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I do kind of feel like he's taking advantage of me, I get that feeling a lot actually. I do think he could be a great asset in the future, mostly when the work

by Jarred 16y ago

I do kind of feel like he's taking advantage of me, I get that feeling a lot actually. I do think he could be a great asset in the future, mostly when the work becomes too much for me but I really do get the feeling that he wants to take over and do it all. I want this to work out, I don't like high school. I am willing to accept failure but there is more than one idea I've thought of that I like, only this is the one that I think I can do the best on right at this moment, and in the far future I want to work on those. (Those have high starting costs whereas this has almost no costs in the beginning and I see personal gain from this because K-12 Education is awful)

mgkimsal 16y ago
Old man speaking here again. It's fashionable the past few years to drop out of college and head to Silicon Valley to strike it rich. I get that. I would not recommend dropping out of high school. You've got perhaps 2 years left of it. If you want to slack there and hone your skills on something else - fine. But unless people are already paying you a crapload of money for stuff you've done, stick it out. That probably sounds very 'stick in the mud', and it possibly is. Just... stick it out. Out of the probably 70-80 years you've got left on this planet, another 2 spent getting the most rudimentary education and exposure to a variety of ideas (even if it sucks) isn't going to kill you, or indeed kill your startup baby. If there's one thing I've learned over the years is that good ideas and good opportunities constantly present themselves - it's like a river. You need to be able to grab on to one when you're ready, and at 15 I'm just not sure you're ready. Yes, we see stories of 9 year old CEOs making fortunes on the web (one started a furniture company or something like that) but they also have close-knit supportive parents and families. You've not mentioned parents, but you're already not on the same wavelength as your brother, which is a big red flag. I did a 'startup' (services consultancy, really) with my brother for several years - it didn't end well, but we've stayed friendly and in touch, which (to me) is ultimately more important.
- Jarred 16y ago
  Well I never said I'd drop out, even if it came off that I implied that. The idea I'm working on involves K-12 education. It's essentially a file-sharing network for academia and hobbyists. But the file-sharing part is mashed in with your courses, so when a teacher posts the homework any other teacher can use that homework as well or if a student doesn't understand how to do the night's homework they can just search for the concept (i.e Quadratic Equations) and it will come up with a list of videos made by teachers for that concept. That's a very informal and not a very elaborate description but that's essentially it.

by Jarred 16y ago

mgkimsal 16y ago

Old man speaking here again. It's fashionable the past few years to drop out of college and head to Silicon Valley to strike it rich. I get that. I would not recommend dropping out of high school. You've got perhaps 2 years left of it. If you want to slack there and hone your skills on something else - fine. But unless people are already paying you a crapload of money for stuff you've done, stick it out. That probably sounds very 'stick in the mud', and it possibly is. Just... stick it out. Out of the probably 70-80 years you've got left on this planet, another 2 spent getting the most rudimentary education and exposure to a variety of ideas (even if it sucks) isn't going to kill you, or indeed kill your startup baby. If there's one thing I've learned over the years is that good ideas and good opportunities constantly present themselves - it's like a river. You need to be able to grab on to one when you're ready, and at 15 I'm just not sure you're ready. Yes, we see stories of 9 year old CEOs making fortunes on the web (one started a furniture company or something like that) but they also have close-knit supportive parents and families. You've not mentioned parents, but you're already not on the same wavelength as your brother, which is a big red flag. I did a 'startup' (services consultancy, really) with my brother for several years - it didn't end well, but we've stayed friendly and in touch, which (to me) is ultimately more important.

Jarred 16y ago
Well I never said I'd drop out, even if it came off that I implied that. The idea I'm working on involves K-12 education. It's essentially a file-sharing network for academia and hobbyists. But the file-sharing part is mashed in with your courses, so when a teacher posts the homework any other teacher can use that homework as well or if a student doesn't understand how to do the night's homework they can just search for the concept (i.e Quadratic Equations) and it will come up with a list of videos made by teachers for that concept. That's a very informal and not a very elaborate description but that's essentially it.