[ifyoubuildit]

> Also used a lot of industrial software that I would never afford licenses for.

That stuff is actually pretty cheap when compared to tuition, no?

[vasco]

No, specially vs €1k/yr which is what I paid. Just the electronics software related licenses I had access to with Cadence and Xillinx would be over €10k per MONTH.

[ryathal]

not really, especially when you add them all up and hardware to run them on. Sure, you can find some cheaper open-source alternatives for some things, but the lack of exposure to the more commercially available ones can be difficult to overcome.