I'm curious to know how important you feel your formal culinary education was / is to the success of your career? A strong part of the "hacker" ethic so prevalent on Slashdot is the DIY mentality. As a person who has both a formal education (B.A.+, English) and a career (Computer Security Consultant) pretty much founded on DIY / on-the-job / figure-it-out-because-it-interests-you (with a smattering of formal certifications) style of learning, I have mixed feelings about this sort of thing.
I guess my interest is mostly related to how you were recieved pre / post education. Could you have done a show like Good Eats without the degree under your belt? I'm sure that much of your success is founded on motivation / creativity / etc., but do you feel that that would have been enough?
A couple of months ago, I registered slashfood.com as a potential avenue for such pursuits / discussions (among other things). Unfortunately I've not been blessed with the time to really pursue it much. (Real job & all) Eventually, I'll get the time to get slashcode up and running / the site designed / hosted somewhere, and would be interested in being kept informed about your progess.
It is a quote from Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson, in which a character is described as having personality characteristics similar to those of a Tolkien dwarf, as opposed to the Snow White...
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I'm curious to know how important you feel your formal culinary education was / is to the success of your career? A strong part of the "hacker" ethic so prevalent on Slashdot is the DIY mentality. As a person who has both a formal education (B.A.+, English) and a career (Computer Security Consultant) pretty much founded on DIY / on-the-job / figure-it-out-because-it-interests-you (with a smattering of formal certifications) style of learning, I have mixed feelings about this sort of thing.
I guess my interest is mostly related to how you were recieved pre / post education. Could you have done a show like Good Eats without the degree under your belt? I'm sure that much of your success is founded on motivation / creativity / etc., but do you feel that that would have been enough?
A couple of months ago, I registered slashfood.com as a potential avenue for such pursuits / discussions (among other things). Unfortunately I've not been blessed with the time to really pursue it much. (Real job & all) Eventually, I'll get the time to get slashcode up and running / the site designed / hosted somewhere, and would be interested in being kept informed about your progess.
It is a quote from Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson, in which a character is described as having personality characteristics similar to those of a Tolkien dwarf, as opposed to the Snow White...