I remember my college gf was really interested in FPGAs and was always talking to profs and their colleagues to get access to their tech stacks to play around,

I remember my college gf was really interested in FPGAs and was always talking to profs and their colleagues to get access to their tech stacks to play around, just to learn. I think she eventually got a job at a networking company like Cisco or other so hopefully got full time access.