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I'm in a similar position. Also 24, and didn't finish college. I haven't had trouble getting jobs, but I still have to answer the "So why didn't you finish scho

• joshmn 11y ago
  Well, honesty hour: why didn't you? My reason (maybe for inspiration?)... If someone expects me to read a book and apply concepts from it, I'm going to have a terrible time. Not because I can't read, but because I won't. I don't learn by reading a book. I learn by doing. Georgetown was first — more traditional school. That didn't last long. Thought that somewhere more "in my niche" would do things differently. Nope.
  • rifung 11y ago
    Mostly because I didn't want to spend my parents' money on it when I felt I had learned enough to get a job. I also decided I wanted to double major in Math but since it was just for myself I didn't feel like it was fair to my parents to delay my financial independence I'm the opposite of you, I actually really enjoy learning from books. But then again, I typically like learning about theoretical concepts so that may be why books are fine for me; I just think about them, play with them in my mind, and do exercises if they have any.