lightly.

It's impossible for people on the internet to say "you should do x".

@aritzh

1) I am attending a technical college and majoring in IT. I'm almost in the last year.
Have been 2 years there. Another one year to go.
2) video games. I wish I could stick to that. But since I'm a student, I'm addicted to learn new things all the time. I have time to play games. I just built an indescribable form of addiction towards studying.
3) haha appreciate it :)

@bittersweet
1)There is one year left.
2)... tbh not really. I'm aiming at concerns to make a good start in my apprenticeship. But I'm assuming that a concern would rather pick students who are more qualified than me.
3)nope. I don't have that.
4)Also nope.

We have a big company just 20 kms away. They are offering an apprenticeship for software engineers. That's what I'm aiming for when plan A should die.

Plan A: Fight until I can't do it anymore in college.
Plan B: Apply for an apprenticeship there.
Plan C: Apply for an apprenticeship in webdev in a company that's in the same city
Plan D: Take a break from everything and fly to different countries to get my head free for a year

@-ANGRY-CLIENT-

My advice would still depend highly on how much of a an autodidact/natural you are in development.

There's a bit of an academic knowledge vs practical skill divide in the market, some people aim for the "architect" positions, for which you need less hands-on xp, and degrees really help.

Webdev on the other hand often requires less academical knowledge, if you feel comfortable with any popular backend/frontend framework you can usually land a job.

Once you have your first year under your belt at a company, degrees start to matter a bit less, the practical experience can replace it for many positions. But there is risk involved, if they kick you out of an apprenticeship for some reason, it might get difficult.

@-ANGRY-CLIENT-

If you have some funds, I would certainly travel around the startup hotspots, see which city you like. Update your LinkedIn, bug some recruiters, see if they can get you some interviews.

Don't run in without sleeping a few nights over it! Just use potential interviews to gauge your current options, market value and job security.

A few people in my company actually stopped their education because they felt that it was holding them back -- and after an interview, I hired them with a contract because I agreed.

TL;DR:

Pro: Some companies might not see it as a negative, and in my opinion the negative tends to fade away after ~1y of working experience anyway.

Con: It does increase risk during that year, and it might severely limit immediate entrance to software/infra architect positions.

@bittersweet sorry for the late reply...

Thanks :). I will think over it again.