After high school, I attended college at Western Washington University. I first entered Western thinking that I wanted to do computer science. I got bored with that and went looking for something else. I ended up sticking with the Plastics Engineering Technology program. It was a great program. Most of the instructors were very focused and cared about what you were learning. I learned a lot about plastics in general. Everything from chemical composition/miscibility/weathering to manufacturing plastics and the manufacturing processes. I got experience with composites (fiberglass/kevlar/carbon fiber) and machining aluminum (to make molds for the manufacturing processes).