James,
I went to college and stopped once I figured it would never be truly applicable in the implosion/demo business. Experience, hard work and hard knocks teach us.
For example, I noticed some "implosion simulations" at the base of one of your pages. I would not bet my reputation on a simulation. Generated by a college grad?...Probably...what can one learn from this...nothing! It does look impressive though. One more question, what happens once the actual implosion doesn't go the same way as the simulation? Do we blame the computer?