I graduated with a degree in electronic and computer engineering in 1996 in the U.K. We did minimal software: a bit of Ada, Prolog, Z and Occam, 6502 assembler

I graduated with a degree in electronic and computer engineering in 1996 in the U.K. We did minimal software: a bit of Ada, Prolog, Z and Occam, 6502 assembler. Nothing substantial really. Tons of math, analog electronics and microprocessor design. I had a deep interest in electronics but went straight into software development. The degree gave me a valuable foundation, it has been tremendously useful at various points in my career. And in side-projects. It gave me an understanding of what lies beneath. And a skillset that many software dev contemporaries did not have. Some of the most interesting software is the stuff that connects to the physical world. Never worked in the UK. Spent a bunch of time in Germany now I'm in California, via Massachusetts. I wouldn't worry :-)