Sure, but what's "harder", slogging mindlessly 8 hours a day dealing with the public for 10 years, or hanging out in a cafe with buddies memorizing text books f

Sure, but what's "harder", slogging mindlessly 8 hours a day dealing with the public for 10 years, or hanging out in a cafe with buddies memorizing text books for 5 years, then coming in at 11am and playing ping pong building software for 5 years?