Dropping Out Debate

I went to a non-ivy school and dropped out. There's always hope :)

I dropped out of high school in the late nineties, and went straight to work at a dot com. My life (best I can tell) was never impacted negatively, and I far surpassed my friends in most measures (certainly financially) as a result. My only regret is having not dropped out sooner.

As a drop out, I personally found the reasons hit pretty close to home.However, I think the assumption that all drop outs never do anything education wise again is misleading. I ended up getting my GED, going to college and then got my graduate degree.Dropping out of high school does not equate a bad future. In fact, I believe if I hadnt had a few extra years to figure out what exactly I wanted out of life, I would have failed spectacularly in college.

I dropped out of CS college to start my own adventure. It's been 2 years since I dropped out, and have not reached my goal. I'm still optimistic about my future and very enthusiast. There is no useless experience, I've got more and more knowledge since that day. Up vote for dropped out!

Great article - I am one of those guys who dropped from college because I simply couldn't see myself sitting in class learning about Nostradamus and interpretive theater while I was thinking of the application I was building at home.I have since started college again (online courses) but dropping out for that time was the best decision I ever made. Unfortunately, to many employers require that piece of paper that says, "I know my stuff."

Most of these read like the list could have been written in 1980. Question: does this apply to someone like me, who chose to drop out of college after a couple years of CS rather than graduate?

I am a college dropout and was recently a self-taught software developer in a mid-high position (earning in the six figures just four years after teaching myself my first line of PHP), but if you are looking for validation, you are committing the grave error of confirmation bias.It is true that my professional life would be considered successful by many (I lead a very niche field of research now) and that I dropped out of undergraduate school (while on a full scholarship + stipend no less), b

Do not. If you based your decision because you think or heard that some famous and rich people dropped out from school, you just committed survivorship bias. [1]Here is a thing that I learned when I finished college (I have two degrees which means it has been happened twice in my life):college is not just about learning, its about finding friends and socializing. You can learn anything by yourself, anytime, anywhere, but knowing some people is hard.You may think that your friend is lose

I dropped out of high school in my junior year. Predictably, most people remarked that it was a poor decision and that my prospects of employment would be forever decimated.I skipped ~50% of days in grades 8-10, but somehow passed. I spent those days coding and learning on my own time.As school got progressively less challenging, I dropped out in grade 11 and decided to stop wasting my time.Finally, I could pursue my passion in software full-time. That additional time and freedom was in

you shouldnt drop out. you should instead get the degree, and work to remake the world they way you want it to be.