Quote Originally Posted by solodave View Post
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?
Honestly, I don't remember. I'm one of those geeks that started out on a old TRS80 and I've been dabbling at it ever since. I do recall that I originally went to school with the idea that I would become a radio engineer, but Chemistry kicked my tail and I found that I could actually make money doing what I already was doing -- programming computers -- So, I switched. From there I just got a job and started climbing the ladder.