From 11517e29a0335f0da481717bfa8a8ae00bf1b1ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: AnonymousCoward Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 03:47:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Edit page PersonalEducation --- PersonalEducation | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index 1054fee..81f0610 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ * Attended one term of Software Engineering course at Unviersita' degli Studi di Firenze in 1994. Computer Science exam '''30/30 cum laude'''. +In 1994 I dropped out of the university to do a job as an EmployedWorker +for a small company, and a few months later for SeacCompany. === Nonformal studies and self-teaching === +Over the years I tried to compensate for lack of university-grade education +by reading and studying on my own: + * '''Compilers''', reading several textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools, and many others. * '''Algorithms''' - textbooks such as DonaldKnuth's TheArtOfComputerProgramming, - CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalReceips and even NicholasWirth's ancient + CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and even NicholasWirth's ancient "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". * '''Operating Systems''' - Too many textbooks to mention here, most of @@ -36,5 +41,9 @@ * '''Project Management''' - My favourite certainly is TheMythicalManMonth, but I've read a few others such as ExecutionPlainAndSimple. - * '''Technical Writing''' - TheElementsOfStyle and TheTexBook are my favourite on - the topics of stylish writing and typesetting. + * '''Technical Writing''' - TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my + favourites on the topics of stylish writing and typesetting. + + * '''Numerical Methods''' - I'm sorry to have quite a thin mathematical background. + Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and + CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes. -- 2.25.1