The learning never stops - and that's a good thing (it would be boring if you were done at some point). In my case, I finished an M.Sc. in computer science, an

The learning never stops - and that's a good thing (it would be boring if you were done at some point). In my case, I finished an M.Sc. in computer science, and really loved all the subjects we were exposed to. When I graduated, I had decided to go back and do a Ph.D. to be able to continue learning about cool stuff. But I worked in industry several years before going back, and loved that too. I quit the Ph.D. program after one year, mostly because I liked working in industry better. And by that time (yes, it took me that long), I had realized that learning doesn't have to take place at school/university. You can keep learning your whole career, which is one of the things I love about being a programmer - it never gets boring.