-: I would say that Ball State definitely
gave me that fundamental beginning.
The first couple of computer science classes that I took
were,
were enough to get me on the path to learning on my own.
So, I took that framework that was given to me
and then adapted that to other
programming languages and other tools,
and it was basically everything that I needed to know,
along with my own motivation
to be a successful software engineer.
The other thing that I would say that,
that Ball State does a good job of is
being able to work in a diverse environment.
It's very important to be able to work
with other genders and other races
and people that barely speak your language
or you don't speak the same language at all,
being able to interact with those people on a daily basis
and kinda understand we're all one group together,
trying to accomplish a specific task.
And so, that's something that you deal with on a daily
basis, and if you're comfortable in that environment,
then it goes a long way to being successful.