"Thing is this was a masters of science in electrical engineering program. They should not have been there. They must have entered on som foreign students quota or something."
In the world of commercial IT courses a colleague once got an older student from a developing country who couldn't keep up. Nice guy, but he was struggling.
A quick phone call to his superior revealed that his course was a legitimate way of rewarding him for many years of a job well done.
He was on an extremely generous Forex per diem allowance, and would be able to save a decent chunk of hard currency for his retirement pot.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
