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Engineers who did not enjoy school - are they rare?

Arran Cameron
This might come across as a very strange question but is it uncommon to find engineers who did not enjoy school or think highly of the schools that they attended? I have encountered numerous computing and IT types over the years who did not enjoy school or had bad experiences at school but very few electrical or mechanical engineers.
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    A theory I have is that a sizeable proportion of IT types did badly at school academically but succeeded in IT because the knowledge required for a career in IT is not based on a traditional school curriculum. However it is possible to achieve high when it comes to academics but hate school and fall down badly when it comes to academics and love school.



     




    I know what you mean Arran Cameron‍! My youngest Brother didn't do that well at 'School', always had an obsessive interest in computers though and is now an IT professional earning over twice as much as I do!  blush

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    Arran Cameron:



    A theory I have is that a sizeable proportion of IT types did badly at school academically but succeeded in IT because the knowledge required for a career in IT is not based on a traditional school curriculum. However it is possible to achieve high when it comes to academics but hate school and fall down badly when it comes to academics and love school.



     




    I know what you mean Arran Cameron‍! My youngest Brother didn't do that well at 'School', always had an obsessive interest in computers though and is now an IT professional earning over twice as much as I do!  blush

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