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Re:Ask HN: Graduate early? by ryanwaggoner on Monday September 07, 2009 @12:56AM (#808605)
This is horrible advice. High-school dropouts who leave school at 16 or 17 because they think it's a waste of time rarely end up ahead of anyone, and certainly not by "managing their money right", whatever that means. You scorn a minimum-wage job at Wal-Mart, but where do you realistically expect someone without even a high-school diploma to get a great job? And how would he explain the fact that he had done really well in high school and challenged himself, then decided to quit so close to the finish line? I can't believe I'm even bothering to respond to this drivel.

And you bothered to leave a comment, so you apparently threw in the barb about not caring just to be an asshole. Classy.

the fact that you wrote this on the internet says something about you. There are several ways to interpret it, and none of them are good.

On the other hand, there's only one way for me to interpret your comment: you're an ignorant troll.

Re:Ask HN: Graduate early? by nostrademons on Monday September 07, 2009 @02:30AM (#808711)
"where do you realistically expect someone without even a high-school diploma to get a great job?"

Netscape. ;-)

Re:Ask HN: Graduate early? by tsally on Monday September 07, 2009 @05:01AM (#808843)
The world is different now. Things rarely work that way anymore. Also, if he were as good of a programmer as jwz he certainly wouldn't be asking for advice.