[marginalia_nu]

Different strokes I guess? I was always much more into the books and was put off by having to experiment. (Then I did go on to study theoretical physics ...)

[AlbertCory]

For sure. I switched from E.E. into Math/CS partly because no lab experiments that you can't get to "work." It's all in your brain.

I chalk that up to immaturity. Or maybe the way labs were run back then; not sure.