tw_indian_eng

SF will eat you alive :)

I'm American and I hated my CS program and university town. It was mostly immaturity on my part, but I had the same problems with US culture that you do which had a negative effect on my mental health. I would have preferred to be in Europe but I wasn't ready to live so far away from home.

You should go home, for the sake of your mental health. Especially if there is a chance that you could do a CS program in an European university. You'll have a support network there and you'll feel more comfortable in the culture. Do some growing up, then come back to the US.

If you do stay in the US, I recommend antidepressants and therapy (Don't cringe, I am speaking from experience here) Apply for CS programs at bigger schools like UIUC, U of M, or one of the U of C campuses. Stay away from SF until you've graduated.

You are not wrong. Remember you will have a forty-year long career and technologies will come and go. Get a good foundation and you'll be able to do anything you want. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language is still a good book and it's 40 years old.

If you really like Linux, work through https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/ at least once. That's another thing that almost no one ever does.

I would recommend that you master English. You have a solid foundation but you what you have written demonstrates that you have not learned to use proper grammar or punctuation. I live in the US and work in the software industry. I have worked with at least 100 young Indians like you, and I haven't encountered a single one who has mastered reading and writing in English. Read classic and modern English-language novels and non-fiction that interests you. When you write in English, pay close attention to spelling and punctuation. Write the way they do in the books you read. It is not the same as the way people speak in videos or in daily life. Do that, and you will always have a one-up on your peers. Your self-esteem will increase, and you will have your choice of whatever field you choose to pursue.

After that, focus on Python :)