> CS experience and education I will add that the experience and education can be gained outside of a classroom. I managed to teach myself everything I know an

> CS experience and education I will add that the experience and education can be gained outside of a classroom. I managed to teach myself everything I know and have been a valuable employee at various large companies in a major US city and I never attended school (see previous comments). In the end though what I really did was get lucky that I was born a fast learner.