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).
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.