In a similar vain, I don't regret "choosing" a non-elite uni (Oxford Brookes) which let me miss lectures and tutorials for 3 years, tinker with my own code all

In a similar vain, I don't regret "choosing" a non-elite uni (Oxford Brookes) which let me miss lectures and tutorials for 3 years, tinker with my own code all day, showing up only for exams and the final year project ("thesis"-wannabe-thingy) for a proper B.Sc. graduate degree. I did sometimes go to Ox open lectures and such, loved the overall high-brow intellectual vibe in town back then (2002-2005). But the workloads and schedules of my acquaintances there, oh my!