In design reviews you had to know and be able to explain and argue anything, because he would insist that black was white and would not back down unless your arguments were overwhelming and you were willing to place your career on the line. More of his people went on to be managers than any other unit in the company. More interesting is to craft your own plan, accepting truth no matter where you find it. I just thought the professor was in a bad mood when he graded my efforts. When they did work, you felt elated no matter what anyone else thought about it.
Social interaction is a necessary part of life and a lot of it occurs in the work environment.
But when things get subjective and negative and your support group is off doing other things, I still like the lift that writing a working computer program provides. More to Come This page is still under construction.