It happens faster in the off-season... :lol:

And when I get a job that allows me to sit in front of a computer all day :lol:

Yep. You're well on your way to carpel-tunnel syndrome, excessive radiation to the eyes & brain, and mindless drivel on the intarweb to occupy every extra thinking moment. :lol:

I already gots me all of that from college. :lol:

Best 5 years of my life!

Wow! You must have been on the express plan, I took 6 :D

I think Scott took close to 10 years.

Not quite, but our buddy Glen was seriously there for close to 8 I think. Of course, he came out with a Master's.. Scott only had a Bachelor's to show for his 6-7 year tour. :P

Getting out of UCSC in 5 years was a record, judging by the amount of professional students there :lol:

Eep. Halfway there, I need to post(whore) more :D

I was in school for 6 years. However, I never did summer school, I took a quarter off to work at U. Iowa, and the last two years I was a part-time student because I had a full-time job as a software engineer.

Plus the "normal" 4 year tour is 4 years * 3 quarters = 12 quarters total.

The "realistic" tour is 5 years * 3 quarters + say 3 summer quarters = 18 quarters total.

I did 3 years * 3 quarters + 1 year * 2 quarters + 2 years * 3/2 quarters = 14 quarters, so I was actually somewhere faster than average.

Also, I learned in college how to use logic to justify just about any premise. :P

all you highly edgeubacated folks in da house :lol:

school > me = ITT for teh win!!!!!

but then again I still got out of ITT in 15 months instead of the 18 required 8)

College is overrated for its educational benefits, I've learned far more about my job at my job. Lots of college, makes you good at going to college, not necessarily good at what you're studying to do.

However, college is not overrated for its fun. :D

I guess it depends on which field you're in. Working in HVAC design, I learned almost everything I needed to know to do my job at the job itself. At this job, I've used much more of the engineering fundamentals I learned in my 200 & 300 level classes in school. Just last week I had to break out the ole' statics book to check myself on some load calcs.

I've also found that school gave me enough of a background level of knowledge to have a "feel" for a lot of stuff I see. I haven't retained enough on most subjects to immediately know how to solve a problem or know the perfect design approach off the top of my head, but it's usually enough for me to think "hmm, vibration in this area might be a problem, I wonder how that would affect the clamping force of this joint over time", or "hmm, I wonder how this nearby heat source might affect the yield strength of this alloy" - and then go research further for some actual facts.

Cal Poly gave me the ability to learn pretty much any programming language in a few days, and gave me the knowledge to apply problem solving logic with that language.

However, it's on-the-job experience that makes me a good software engineer. Having the tools is necessary, but being able to apply them quickly and elegantly is what makes me good at my job, and that's not something that Cal Poly taught me.

What about all those extra hours that you do? My share options thank you!! :P :lol:

Just because I can write programs quickley, doesn't mean I don't end up with tons of work to do. :P

You need to be like me, and only do 15 minutes of actual real work a week

Isn't that the truth.

I've forgot everything I "learned" in college already.

I can't even remember what most of my teachers looked like. I can't name more than like 3 elective classes I took.

friggin sad.