> IMO, this man should be recognized for his accomplishments.
He went to school while working.
Tons of people do that. Just because this is a nice feel good story doesn't make it more impressive.
He went to school while working.
Tons of people do that. Just because this is a nice feel good story doesn't make it more impressive.
[After losing everything, a man in his mid 40s went back to school for the first time since 1982 while supporting 3 kids and a wife (who also went back to school) working as a janitor and, at the same time, earned an engineering degree from a well respected school.] != [He went to school while working.]
I did that. I do that.
In fact, most everybody in all my classes at the local CC/TC and now at the four-year I'm at works and goes to school.
This is pretty common for people getting into tech, especially the IT/sysadmin side of things.