I know I'm being trolled, but sure, I'll jump in. My high school held me to high standards and introduced me to broad influences - beyond technology - that hel

I know I'm being trolled, but sure, I'll jump in. My high school held me to high standards and introduced me to broad influences - beyond technology - that help me see problems in a new light. Technically, I had access to a modern computer lab that let me try new things; when I found security holes, I didn't get kicked out but was tasked with fixing them. In undergrad, I took a program that taught every new computer science class in a different language - without teaching you the language; assuming you'd have to pick it up in order to learn the underlying concepts. That kept me on my toes, helped remind me that I wasn't an expert in everything, and made me much more agile in keeping up with the languages and technology that have come out since undergrad. (I graduated in 2001... so almost none of the languages I do my daily work in existed then.) In grad school, I expected to go in to study security but was exposed to infovis by joining a program known for it -- meaning I got to interact with people who knew the field forward and backward, giving me skills quickly, something to strive for, and a peek into the future of the field. This took my career in a different, and, I think, more exciting direction. So what great schooling enough? Of course not. I worked my tail off, took a variety of good and less good jobs, and tended to relationships outside of school that helped me find other ways to learn and to do. And we'll never know the counterfactual. But I can point to a bunch of specific ways where good schooling put me on a successful path, and I'm honestly surprised that the sentiment here is so negative.