Funny they should mention this, when I first went to college I majored in Horticulture, the idea being that I would one day be an organic farmer. Turns out tha

Funny they should mention this, when I first went to college I majored in Horticulture, the idea being that I would one day be an organic farmer. Turns out that's a lousy way of learning the trade. They'll teach you a little bit of the hands-on stuff, but pretty soon it's all plant physiology. If you really wanted to learn, you had to go out and farm, not learn how the Krebs cycle works. So, after having worked as a farmhand for a few other farmers, I dropped out, tried share-farming for a while. Worked well, other than the fact that the drought in Texas was breaking records, which wasn't good if you're growing vegetables, not to mention the high-temps and a lack of a greenhouse. In 6 months I was pretty much done for. Still, I learned a lot, so much so that I figured I was probably smart enough to major in something more intellectually stimulating, so I went with engineering, found out I like programming a lot, and eventually settled in Computer Science. Long story short, I think he's onto something, farming isn't just physically demanding, it requires thought, especially if you don't want to use nasty chemicals. I may not be the best coder in the bunch, but I've found I can figure it out a little faster than classmates who brag that they learned their first language when they were in grade school. I learned my first language, C, when I was 21.