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  * 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
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  * '''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.