I, deifeln, took my last final examination EVER! I am in my second year of a PhD program in Chemistry. I took all of my chemistry coursework in my first year as I had a fellowship and had no teaching responsibilities. This semester, I took the only other class I needed to complete my coursework: Intro to Java.
I have never had a formal programming course in my life, but I managed to do very well in this course. I have taken many things from this class, but the most important take away is that you in the programming field are amazing. So many little mistakes can be made in the course of writing a program and finding them is not always easy.
I commend you, CB programmers, well done!