<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/2025/from-game-console-to-quantum-code.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><category>People</category><pubDate>12/17/2025 11:41:36 AM</pubDate><title>From Game Console to Quantum Code: How the Navy and PBSC Rewired One Veteran’s Mindset</title><intro>In high school, Tyler Kollinger’s ambitions extended about as far as the next video game level. College was an obligation, not an opportunity. He went through orientation at Palm Beach State College in 2014, took one look at the path ahead and decided it wasn’t for him.</intro><author>Kerry Capell</author><author-link>#</author-link><imageSrc><img src="/images/2025/Kollinger_Tyler_Grad-07.jpg" alt="Tyler Kollinger by the sculpture"/></imageSrc><video/><tags><tag>America 250</tag></tags></item>