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Ray Fischer

Campbell

49%

I know I’ve been lucky. I wasn’t great in high school, graduating with a C+ average, and my parent’s were immigrants, but I found something that I liked and was good at (writing software) and got a job when a degree wasn’t the necessity it is today. Later in my 30s I was able to go back to school to get my degrees with my father’s help. Being a software engineer has paid well so money has never been a concern.