Comment College Interfered With My Education (Score 1) 359
At least that's what I tell people, but frankly, that's where I learned to write programs. I got a D+ in the only formal programming course I took (Fortran), but I also learned (a) Basic, (b) PL/I (fat lot of good that does me now , (c) How to Write Programs (the Tao of programming, if you will), and (d) that I was good at (c). (I got the D+ for other reasons more related to laziness and a certain girl than because I couldn't wrap my head around Fortran.) So I guess it wasn't a complete waste.
On the other hand, this was 4-5 years before the first widescale microcomputers caught on, so I also tell people my particular career field hadn't even been invented yet when I went to college the first time.
College can be a worthwhile experience, but it isn't for everyone. There are times when it isn't even for the people who would benefit by it. I got a lot more out of college the second time around than when I was spending my parents' money.
-- An Ominous Cowbird
On the other hand, this was 4-5 years before the first widescale microcomputers caught on, so I also tell people my particular career field hadn't even been invented yet when I went to college the first time.
College can be a worthwhile experience, but it isn't for everyone. There are times when it isn't even for the people who would benefit by it. I got a lot more out of college the second time around than when I was spending my parents' money.
-- An Ominous Cowbird
