3 * Undergraduate diploma in '''Mathematics and Computer Science''' with
4 a rating of '''56 out of 60'''. Obtained in 1993 at the Istituto Tecnico
5 Commerciale "A.Volta", Firenze. This course included a good amount of
6 '''Electronic Engineering'''.
8 * Attended one term of Software Engineering course at Unviersita' degli
9 Studi di Firenze in 1994. Computer Science exam '''30/30 cum laude'''.
11 In 1994 I dropped out of the university to do a job as an EmployedWorker
12 for a small company, and a few months later for SeacCompany.
14 === Nonformal studies and self-teaching ===
16 Over the years I tried to compensate for lack of university-grade education
17 by reading and studying on my own:
19 * '''Compilers''', reading several textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools,
22 * '''Algorithms''' - textbooks such as DonaldKnuth's TheArtOfComputerProgramming,
23 CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and even NicholasWirth's ancient
24 "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs".
26 * '''Operating Systems''' - Too many textbooks to mention here, most of
27 which quite theoretical. My favourite is of course AdvancedProgrammingInTheUnixEnvironment.
29 * '''Networking''' - Many, many books, including TcpIpIllustrated.
31 * '''Programming Languages''' - Using the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's
32 SeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage, and many others like SeeProgrammingLanguage,
35 * '''Programming Techniques''' - Many. Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming.
36 My absolute favourite is BrianKernighan's and RobPike's ThePracticeOfProgramming.
38 * '''Software Architecture and Design''' - Lots of titles such as GangOfFour's DesignPatterns,
39 UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns.
41 * '''Project Management''' - My favourite certainly is TheMythicalManMonth, but I've
42 read a few others such as ExecutionPlainAndSimple.
44 * '''Technical Writing''' - TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my
45 favourites on the topics of stylish writing and typesetting.
47 * '''Numerical Methods''' - I'm sorry to have quite a thin mathematical background.
48 Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and
49 CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes.