Will there be time during my studies (university) to earn money as a programmer?

Question

IT education

I’m going to the 1st year, to an engineering institute for full-time (full-time) education (a lot of physics and mathematics), will I have time, for example, with a flexible schedule, at least for half the rate, to work (the city is very rich in the IT-sphere in Russia) or freelance? Are there those who have time to study and work?

Answer 1

Those who have time - of course there are. Whether you succeed or not is up to you. If your school curriculum went well, there are no holes in basic knowledge, then it is quite possible that everything will work out.
Usually, when moving from school to university, the difference in workload and teaching method is clearly visible. If at school the load is small and everyone is pulled by the ears to show academic performance in the class, then at the institute, in general, they don’t give a damn about you. The lectures were reprimanded, the material was given - and walk until the tests. On which they will shake and put what happens. Flying out of the institute, unlike school, is easy.
Therefore, count on employment as soon as possible by the second year, when you already get comfortable and get used to the study regimen.

Answer 2

Few.
If you hope to live on it - it's not easy. I would not expect that you will be able to earn enough time.
If you really want to learn.

Answer 3

time that at school that at the university the car

Answer 4

Starting to work already during your studies is very useful. So you will come to the end of the university as an adult, and not as a schoolboy who has aged five years.
But it is desirable - not to the detriment of study. It is not necessary to pull on a red diploma (in the humanities at a technical university it makes no sense to break into a rush), but in no case should you lose the entire value of education by buying tests. Higher education can only be obtained independently, the university helps in this, but does not interfere with passing it by and to no avail.
If you can earn some scholarship supplements, fine. If at the same time you get real experience - generally fine. For the future.

Answer 5

starting from the 1st year, you will have course projects, as an option, try to negotiate with the teacher so that the task that you solve there coincides with some real project from "life", I believe that it is possible to find one by talking with a representative of some employer ... At first, you will have to spend time simply for experience, after a certain amount of success achieved, the first "monetization" of your experience should appear ...