Wow, sounds like a familiar story. That was more or less me in my college days in the early 90s, long before the WWW and all the help and suggestions and info you could easily find online.
I remember getting the letter from my college that said "Yeah, thanks and everything, but don't come back next year".
I don't regret any of it. I made more money before I was 30 than most people make in an entire careers worth of work. I'm having fun doing what I like and never regretted not finishing college.
Here is one thing that I HAVE found. College can be a little bit like a startup... 40 years work in 4 years time. Too many people in the job market look at a college degree as proof/validation of your abilities. If you don't have the degree you will most likely have to work harder at the job market over a long period of time if you want to really excel (if you just want to get a better-than-average tech job but not really pursue upper-level executive roles, then it doesn't matter as much). So, you can spend 4 years in college studying hard, or you can spend the next 20 years (at least it's not 40;) ) or so pushing yourself and working through some of the roadblocks you'll encounter by not having a degree.
I've generally always been a self-starter and technology-oriented, so it wasn't too hard to keep my career progressing. But that is because I'm not afraid to push for my own desires and agendas. If you have a strong mind, but a more reserved disposition, you might want to re-consider the college thing. If you have a strong mind and a strong will, you may very well be wasting time and money that could be better applied in a career field.
Sorry this is kind of quick and sloppy... I'm currently in China on business and my day starts in about 10 minutes.
Wow, sounds like a familiar story. That was more or less me in my college days in the early 90s, long before the WWW and all the help and suggestions and info you could easily find online.
I remember getting the letter from my college that said "Yeah, thanks and everything, but don't come back next year".
I don't regret any of it. I made more money before I was 30 than most people make in an entire careers worth of work. I'm having fun doing what I like and never regretted not finishing college.
Here is one thing that I HAVE found. College can be a little bit like a startup... 40 years work in 4 years time. Too many people in the job market look at a college degree as proof/validation of your abilities. If you don't have the degree you will most likely have to work harder at the job market over a long period of time if you want to really excel (if you just want to get a better-than-average tech job but not really pursue upper-level executive roles, then it doesn't matter as much). So, you can spend 4 years in college studying hard, or you can spend the next 20 years (at least it's not 40;) ) or so pushing yourself and working through some of the roadblocks you'll encounter by not having a degree.
I've generally always been a self-starter and technology-oriented, so it wasn't too hard to keep my career progressing. But that is because I'm not afraid to push for my own desires and agendas. If you have a strong mind, but a more reserved disposition, you might want to re-consider the college thing. If you have a strong mind and a strong will, you may very well be wasting time and money that could be better applied in a career field.
Sorry this is kind of quick and sloppy... I'm currently in China on business and my day starts in about 10 minutes.
Good luck either way.