Remember that wickedfire has a lot of people, who, for one reason or another, made a huge investment, financially and timewise, in higher education.
They need to justify this to themselves.
cognitive dissonance works both ways son
CMU degree vs. 200k ?
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Remember that wickedfire has a lot of people, who, for one reason or another, made a huge investment, financially and timewise, in higher education.
They need to justify this to themselves.
cognitive dissonance works both ways son
Sure, but I'm not saying he should or shouldn't
I'm just here for the likes.
Hello ShadowCaster.
A degree is vital if you're looking for good long term employment, no question about that.
You can say it's important for networking, but $4k a month + a huge time sink for networking is certainly an inefficient use of resources to spend on networking. Go to meetup.com, pay your dues and be active in private clubs/orgs, get active locally, and get the same benefit with less of a time and money cost.
You can say it's important for education, but
Yeah.
With that said, what we would do isn't relevant. Its what you want to do with your life in the future and you haven't really specified that
You can say it's important for networking, but $4k a month + a huge time sink for networking is certainly an inefficient use of resources to spend on networking. Go to meetup.com, pay your dues and be active in private clubs/orgs, get active locally, and get the same benefit with less of a time and money cost.
You can say it's important for education, but
Yeah.
With that said, what we would do isn't relevant. Its what you want to do with your life in the future and you haven't really specified that
You're comparing a soft science to a hard science (and a Masters to a Bachelors).A degree is vital if you're looking for good long term employment, no question about that.
You can say it's important for networking, but $4k a month + a huge time sink for networking is certainly an inefficient use of resources to spend on networking. Go to meetup.com, pay your dues and be active in private clubs/orgs, get active locally, and get the same benefit with less of a time and money cost.
You can say it's important for education, but
Yeah.
With that said, what we would do isn't relevant. Its what you want to do with your life in the future and you haven't really specified that
You can't take a comment about the usefulness of an MBA and apply it to the usefulness of a BS in Computer Science. It's comparing apples to oranges.
Also the CMU compsci program is not in the College of Engineering. Try again.
Severe lols at this. I'd love to see a list of the last 10 hires throughout his companies that Mark Cuban attended the interviews or even looked at the resumes for. The types of hires that he would personally make involve people with many years -> decades of experience and serious pedigrees. I doubt the Yahoo! board was looking for "MBA" on Melissa Mayer's resume, either.
Zsaleem stop thinking of this as a $200k cost - it's not. You'll only end up paying for the first year before you know that this is investment of time and money is worth it for you, and if it is, then motivate yourself to run your business while you're attending university and you'll be debt free when you finish.
I'm in a different situation as our education is significantly less expensive in Canada, but I left a career + IM to start doing a degree at 29 years of age and I can safely say that the past 3.5 years have given me some of the best times of my life. In another 16 months when I graduate, I'll have a degree that vastly improves my earning power and still allows me to run businesses to scratch that entrepreneurial itch. Another added bonus is having something to fall back on if things get tough, which is something I didn't have before.
Just remember that if you do go, it's on you to make the most of it. It's pretty rare that a day goes by around here where I don't catch someone whining about school in some way... it never ceases to amaze.
15 yr old and 100k savings and 400k worth of assets. Assuming its self made, well done bro!
Ladies and gentlement, we might have a wf billionaire in the making here :thumbsup:
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Ladies and gentlement, we might have a wf billionaire in the making here :thumbsup:
Sure, but I'm not saying he should or shouldn't
I'm just here for the likes.
Hello ShadowCaster.
This is good
I'm 17, NOT 15. And yeah, it's self made, except that 80% of it I got after stabbing Jeff and making him forcefully transfer his kid's porn to my account which I later sold.
Also, I'd consult with your CPA, but you can write off your tuition/books/etc. because they would be furthering your current profession, not teaching you a new skill. So think about that as your 30%+ off coupon.
A lot of responses here, all of them are pretty good advice but no one takes into account your age. I think everyone needs some exposure to college. Its not about earning power, or education, or even how much you spend, but you NEED that college experience. Eating ramen noodles. Sleeping with 3 chicks in the same day. Getting plastered until 5 am and wake up hungover at 7am to take a final. Get thrown in the drunk tank. Take a road trip. You gotta get that shit out of your system before you can get serious IMO. You'll regret it if you don't.
You're obviously smart and great at business. Why not put that shit on hold, or atleast do it small time to pay for beer and enjoy your youth at college. When I was 17 the last thing I was thinking about was making wads of dough. Use your mid 20's and 30's to build something fantastic.
* Disclosure: While I attended college I never graduated, and I don't regret that for a minute.
You're obviously smart and great at business. Why not put that shit on hold, or atleast do it small time to pay for beer and enjoy your youth at college. When I was 17 the last thing I was thinking about was making wads of dough. Use your mid 20's and 30's to build something fantastic.
* Disclosure: While I attended college I never graduated, and I don't regret that for a minute.
OP, seek out people who are already doing what you want to do or seriously respect and personally ask them.
If you have 100K I'd venture to say that you're doing much better than 99% of the posters here and any advice you receive (unless you know the source) should be considered suspect.
If you have 100K I'd venture to say that you're doing much better than 99% of the posters here and any advice you receive (unless you know the source) should be considered suspect.
I have not gone to college and agree with you that you need to get all that out of your system. And I don't want to regret it either as I have not honestly had the college experience. But at the same time I want to build my business and make lots of money so I am trying to find a balance . enjoy myself and grab a whole bunch of ass and chicks but also build my business long term and make a fuck ton of money.
I thought about moving near a college and hooking up with parties close by and just taking things from there. I don't think going through the enrollment process is worth the time and having to study from professors whose only real world experience is from a text book they have wrote is really worth it.
I might register/enroll in the school and just play the schools sports for four years. would have plenty of parties and would still be able to get it out of my system. But would still have time to focus on building my business.
You should easily be able to drive that cost down by applying for scholarships. College isn't for everyone, but it can be great. I pay very little for a degree from a highly regarded university and I have made some amazing connections and friends in my field of choice. It's (highly) debatable whether or not my education has really been worth the money from a purely financial perspective, but I wouldn't trade my college years for anything. If nothing else, live in a college town and walk the campus. You will never have a better chance at picking up women waaayyyyy out of your league. Never. :love-smiley-085: