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On Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:17:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> My university computer science courses left me quite disillusioned.
> Between my second and third years I managed to land a summer job
> programming in a small shop in the real world.  For my third year I
> arranged my schedule so that I had Thursdays off, and continued to work
> at my part-time programming job.  There was no fourth year -
> I dropped out and went full-time, and have been programming ever since.

My 'formal' computer education consisted of a FORTRAN IV course in '65. I 
wasn't impressed. It took about ten years and an industry shift from 
hardware controls to software to pique my interest.

A shot at graduate school was similar. It didn't take long to realize the 
curricula had no bearing on what I was doing or ever wanted to do.