Re:Is University Necessary? A professor debates a student.
by jamesaguilar on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @08:29PM
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Which is why most successful startup founders are college dropouts. Wait.
(Btw, if you are being sarcastic and referring ironically to the last line of the counterpoint, my apologies for misreading you.)
I would be interested to know whether there are any cohort studies on dropout success. I know overall dropouts tend to make much less money and perform much worse on many other metrics. However, that may simply be because the weak drop out.
But overall, I guess it is an unsafe bet. If you can't seem to pursue your passion with a few hours of classwork a day in your way, you're going to have a hell of a time doing it while also working ten hour shifts as a waiter because you couldn't get a more lucrative, easier job thanks to your lack of higher education.
College is easy. If you can't pursue your passions while also doing college, you're gonna have a problem either way.
(Btw, if you are being sarcastic and referring ironically to the last line of the counterpoint, my apologies for misreading you.)
I would be interested to know whether there are any cohort studies on dropout success. I know overall dropouts tend to make much less money and perform much worse on many other metrics. However, that may simply be because the weak drop out.
But overall, I guess it is an unsafe bet. If you can't seem to pursue your passion with a few hours of classwork a day in your way, you're going to have a hell of a time doing it while also working ten hour shifts as a waiter because you couldn't get a more lucrative, easier job thanks to your lack of higher education.
College is easy. If you can't pursue your passions while also doing college, you're gonna have a problem either way.