I know a few of the people here. Before going to college I was definitely tempted to work at a startup and not to go to college. The tech industry in SF is over

I know a few of the people here. Before going to college I was definitely tempted to work at a startup and not to go to college. The tech industry in SF is overflowing with money, so I'm not surprised these people are making this choice (unexpectedly, it's often the small-but-VC-funded startup desperate for talent that pays more $$$ the bigcorps, often run by founders unable to qualify the talent). Also, in my experience studying CS (at least at Berkeley) is definitely harder than working in tech (compare doing psets and pulling all-nighters to doing working on things you're pretty good at, surrounded by every perk imaginable). I did end up making the judgment that deeply studying CS in my 4 years at Berkeley would help me in the long run.