[eek2121]

Agreed, though disagree about the database class thing. I got a C in my class. I was a DBA at the time and definitely knew my shit. That was kind of the issue. He was teaching by the book with no regard to the database engine used. I was using SQL Server and MySQL daily.

There was a fundamental disconnect. I approached a class project differently not only because I was a DBA, but I am neurodivergent. Because my design didn’t align with his expectations, I got a C.

I had a 4.0 GPA prior to that, but that made me realize I wasn’t a fit for college.

Good thing as well because I am debt free today.

[20after4]

I also got a C in my cs relational databases class. I also got more out of that class than just about any other in CS. I'm still kind of mad about it though. We had a group project assignment and our group had far-and-away the best project, of which I did 90% of the work. My bad grade came down to just one thing: the class required us to use Oracle and I refused on moral grounds.

[AdrianB1]

I failed COBOL in college in a similar situation: I was professionally writing COBOL, my project was too divergent from what the teacher expected. I took that exam 3 times to barely pass. Good times, good times.

[doubloon]

i took compilers and prof wanted us to write lexer code by hand for a specific language. instead i wrote a generic lexer generator and fed in the language definition to generate the lexer code, got a bad grade for not following instructions. it seems kind of funny now but at the time i was rather cross.