I'm a UCF CS alumni. I failed the foundation exam twice. I did nothing but working on my own side projects. Today I run a company that helps others work on their side projects. It's backed by Y-Combinator.

Yo, I'm [Farza](https://x.com/farzatv?lang=en). I was at UCF from 2014 - 2018.

I failed the foundation exam twice. I suffered through discrete math 1 + 2. I know the struggles deeply lol.

I'm the dude on the left lol (this was after we got 2nd place at Joust at UCF for a random idea!)


Everything about CS was a struggle for me. I was not a natural. I wasn't that kid coding since I was 12.

But, I loved tinkering.

So, during my time at UCF I did nothing but just work on shit that I was passionate about -- random AR iOS apps, training deep learning models for video games, building dumb websites for my favorite games.

In fact, nearly everything I learned about programing came from these projects.

I'm telling you all this, because, I'm sure there are many of you on this subreddit who might feel similar.

Everyone always says "work on your side projects" but it's hard -- it can be lonely af.

So I made this thing called [buildspace](https://buildspace.so/) -- where you can work on your side projects on your nights & weekends after school/work.

You'll get to be around a bunch of other people working on their side projects/hobbies.

6 weeks. Any idea. Each week we have a lecture, and a workshop (design, marketing, writing, growth)

Fully remote/global. **Any idea goes. Doesn't matter if you're building rockets, an ai app, or starting an e-commerce store making cute diaries.**

It's free.

Starts June 15.

Check it out:

[https://buildspace.so/begin](https://buildspace.so/begin)