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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you want to use DCUM to brag about your exceptional son. He sounds great.

Any college his academics will get him in is fine.

If you're still working in the tech industry,  you'll find him a job.[/quote]

OP here. You've got me! I might have been doing a bit of bragging, but I also wanted to share my son's situation here because it's interesting to see how it stacks up against others in this community, especially since many here are really driven towards Ivy League and high-performance.

I guess part of this is me reflecting on my own academic journey. I sort of took a similar path—didn't aim for Ivy League, didn't really care about it either. Looking back, I can't help but wonder if I missed out on something. It's one of those personal regrets that I've kind of tried to "make up" for by pursuing multiple master's degrees and certifications.

There's this feeling inside me that maybe if I had taken a different path earlier on, things would have been easier. I opted for the easiest route to a computer degree, thinking, "I'll learn all the stuff through my part-time job and make some money as well." It was a choice at the time, but now I sometimes wonder if it was the best one.

Interestingly, I started doing early web programming part-time while attending a lower-tier college, much like my son's approach now. Back then, I had the same mindset of not really caring about academics. But looking back, I sometimes wish I had approached things differently.

Life's funny that way, isn't it? We make choices, and sometimes we don't fully appreciate their impact until later on. Maybe my decision to go a bit overboard on degrees and certifications actually drove me to reach the senior level where I am today. [/quote]

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