I dunno who needs to hear this but I got a D in Linux operating systems in college. If you’re passionate about something don’t let some institutional structure tell you that you’re not good at it
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@danirabbit In 1986 I failed my one programming unit at university.
I'd already been programming for a few years by then and have continued programming all through my subsequent IT support and data analysis career. I know the value of the programs I write because I use them myself every day.
That failure, and of university in general, mainly taught me that passing courses is about conformity, not knowledge, skill, understanding or creativity.
@danirabbit Yeah, my college didn't even teach Linux -- their lame excuse was that Linus Torvalds was only 6 years old.
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1. I don’t believe this
2. I don’t see why you would lie about this
3. More young women need to hear this! As a co-organiser of @swiftpune I recently had a chance to meet under-grad students, and while most were highly motivated, some were extremely demoralised because of past grades.
Thank you for sharing this! Mind if I use a picture of your post in my slides with credit?
