> [...] what would be the use of credentials issued by a university thousands of miles away that still taught PHP for web development? Would success in the far

> [...] what would be the use of credentials issued by a university thousands of miles away that still taught PHP for web development? Would success in the far more complex task of building startups from the ground up not be credential enough? [...] I'm reminded of the recent post about the 22 year old who said they had failed: "Your mistake was thinking you could go into, say, a CS degree and have nothing to learn."[0] Of course, dropping out and starting a career at FB (or similar) is hardly a bad move. Who can say if it's the right thing to do or not? It's hard to discern a positive motive, though, when 95% of the reasoning is why college isn't great, and the bit about Facebook or throwing startup ideas at the wall to see what sticks barely passes as a footnote. Generally the best decisions don't come from focussing on what you don't want to do. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28575317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28575317