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by ChrisMarshallNY 835 days ago
I had an art teacher that had a poster on his wall:

"An education is no substitute for intelligence."

Some of the smartest people that I've ever met, had little to no education.

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[waves to say hi]

I never studied computer science, I can't code a graph path-finding algorithm out of memory and yet I've been told by many former colleagues that I am one of the best programmers they ever met.

Which is quite hilarious because I still think I am quite bad, to this day, after 22 years of career. And no this is not humble-bragging, more like to outline how different our perspectives on ourselves can be from the perception of everyone else.

But this approach, I think, is what is keeping me intellectually honest. I am self-indulgent for like 2-3 days a year and the rest of the time I always think I have to learn yet another thing, and to practice it well.

I'm a high-school dropout. GED.

I have a couple of friends that are quite rich, and run a successful company. Both dropouts. I think that she never even got her GED.