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I mean, so, just looking at one of the courses this person has singled out .... https://writeofpassage.school/#pricing https://writeofpassage.school/#pricing

I mean, so, just looking at one of the courses this person has singled out .... https://writeofpassage.school/#pricing https://writeofpassage.school/#pricing I'm not sure what to think about dropping out of college to spend $4-$7k on a course about writing? That is definitely getting up to the level, at least, of what some college courses would cost. As far as dropping out just generally goes ... what's the rush? Especially if you're close to being done in any case? People shouldn't write off the utility of the credential itself, regardless of their own personal feelings on the subject.

smoldesu 5y ago
You don't understand! Their website uses fancy German fonts and neon color gradients, clearly they know what they're doing. And check that out, I can pay my $7,000 tuition via Apple Pay! Be right back, I'm going to go cancel the rest of my semester.
- sberens 5y ago
  Unironically, the whole system to pay tuition has awful UX. The main benefits of the course that I see are: - focus on writing online, they make you make a personal website, they give you advice for twitter, medium, etc - community--people here are much cooler than average college students, they are successful, interesting, connected, and experienced in writing online and are more than willing to share their advice - there are no grades, which allows me to optimize my time how I want
  - talentedcoin 5y ago
    Idk. I am skeptical but I wish you luck! All I would say is (speaking from direct experience here), just be sure in your own mind that you are not just taking the external validation you would receive through college and proxying it with something else like "another course". There are lots of paid courses out there -- some are good and some are bad, but none of them can approximate the experience of working on a problem yourself first. With respect to writing specifically, there is no magic bullet. Writing takes practice and learning some tricks to optimize your own workflow. You could, after all, practice that in your spare time and stay in school :) Don't quit a program just to do things you could have done while staying in.
- dang 5y ago
  "Don't be snarky." "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

smoldesu 5y ago

You don't understand! Their website uses fancy German fonts and neon color gradients, clearly they know what they're doing. And check that out, I can pay my $7,000 tuition via Apple Pay! Be right back, I'm going to go cancel the rest of my semester.

sberens 5y ago
Unironically, the whole system to pay tuition has awful UX. The main benefits of the course that I see are: - focus on writing online, they make you make a personal website, they give you advice for twitter, medium, etc - community--people here are much cooler than average college students, they are successful, interesting, connected, and experienced in writing online and are more than willing to share their advice - there are no grades, which allows me to optimize my time how I want
- talentedcoin 5y ago
  Idk. I am skeptical but I wish you luck! All I would say is (speaking from direct experience here), just be sure in your own mind that you are not just taking the external validation you would receive through college and proxying it with something else like "another course". There are lots of paid courses out there -- some are good and some are bad, but none of them can approximate the experience of working on a problem yourself first. With respect to writing specifically, there is no magic bullet. Writing takes practice and learning some tricks to optimize your own workflow. You could, after all, practice that in your spare time and stay in school :) Don't quit a program just to do things you could have done while staying in.
dang 5y ago
"Don't be snarky." "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html