[bcwarner]

The most use I've gotten out of it was when I had it on my bookshelf in my Zoom background while TAing a class I think. One of the head TAs recognized it and asked if I had actually read it, and I told him I managed to read through volume 1 once and not solve many of the problems, which took about 3 months reading ~10 pgs/day. He was still impressed, and I think it helped me get the head TA role after he graduated, as he nominated me for it.

In terms of actual programming use, not much, but I still haven't read the other volumes yet.

[lupire]

Shouldn't TA jobs be handed out based on you knowledge and teaching and management ability, not fashion prejudice?

[bcwarner]

Yeah stuff like that is handed out on competence, when it came to situation, there were a few other equally qualified candidates who had been TAing that class. It worked out so we all held head TA at one point. TAOCP in the background probably played a tiny role if anything, but it's the one distinguishing event I remember, which is strange and funny to think about.