coolsebz
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> “The message Europe is sending its entrepreneurs now is: stay at home”
As an european, working remotely with various US companies, my response is: Completely not! There is no reason to stay and create IP in Europe right now. At least not in my opinion. Both Asia and the US are better alternatives for starting up than doing so here.
I honestly think that a change in mindset is needed for attracting entrepreneurs or making them stay. This goes from the said entrepreneurs themselves to VCs and whatnot.
If they don't change their methods, I'm afraid in some time, things will start to go downhill for the entrepreneurial environment here.
yeap, that's where i found out about it! There are a lot of awesome books around there ... if only i would have the time to read them all!
Thank you so much! I was actually thinking of going to a couple of classes in media, arts, finance, etc because that would be something new, it would keep me hooked and it would also keep people around me happy because, in their vision I'm going to college. Thanks a lot for this, great point of view!
I have looked into that, and yes, there are some pretty awesome colleges out there, but I feel they are out of my reach right now (I have no connections, it's a bit too expensive to be financing it all by myself, etc). If you would like to give me some more details, please ping me on my email:
[email protected]
I didn't know there were such opportunities to study there! I'll be looking some more into that!
Thank you for your reply! I also was considering starting something on my own and dedicating all of my time to it, it's just that I'm worried since there isn't much of a "safety net" whilst you're doing such things. Thank you!
Yes, that's exactly like it was for me too! Thanks for the advice!
Hah, multumesc! :D Thanks for signing back in, I'll be sure to check mechanical engineering for future studies, I've always wanted to look some more in that domain!
Thank you! I like the idea of being important in the community and I think that definitely is helpful! Thanks!
I didn't know I could talk to professors for this, but it sounds interesting! Thanks, I'm going to try this!
Now that sounds interesting! Thanks for this, I'll be looking for some more info!
Thank you for your reply! I too see myself crunching more than 10 hours a day to work on my own thing, it's just that all the people around me are exactly as you've described them, trying to see the only way to the nice sunset. Thanks again!
Thank you! This is exactly my view on this! That's how I was raised too: "told that I absolutely have to go to college, get a job with great benefits, and climb the corporate ladder". I will think some more on this, thank you for your response!
Actually yes, but it's the kind of subject that at my college is kept like taboo :/ I'm by far better off starting college again-ish at another college abroad
I'm actually considering that! Where exactly do you study? I feel like around here they teach us too much math, but no practical stuff and I would like to give it a shot and study abroad
Wow, this is something that I haven't been thinking about! I will definitely ask about the possibility of starting with my masters, because that sounds like a real challenge! Thank you!
Thank you for the resources, just got a first look over them and they sure look interesting!
Thank you for your response! I'm living in Eastern Europe, Romania; not exactly a tech hub, which is why the college level is so low :/ Most of what I've learned is from free available resources (books, lectures, you name it) Thanks for the points on why I should get the degree, they make sense!
Thank you for your response! I have felt a bit that the college I'm at is not really good for me, and that's the reason why I went online and got as much resources as possible (MIT OpenCourseware, Coursera, Udacity, Stanford lectures available). Those guys really do teach stuff! But it is out of my reach to go to one of those colleges, sadly :/
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coolsebz on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:14AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Hello HN people,I'm feeling lost for a while and all the local people who I've tried getting in contact with, well, they all say the same thing over and over again. I want to drop college.The big problem is that everyone is trying to make me feel bad about this, as if this would be the end of the world, as if there are only 2 choices in life: college or be a bum.For me this feels wrong. I mean,...