In 2011, even Barbie can be a Computer Engineer.

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That Orange County mortgage broker (who used to be a pizza delivery guy) can take a class online from the University of Phoenix (APOL) and become a computer engineer in Silicon Valley.

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Having grown up surrounded by computers (his father used to be a software engineer), Dr Soghoian says he slid into computer science without even considering other disciplines.

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Ms. Hesseltine says she hopes her son, a 27-year-old computer engineer, will be able to do some of the setup work for free.

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