In college it seems like unless you have a really good GPA and have parents or yourself to be independently wealthy the best advice for academia or even getting

In college it seems like unless you have a really good GPA and have parents or yourself to be independently wealthy the best advice for academia or even getting a degree is getting out as fast as you can for Computer Science. For me it took me six years when I traded money for time at Community College. Also, bumping up your own earnings by a significant multiplier is probably easier if you bypass getting a Masters Degree and just start doing interview prep. Whats even better is hitting multiple multipliers. I was in a Computer lab where someone got an offer letter from Facebook which was extremely high and they IPOed. Now I think he is doing some kind of javascript style hosting stuff but I think he is independently wealthy.