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jazzychad on April 20, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What good is experience?

re 2: exactly right. when I came out of college after 4 years of C classes, I thought I was the greatest. Then I went to work for Cisco with battle hardened C masters and found out I knew nothing. Learning from my co-workers was the best education I got.

sliverstorm on April 20, 2012 | [–]

Never forget; "big fish, small pond"

heretohelp on April 21, 2012 | [–]

Hi from ##C on Freenode.

We love college kids like you :D

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