The artist examples were more interesting than the Gates/Zuck stuff. Harvard has very generous leave of absence policies so Zuck could have easily returned to f

The artist examples were more interesting than the Gates/Zuck stuff. Harvard has very generous leave of absence policies so Zuck could have easily returned to finish his degree two years (or more, I believe) after leaving if Facebook did not work out. It really is just a selection effect for that level of achievement. I am mostly of the belief that higher education is about signaling, but signaling is valuable to even the majority of geniuses so there's really no opting out sadly.