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Apparently I went to the wrong college. Note, I still _am_ in college, but nonetheless part of our learning was independent readiness. In my first non-basic pro
by Posibyte 14y ago
Apparently I went to the wrong college. Note, I still _am_ in college, but nonetheless part of our learning was independent readiness. In my first non-basic programming class, my professor taught us alongside our Operating System class how he built computer kits and sold them. We were taught legalese in the field, and the power of performance.
My school is very small, and our department is even smaller. We have very few students pass through our department each year (around 3), but we're pushed to be our own innovator in the world. While a lot of our schooling does involve how to work within a company, we learn just as much about being independent.
- stefan_kendall 14y agoI've heard great things about the Stanford school of business, and the entrepreneurship program specifically, but it was outside my purview and budget. I'm certain there are outliers to what I wrote, but I feel the majority of schools are just creating employees, and that's....sad.
- Posibyte 14y agoThe small class sizes are surely a boon to be had. I have a good direct relationship with all of my professors, and they monitor my progress closely. If I ever have issues, I'm meet personally with them to straighten them out. But to be perfectly clear, the best thing I could ever ask for is the ability to see my professors work live. One of my professors was a high-up manager for a very large insurance company, and the other was a good friend of Edsger Dijkstra, among others. One is an immense source of advice in practical software engineering, and the other can usually teach me a pattern to solve a problem in ten-times less code and more efficiently. And, due to the small size of my school, my semester-ly tuition is less than $2k. It might not look like much on a resume, but I've hit the jackpot of schools.