>>>I didn't write a program for another computer until my last year in Aero Engineering in college (at which point I changed majors to computer science like a complete idiot).
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>>Well, we do have something in common after all! I also started University in Aeronautical Engineering before changing to Computer Science. If I win big in the lottery I would like to go back to Aeronautical Engineering (Although I doubt I will be able to learn anything now)
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>I have no doubt that I'd have enjoyed Aeronautical Engineering as a career, but OTOH the way the government and the economy combine to periodically smash the industry I likely would have had to find another career anyway.
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>I can still kick myself for not finishing the degree - 2 more terms till graduation and I took my required FORTRAN course....
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>"Hey this is COOL! - I'm gonna switch my major!"
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>Drugs back then were far too powerful... :P
I am sure that AE in the USA would have been way cooler (and profitable) than in Argentina thou.
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