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re: spinoff: my son doesn't want to go to college.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:19 pm to foshizzle
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:19 pm to foshizzle
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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both dropped out of college. Richard Branson never attended at all.
People really need to stop using Bill Gates as a poster boy for not attempting or obtaining a college degree.
Harvard's curriculum was essentially easy for Gates, and people were just beginning at that time to even understand the capabilities of computers and the importance/future of software. The guy scored a 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT and was devising algorithms and solving problems so complex that even his professors were incapable of solving them.
A guy whose brilliance was off the charts and cutting edge for his field is not comparable in any way to a kid who doesn't have the desire or wherewithal to go to college in 2014.
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Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:39 pm to Feral
Yeah you can drop out of college if you are a genius like Gates. You don't really need it. Also I believe he came from a very wealthy family, so even if he went out and completely failed he would have been fine.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 8:27 pm to Feral
[quote]People really need to stop using Bill Gates as a poster boy for not attempting or obtaining a college degree.
That leaves Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, and a long list of other billionaires that never went or dropped out of college, among well known multi-millionaires, around 20% dropped out or never went.
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That leaves Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, and a long list of other billionaires that never went or dropped out of college, among well known multi-millionaires, around 20% dropped out or never went.
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