Kysh Dragon

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since January 31, 2000

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January 31, 2000, on Tuition-free MIT:
Odd that I should bump into this while looking at all the useful photography info, but it's a subject that I'm deeply interested in. My parents could never afford to send me to a college. Literally, they didn't have a thousand dollars, much less ten, twenty or a hundred. I had things that I deeply wanted to learn, courses and subjects that piqued my interest, and I really wanted to go to a college or university. No such luck. About six years or so before I left my parents' house, I had picked up a few things about computers and Unix. Having some definite proficiency in that area, I struck out on my own, and am now, at 19, making a comfortable six-digit salary as a Senior Unix sysadmin. My roommate has a Ph.D. in physics, is around 30, and is getting an entry level job as a programmer. Making less than I do now. He is, honestly, a very smart guy, very dedicated, and doesn't owe a cent in student loans or the like. But the point is, you don't need a college degree to succee...