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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by bdcravens on Sunday June 04, 2017 @07:49PM (#14484380)
> a professor arranged my first professional job

Not typical.

Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by eon1 on Sunday June 04, 2017 @08:09PM (#14484449)
Yeah, like.. scorchingly atypical. How many of these jobs are there that all 100 of your peers had a similar experience?
Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by HarryHirsch on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:56PM (#14484839)
What do you think the "alumni lists" on researchers' webpages are good for? On the other hand, if a researcher has no alumni list on their page and isn't just starting out, that's an obvious sign for all that can read.