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When I started studying at university there was this guy who was in his last year, had only half a year to go, and then decided to quit. I didn't understand it
by rogeryu 11y ago
When I started studying at university there was this guy who was in his last year, had only half a year to go, and then decided to quit. I didn't understand it at all. Six years later I did. I quit. I regret it.
I regret not getting the proper support. And I regret rejecting the support I got. I thought I will manage, and I still do, but... All those stories about Gates and Jobs and whoever dropped out and became a famous bazillionaire - most of us who drop out don't. My salary is OK, but certainly not great. If I look at what people earn after finishing university, that's a significant gap with what I get - even now.
If you don't pass your exams this year, try again next year. Maybe after ten or twenty years you'll look back and think that you would have managed without that diploma, but if it happens to be that you look back in regret - it won't be easy to take up your study and finish the exam. You won't have the time and energy. Why? Your job! It takes up most of your time and energy, and hopefully there will be a family - wife and kids, and they take up most of the rest.
If you were certain that you would be successful without diploma, you would already have a running business.
- dsacco 11y agoWith respect, this says more about you than it does about your lack of degree. In our field, not having a degree is no longer stigmatized. I can immediately think of five people who dropped out of college (or never even attended) and now make $300k+ per year in salary. None of them are famous. None of them got rich with a startup. They just worked hard in places like Google. These are people I have met or worked with who followed a typical career progression to its logical mid-late career conclusion. I don't know what the reasons are that you never caught up to your colleagues with diplomas, but I can tell you that it's not your lack of diploma holding you back.