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Some things are more important than money. Studying at Harvard can offer a lot more than a good ROI on your degree -- including the opportunity to work and get
by s_dev 4y ago
Some things are more important than money. Studying at Harvard can offer a lot more than a good ROI on your degree -- including the opportunity to work and get to know some very smart people.
Lots of people graduated from Harvard to go on to make very little money but large contributions e.g. Richard Stallman is the parsimonious example that comes to mind. Noam Chomsky and other top academics probably aren't rolling around in cash either.
- ghaff 4y agoIt may not be Big Tech/Law/etc. type money, but tenured professors at elite schools have a pretty comfortable lifestyle--assuming of course that academia is your thing. (And, of course, depending on a lot of specifics like ability to consult, write books, get paid speaking engagements, etc.)