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As a corollary, can anyone list people have been successful without going through the normal establishment method of formal schooling and certification? It seem
by genieyclo 16y ago
As a corollary, can anyone list people have been successful without going through the normal establishment method of formal schooling and certification? It seems most of these people saying that education is in a state of revolution and how you can learn from OCW and other online resources instead of from Podunk U or Podunk HS haven't actually taken this path themselves...
- Ixiaus 16y agoWalter Pitts was a renowned self-educated logician and helped create the foundations for Artificial Intelligence. Read his story (he's relatively recent).
- MaysonL 16y agoEd Fredkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fredkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fredkin (Caltech dropout after 1 year, joined the Air Force, became a fighter pilot, got assigned to Lincoln Labs, wrote the first PDP-1 assembler, then became a full professor at MIT).
- collint 16y agoI'll let you know when I'm done. So far, as a high school drop-out I've figured out how to code, and I can say the years I have had in the field have given me a competitive edge on my peers. ( in terms of qualifications and hourly rate ) But I'm about as happy as an employee as I was being a student. I can do better for myself. Still have some things I want to learn. I'm focused now on building my own business. As of late the web has become a great resource to learn about this. Things like the LAN startup movement and the recent surge in interest in the four steps to the epiphany have been wonderful. I'll let you know how it goes when I'm done.