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Not to discourage you, but your education will likely benefit you far longer than most SV companies will be around. The benefits of education also brought, in m
by breckenedge 14y ago
Not to discourage you, but your education will likely benefit you far longer than most SV companies will be around. The benefits of education also brought, in my life, career choices that would not have been available without it. Choice is liberating. Who knows though, the world does seem to be changing.
- c_t_montgomery 14y agoI agree, but I think it's fair to say that education definitely exceeds the classroom in our fast-paced industry. I learned a lot during my 2.5 years in college, but very little of it, IMO, was related to classroom or homework-based criteria. It was almost all side projects.
- randomdata 14y ago> Choice is liberating. I find it to be overwhelming. I am routinely contacted by people asking if I am looking for work, and what they are doing seems like it could be an amazing experience, but you get comfortable in your six figure job that you love and taking the risk on something new is a huge decision. Like, "should you divorce your wife to date the interesting new girl you met?" kind of huge. I did not have the opportunity to obtain a formal post-secondary education though, so maybe that is something you learn to manage in that process.
- jarek 14y ago> I am routinely contacted by people asking if I am looking for work, and what they are doing seems like it could be an amazing experience, but you get comfortable in your six figure job that you love One percent (of developers) problems.
- randomdata 14y ago25% of the North American population are college educated. Based on the previous poster, I would assume at least 25% of the population have to deal with it. In fact, they probably have it worse given the more opportunities than I have access to.