Consider dropping out of school.

Re:Consider dropping out of school. by angelbob on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @01:00PM (#1491554)

I did all right. I'm a high school dropout with two bachelor's degrees from Carnegie Mellon, a six-figure computer programming job and a similar disdain for the public education system.

I won't say dropping out of high school was the best thing I've ever done, but it saved me a year of boredom and staying would have done me no good. Dropping out was a much better idea than staying in.

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Re:Consider dropping out of school. by SkyMarshal on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @05:36PM (#1492470)

If I may ask, how did you get into CMU without a hs diploma?

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Re:Consider dropping out of school. by angelbob on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @12:19PM (#1494590)

They have an early admissions program, with the unspoken assumption that you'll use credits from CMU to get a high school diploma by some arrangement. It turns out that they never say this is required, and you never actually have to do it.

I couldn't graduate from my old high school in any case, even with the extra CMU classes, because I lack a one-semester class in US Government.

I also had really good SAT scores.

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Re:Consider dropping out of school. by SkyMarshal on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @05:57PM (#1495647)

Very cool of CMU, and gratz.

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Re:Consider dropping out of school. by Qz on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @02:21PM (#1491819)

I dropped out, and then dropped back in... also at CMU, but no six figure salary (yet).

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