And so, my friends, I hang up my hat for a few months. Because the Captain is now a member of academia.
Now, one might ask - what is a fellow that's been working since his teenage years, with a full-time career in tech, living in a van, and busking as a technomedic to stave off starvation, doing in college?
Well, allow me to explain. Years prior, I'd attended a supposedly "excellent" engineering college for a little while; having quickly lost interest in making my home in the warm covers of endless loans and nonsensical courses, I promptly dropped out, without any plans to return.
So, you might, again, ask - have I lost my mind?
Not quite, my friends.
Am I going to college solely to, er, "borrow" the government benefits I receive for being a student as seed capital for my business? Maybe.
Am I going to live in my van for pennies, using the fact that the interest is 0% for the duration of my studies, by utilizing the loanable portion to invest in volatile assets, and promptly repay any outstanding loans using the principal? I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to disclose that odd bit.
Am I actually planning to finish the degree? Certainly not.
Is most of why I'm going to flirt with brainrotted, TikTok-addicted lassies in my age bracket? Absolutely.
Will I admit to all of this in public? Without a doubt.
To quote my good friend - I'm not a pig - I'm a "free-range hog." (Shoutout to my pal - I appreciate you, buddy.)
My friends - one simply cannot pretend that, when one is in a predicament like mine, they'd be keen to listen to the lectures of professors on subjects they know nothing about. In fact, I'd be a liar if I said I'm actually planning to practice anything but my politics (the sort you learn from talking to drunken chaps trying to start a fight - not the sort they teach in course 1D11H3 in lecture hall 112.)
I cannot speak for my fellow students - but I, for one, am *excited* for this upcoming semester.