Originally Posted by
solodave
Thank you for your honesty. I didn't mean to offend you. In retrospect, using the term boring was probably inappropriate on a programming message board. I meant to say that I wanted a comprehensive education that would give me options, rather than pursue a narrow career path towards a sub-section of the programming industry that is, as you word it, .000001% percent of what's available.
Programming is fun, I'm quite fond of it, myself. And your advice is well understood: if you can't learn on your own, you're in the wrong place. I will take that to heart.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you get to where you are now in the programming industry?