OK fine, "not all that" perhaps wasn't the right expression but yes, I more or less agree with you. I think I had this idea that university would do the job of making people interested in computer science, when in reality, by the time you get to university level that's really up to the student. But then, there aren't any good pre-university computer science courses in the UK. So where are people going to pick up the computing bug? Nerdy parents (in my case it was my father)? There were a few extra-curricular things at my school but then not all places are lucky enough to provide stuff like that. It's a big problem, one that has been in the news in the UK quite a bit as well (the only sensible thing that Michael Gove has talked about, actually).

So quite a few people are only here because of the prospect of a decent job, which is fine I suppose but that seems like a pretty grim attitude to have. But then I've met a lot of people who are way more driven than I am. Which is for the best, really. And yeah, I think I did OK because I'm interested in compsci and alright at the subject. So that's nice.