Only speaking for myself... It's hard trying to learn stuff at a startup (in depth) and get sh*t done. A startup will consume most of your waking life. What y

Only speaking for myself... It's hard trying to learn stuff at a startup (in depth) and get sh*t done. A startup will consume most of your waking life. What you will learn will most likely be related to what you have to get done at the moment and it's a smattering of things. There are some very useful things you can learn in depth at school that you can't learn while at a job. Like cmpt theory/math theory. You can't efficiently learn that stuff while trying to crank out ruby code/javascript for something that must be done YESTERDAY. School is a less-stressful, structured environment for thinking deeply about stuff. Yes, you can learn stuff on your own but it's better to have access to mentors/coaches/peers available for guiding you in your studies. A school is the easiest way to get access to such a community. If you're learning Lisp at school you'll have 20 peers and a mentor to talk to.