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Author doesn't get into it, but the quote at the top from a HN comment briefly touches on why I went back to college. I just graduated at 41 years old. There's
by zf00002 11y ago
Author doesn't get into it, but the quote at the top from a HN comment briefly touches on why I went back to college.
I just graduated at 41 years old. There's not a clean, easy single reason why. But it involves some bits of pride and shame. I'm the oldest of all the grandkids in the extended family and had been the only one who hadn't earned a degree. Lost one of my grandmas a few years ago and I wanted to make sure my other one could see me get there. Also I wanted to do it just to prove to myself I could finish something I started over 20 years ago.
Money ain't everything.
- SixSigma 11y agoThat's like my story. I dropped out of CS degree and spent 20 years working on some great self motivated projects, I've had CGI videos on Mtv including one for a #1 charted band (not the song I did), taken a company from $250k turnover paper based business to $1m+ by computerising, started an ISP. But when I reflect: "no degree" always rankled, especially when I was hanging out with MIT grads at conferences. It definitely opened doors to them that were closed to me. I have heard "I could get you a semester of research in my lab if you had a degree". So here I am at 46 doing a BSc and am lining up my doctorate. Dr SixSigma has a good ring to it.