Education
From WhyNotWiki
Before the clock strikes twelve (http://www.pjhyett.com/posts/210-before-the-clock-strikes-twelve) (2006-12-31).
Some year-end reflection for computer science students:
Grades are irrelevant, the things you do outside of class will almost always be more beneficial to your future
I missed a lot of high-school football games learning how to write PHP well. I also missed a fair share of college parties reading about Ruby, because I wanted to. Had I not done that, I probably would have a lot more friends back home, but then I would not be working for CNET two thousand miles away having more fun than I could have imagined.
The language that your curriculum is built around is on its way to becoming/already obsolete
I was taught C++, need I say more? The college converted to Java just this year and they’re about six years too late, so don’t expect to be prepared for your job based upon what you’ve learned in school. All of the skills I need I learned on my own (Ruby, Rails, CSS, XHTML, Javascript, SQL)
How true.
[edit] [question (category)] How much of what I "learned" in school can I actually still remember?
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