I don't really agree with this for all people. I'm sure it's true for some, but I'm less sure that it's widely applicable. I got a CS degree from a fairly well

I don't really agree with this for all people. I'm sure it's true for some, but I'm less sure that it's widely applicable. I got a CS degree from a fairly well ranked (somewhere in the 25-50 range) school. For context, I went to school several years later in life than most undergrads, but I wasn't a developer during the intervening years. I came into university with nothing more than a hobbyist's knowledge, but through continued extracurricular activities and paid internships, I kept myself perpetually well ahead of the curve. 1. True, and the ability to complete over-engineer undergrad CS projects just because you have the time to do so is often a lot of fun. 2. Didn't work that way at all for me. I already had a better theoretical understanding than the undergrad curriculum was designed to teach me, so I was constantly bored. I didn't even do particularly well in the theory-focused classes because tests often asked to regurgitate what the class taught rather than asking for an explanation of the theory that was the subject of the class. 3. I find this one utterly baffling. How anyone could consider studying (as distinct from learning!) a privilege is totally beyond me.