Gregory Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz>: > Chris Angelico wrote: >> You do NOT have to go to college before you start creating software. >> That is also not an opinion; it's a fact backed by a number of proven >> instances (myself included). > > Me, too. I started programming (a tiny homebrew machine) when I was > about 12 or 13. I was just starting to get exposed to algebra at > school then.
I thought I had programming covered when I entered college. I wondered if I'd be wasting my time and just collecting my diploma. However, after every year I realized I hadn't understood anything the year before. There was just such a wealth of understanding I never would have been able to come up with on my own. Then I graduated and joined the workforce. Since then, I have learned a thing or two, but I learned more during my first year in college than I have during the 25 since I left. What's more, everything I learned in college has been priceless in practical day-to-day work. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
