ɔːlðˈoʊ dʒˈɛf dɹˈɑːpt ˌaʊɾəv sˈɛkəndɚɹi skˈuːl hˈaɪ skˈuːl, ænd dɪdnˌɑːt stˈɑːɹt wɪð ɐ kˈɑːlɪdʒ dᵻɡɹˈiː, hiː lˈɜːnd, ɔnðədʒˈɑːb, wˈɜːkɪŋ fɔːɹ jˈɪɹz wɪð pɹˈoʊɡɹæmɚz ænd dɪzˈaɪnɚz æɾ ˌaɪbˌiːˈɛm ɪn mˈɛlbɚn, ɔːstɹˈeɪliə ænd tɹænsfˈɜːd wɪð ˌaɪbˌiːˈɛm tə ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ɪn ɹˈɑːli, nˈɔːɹθ kˌæɹəlˈaɪnə dʒˌeɪdˌiːˈɛlbˈiːoʊ.
Although Jeff dropped out of secondary school (high school), and did not start with a college degree, he learned, on-the-job, working for years with programmers and designers at IBM in Melbourne, Australia and transferred with IBM to the United States in Raleigh, North Carolina (^JDLBIO).