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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2248379" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>I sort of did a semester in college... I say "sort of" because I didn't really bother going to class - it was like high school again - boring, and a curriculum emphasis on regurgitation over education. So then I worked a few minimum (pool/spa) and low wage (Walmart, Kmart, post-fire restoration, vo-tech, and other oddities) jobs for a few years until eventually starting a Drupal development business and then a Drupal hosting business.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't change it at all. In my field, a degree is practically worthless. It's pretty much a tool for getting saddlebags full of debt. I've never been asked about it, and I've met people who said they even move those resumes further down in the stack based on past experience working with educated developers. Why should I pay $40K+ for a piece of paper that has zero positive effect on my earning potential?</p><p></p><p>Of course, all of that depends on what you want to do with your life. There are fields where a degree is mandatory, others where they don't care what it's in as long as you have one, and some like mine where 14-year-olds can run circles around the formally educated.</p><p></p><p>Based on Facebook posts of those I went to high school with, I'd say I'm in the top 5% of my high school peers both in terms of success and job satisfaction. The majority of them went to college, and of those the majority finished.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]31120[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]31118[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2248379, member: 5151"] I sort of did a semester in college... I say "sort of" because I didn't really bother going to class - it was like high school again - boring, and a curriculum emphasis on regurgitation over education. So then I worked a few minimum (pool/spa) and low wage (Walmart, Kmart, post-fire restoration, vo-tech, and other oddities) jobs for a few years until eventually starting a Drupal development business and then a Drupal hosting business. I wouldn't change it at all. In my field, a degree is practically worthless. It's pretty much a tool for getting saddlebags full of debt. I've never been asked about it, and I've met people who said they even move those resumes further down in the stack based on past experience working with educated developers. Why should I pay $40K+ for a piece of paper that has zero positive effect on my earning potential? Of course, all of that depends on what you want to do with your life. There are fields where a degree is mandatory, others where they don't care what it's in as long as you have one, and some like mine where 14-year-olds can run circles around the formally educated. Based on Facebook posts of those I went to high school with, I'd say I'm in the top 5% of my high school peers both in terms of success and job satisfaction. The majority of them went to college, and of those the majority finished. [ATTACH=CONFIG]31120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]31118[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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