To Take A Semester Off...Or Not...

[sperts car]

I think your last post said everything. If you are not interested in school, then don't go. Life is too short to spend it working 4 years for somebody else rather than yourself. If you liked school, then I would have said stay in.

However, you do have to take your parents advice into consideration. Especially if you are financially dependent on them.

I am lucky enough to have parents that support my decision to work for myself.

ROFL...try telling that to an emplyer during an job interview. He asks you "Do you have a college degree?" You reply: "Life is to short spend it working 4 years for someone else". LOL good luck

Drusam you're head is in the clouds. You're a Rush Limbaugh libertarian detached from reality.

 

[nachoninja]

there's reality then there is a reality that people instill in you as a child

you're an adult now make your own decision

I quit school the day they wanted to teach us SQL by using the text book "Teach yourself SQL in 10 mins"

All that for a piece of paper that says I have a degree? Fuck that.

 

[engaged]

there's reality then there is a reality that people instill in you as a child

you're an adult now make your own decision

I quit school the day they wanted to teach us SQL by using the text book "Teach yourself SQL in 10 mins"

All that for a piece of paper that says I have a degree? Fuck that.

And when you want a programming job at google or another competitive company, don't expect a call back. it's the reality of life.

 

[lucab]

i stopped going to college for 4 semesters, just went back and finished my liberal arts and sciences associate degree. i am going to take some more time off to make $$$ and gain perspective.

fuck, i am only 22... not too worried about it. it is all about your attitude at college - if you don't want to be there, bounce, because you are wasting your time and $$. go back when you are mature enough to do all your work and really excel. that is my plan at least.

 

[nachoninja]

And when you want a programming job at google or another competitive company, don't expect a call back. it's the reality of life.

Who the fuck wants to work at Google, there are plenty of dynamic companies that realize the value of real life experience .vs a paper degree

 

[engaged]

Who the fuck wants to work at Google, there are plenty of dynamic companies that realize the value of real life experience .vs a paper degree

a lot of people did pre-ipo and there will be another company in the future that only hires grads of good colleges that you will guarantee yourself to miss out on the ipo too.

 

[sperts car]

Only problem is that only a tiny tiny percentage of companies will ever IPO and even if the company does go public being another rank and file programmer isn't gonna make you an overnight millionaire.

 

[wickedDUDE]

I might be a little late coming to this thread, but I say if you want to do college... do it now. I know some people who are in their mid 20s who are just starting now ... with the kids that are just coming out of high school. May as well get it over with while your young, this way you can relate with more people in the class too.

I would also base going to college on how much you make now, how long you've been making it, how many sources your income is based on, etc. But it is nice having a degree to fall back on or give you that piece of mind if you need it.

.. and dont forget there's still lots of free time in college to do your own thing (if you aren't taking computer science or engineering)

 

[DruSam]

Go to college man... don't pull a drusam because a network can crash at anytime and your referral money can be gone tomorrow.

engaged, I already replaced my referral income. You need to replace your joke, it's a little old for a blithering jackass enthusiast like yourself. :Yahoo_29:

 

[engaged]

engaged, I already replaced my referral income. You need to replace your joke, it's a little old for a blithering jackass enthusiast like yourself. :Yahoo_29:

i guess replacing $50/day isn't as hard as I thought

 

[Drake]

Its so easy to stop going to college. And so hard to go back. I know I quit for a semester that turned into 4 years off because I was making "good " money. That money is really nothing in the long term. You have to make plans to make good or great money for the rest of your life. Not just a year or two.

Personally I say dont quit, you never know what you might want in the long term. People here say dont quit on IM why do they want to quit on a university degree?

I do hiring decisions and the first thing we look at is did they get a degree? Its not my decision but we cut ALL that didnt get one. Thats just reality. And then I usually cut the ones with crap degrees or from crap universities. Do you want people like me doing that to you 80 - 90 % of the time?

 

[zayd]

It all comes down to where you see yourself in the future. Is college going to get in the way of that vision? Yes? Then put it to the side for now and start making your vision a reality. You're young and you only live once, plus if things don't work out you can go back to college later with the kind of real world experience that will make being there worth it.

And what's with this talk about job interviews? I thought it's been established that jobs are for slackers. (kidding)

 

[loyolabenson]

Its so easy to stop going to college. And so hard to go back. I know I quit for a semester that turned into 4 years off because I was making "good " money. That money is really nothing in the long term. You have to make plans to make good or great money for the rest of your life. Not just a year or two.

Personally I say dont quit, you never know what you might want in the long term. People here say dont quit on IM why do they want to quit on a university degree?

I do hiring decisions and the first thing we look at is did they get a degree? Its not my decision but we cut ALL that didnt get one. Thats just reality. And then I usually cut the ones with crap degrees or from crap universities. Do you want people like me doing that to you 80 - 90 % of the time?

Yeah I get what you're saying. This is true if you want a JOB. Most people here have the savvy to do their own thing. A degree for most of us would have better use as Toilet paper than a career booster.