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 === Formal studies ===
 
- * Undergraduate diploma in '''Mathematics and Computer Science''' with
- a rating of '''56 out of 60'''.  Obtained in 1993 at the Istituto Tecnico
- Commerciale "A.Volta", Firenze.  This course included a good amount of
- '''Electronic Engineering'''.
+ * [[http://www.extension.harvard.edu/ | Harvard Extension School]] -- Undergraduate courses of **Mathematics** and
+ **Educational Technologies**.
 
- * Attended one term of Software Engineering course at Unviersita' degli
- Studi di Firenze in 1994.  Computer Science exam '''30/30 cum laude'''.
+ * [[http://www.unifi.it/ | Unviersità degli Studi di Firenze]] -- I attended only one term of
+ **Software Engineering** (computer Science exam **30/30 cum laude**).
+ In 1995, I dropped out to work for a startup in the emerging field of
+ enterprise networking.
 
-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.
+ * [[http://www.itcvolta.it/it/default.asp | Istituto Tecnico-Commerciale Alessandro Volta]] -- High-school diploma
+ in **Mathematics and Computer Science** with a rating of **56 out of 60**.
+ The track included good amounts of **Electric Engineering**.
 
-=== Nonformal studies and self-teaching ===
+=== Non-formal studies and self-teaching ===
 
-Over the years I tried to compensate for lack of proper university-grade
-education by making the local libraries much richer:
+To compensate for the lack of good academic institutions in the '90s, I became a good customer of the local bookstores:
 
- * '''Compilers''', reading several textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools,
- and many others.
+ * **Compilers** -- textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools and several others.
 
- * '''Algorithms''' - many, including classics such as DonaldKnuth's bible TheArtOfComputerProgramming,
- CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and NicholasWirth's ancient, but still
-brillant, "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs".
- 
- * '''Operating Systems''' - Too many to mention here, most of which quite
- theoretical and boring.  Of course, my favorite will always be AdvancedProgrammingInTheUnixEnvironment.
+ * **Algorithms** -- many, including classics such as DonaldKnuth's bible TheArtOfComputerProgramming,
+ CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and NicholasWirth's ancient, but still brilliant,
+ "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs".
 
- * '''Networking''' - Several books, including TcpIpIllustrated, several RFCs and
- technical papers.
+ * **Operating Systems** -- Too many to mention here, most of which were quite
+ theoretical and boring.  My favorite will always be AdvancedProgrammingInTheUnixEnvironment.
 
- * '''Programming Languages''' - All the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's
+ * **Networking** -- Several books, including TcpIpIllustrated. RFCs and technical papers.
+
+ * **Programming Languages** -- All the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's
  SeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage, and many others like the old SeeProgrammingLanguage,
  ThinkingInJava, and dozens of C++ books.
 
- * '''Programming Techniques''' - Countless.  Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming
+ * **Programming Techniques** -- Countless.  Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming
  and the controversial ModernSeePlusPlusDesign by AndreiAlexandrescu.
- My absolute favourite is BrianKernighan's and RobPike's ThePracticeOfProgramming.
+ My absolute favourite is Brian Kernighan's and Rob Pike's [[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/ | The Practice of Programming]].
 
- * '''Software Architecture and Design''' - All the "must-read" classics such as
+ * **Software Architecture and Design** -- All the "must-read" classics such as
  GangOfFour's DesignPatterns, UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns.
 
- * '''Project Management''' - My favourite certainly is TheMythicalManMonth, but I've
- read a few others such as ExecutionPlainAndSimple.
+ * **Project Management** -- My favourites are TheMythicalManMonth and
+ [[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AntiPatternsBook|AntiPatterns]], but I've also read
+ [[http://www.amazon.com/Waltzing-Bears-Managing-Software-Projects/dp/0932633609|WaltzingWithBears]],
+ [[ExecutionPlainAndSimple]] and a few others.
 
- * '''Technical Writing''' - TheElementsOfStyle and DonaldKnuth's TheTexBook are my
+ * **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.
+ * **Numerical Methods** -- I'm sorry to have quite a thin mathematical background.
  Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading DonaldKnuth's ConcreteMathematics and
  CambridgeUniversityPress' NumericalRecipes.
+
+ * **Database** -- Relational algebra, principles of schema normalization, SQL.
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