{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Jon (primesonic)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-12 12:29:42 UTC","author_name":"Jon (primesonic)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/primesonic","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1019113","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2620\" class=\"url\" title=\"Dane Dychkowski\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">yodelerty<\/span><\/a><\/span> That's usually what happens when you put mathematicians in charge of a programming class. These are the same teachers that never really worked on this stuff in the professional world, only the academic world.  I know your pain all too well. Usually, the only options are sucking it up and graduating quickly, appealing to a higher authority by reporting their bs, or leaving. It's not a situation I care to go back to, which is one of the reasons I left school and continued working in the field."}