SD> I used to get yelled at when I was in school at ITT Tech for SSHing into
SD> my server at home by the school's IT tech (an older guy). I really pissed
SD> him off when I set my SSH port to 443. He couldn't prove otherwise.
SD> 
SD> I'd sit in class, bored as I already knew this stuff, and would work on
SD> the BBS and chat on IRC using irssi.

That experience reminded me of a similar situation I had back when I was 18
years old.  I graduated from HS, went into a summer tech program that also did
job placement and was employed before the end of the calendar year.  

I started working professionally in IT at age 18, but felt I had to at least
experience a few college classes since my work offered to pay for them.

Two classes I took.  One was 'C' programming and the other was one you had to
take if you wanted a degree, which was some type of health class.

Both classes made me discover I wasn't missing anything by not going to college
and I hated both of them.  The 'C' class lowered my grade because I used logic
routines they had not covered in class.  It wasn't by problem that I already
knew this stuff and was taking it just for the credit.  Total BS.

The health class assigned me to do a report on alcoholism which I was sitting in
class drinking a rum and coke.  

The two experiences confirmed that college was not for me.  I never looked back
and did just fine.

- Mark

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