MOC8 Day 17 Hindsight is 20/20

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I’ve always regretted not finishing college. I’ve started going back to school as an adult, but something always gets in the way. I have loved computers since they first became available in the workplace - the first computer I saw was so big that it was in a whole room! I used to go in there and just hang out and watch the “computer guys” work. Fast forward a few years to when we started getting PC’s in our homes. I had a PC back when they didn’t even have hard drives on them. I thought I was special because I had “dual floppys” - I could actually write to my floppy disc! Then when I got my first PC with a hard drive, I was in Heaven! I was on “the internet” when there was nothing much on there. I still sat up half the night just playing on AOL. I have learned everything I know today by trial and error and picking a few computer geeks’ brains. Back then, they would come play on my computer for a few Cokes and a bag of chips.
Why didn’t I go to school and get a degree in programming? That has been one of the biggest regrets of my life. Well, at the time, I had a great job, making good money, and I did take some night classes, but it took more endurance and dedication than I apparently had. Throw in a family who didn’t like it when Mom was gone every evening after working all day and my attendance started becoming sporatic. I went to tech school and also to a University that was an hour’s drive one way. Later on, I attended a Community College, but, again, I never got what I needed in the profession that is now considered IT. Of course, HINDSIGHT IS 20/20 I honestly don’t like to spend a lot of time looking back at my regrets because if I did, it would take up too large a portion of my brain. 1.17.2020