How many people here have gone to college?

Is anybody making enough from affiliate marketing to pay for college? Just wondering.

I went to a two year college and took business courses, and followed up with some liberal arts studies like advertising and writing. Taking courses on Internet technology around 1992 would have been the height of prescience.
 


Graduated in Physics.

Went because I love the subject, solving problems and fancied a career in it, but didn't enjoy university enough to continue beyond my BSc.
 
I have a bachelors in Economics from UCSD.










............And that's been pretty useful so far..........
 
riddarhusetgal said:
Haha. I was being a smart ass. Actually there really needs to be a thread about this.

You would do the following:

1) Go to http://www.wickedfire.com/search.php
2) Type in some keywords - I used "go to college" and chose "title only" to restrict some of the searches

3) This popped up http://www.wickedfire.com/search.php?searchid=1737000


FYI related threads tend to pop up if you scroll to the bottom.

I'll take my $150K salary and free parking space now, thank you very much - lol
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Bachelors in Finance.
 
I'm 3 (yes 3) classes shy of my bachelors degree in Criminal Justice. My wife has been on my ass to just finish them and get the paper, so I'll probably just do it here next semester. After all the work I've put in, I'd hate to think that the University got the best of me and my money.
 
I can assure you that the most successful people on this forum are dropouts.

I never tried it and honestly don't really think that Im ever going to try out college.
 
went to college for 5.5 years at the height of the the influx of people needed for the tech industry, it was the way to go in 98 but as I graduated in 2003 it was not. I graduated with a bachelors of science in data communications and networking with a minor in management and an associates in networking and technical support. I've worked for fortune 100 and 500 companies in the private sector as well at the us government where I choose to live now I am over skilled and would be way underpaid for my abilities. I currently do contract work for ibm dell and other fortune 500 companies time to time to get me out of the house but this is what I love, to be my own boss. Truth of the matter is though affiliate marketing won't last forever but when that bridge comes I can still fall back on my degrees if I don't have a huge ass nest egg by then.
 
Lots of hours, couple of schools, lots of pot smoked, no degree

No hard feelings though, great experience. A degree wouldn't have done me a bit of good in real life, I learned everything worth knowing from the internets.
 
I have at least 4 friends I can think of who all got 4 year degrees in various things from Literature & Writing to Political Science. Not one of them is in a job where they're degree even matters. One works for his family company, the other is in the car business and the other guys don't work in fields related to their degrees. Crazy.
 
ricdes said:
I can assure you that the most successful people on this forum are dropouts.

I never tried it and honestly don't really think that Im ever going to try out college.
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Um, I honestly don't think you can draw that conclusion, can you?

Firstly, if the kid is trying to figure out whether or not to go to school, this is not the place for unbiased opinions.

It's very dangerous to tell kids "school sucks and is a waste of time".

Do you need a formal education to succeed?

Absolutely not.

Does it help?

Of course it does. The right education will teach you how to find out what what your talents are and how to monetize those talents. If you are from a modest social background you will get access to a vast social network that is unavailable to you until you hit the 8 and probably 9 figure net worth range.

What makes me qualified to give this opinion? I am all about credibility....
Parents:

Both entrepreneurs with 30+ years of experience running multiple companies
Both the first to get advanced degrees in their family
Both worked at some point 3 jobs to put themselves through school....

Personally:
Started first biz at 10 (literally)
Public Company Experience
VC and Start Up Experience
2 Years in this Biz (literally went to WF university) and now employ multiple people on 3 continents
2 Advanced degrees from brand name schools
Volunteered at NFTE - National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.



Reason I am saying all this is that I firmly believe in the value of entreprenurial risk taking and education. And if you are wise you will try to get a balanced view.....

Your decision about education can be one of the most important in your life. On a personal level too if you go to a school ideal for you, it will be one of the most rewarding social experiences ever. I wouldn't trade in $500M for my experiences - the friendships, learning, etc.

If you go to some MBA forum they will tell you that maybe Affiliate Marketing is a waste of Time.

Here you will find ALOT of people saying school is a waste of time.

This is called "market segmentation".

If your goal is to be in a senior most position in a Fortune 500 company, consider that literally 30% of the top 3 officers at Fortune 500 companies (i.e. the CEO, CFO, CIO) went to Harvard Business School. This is a staggering statistic and speaks volumes....

However, a LARGE AMOUNT of very wealthy individuals in the Forbes list of billionaires are actually themselves college drop outs....

Ironically, if you talk to many of them A LARGE AMOUNT DONATE TO UNIVERSITIES and are VERY ADAMANT about their kids GOING TO SCHOOL - what does that tell you??


It all depends on what you want. If you want the flexibility of being able to decide between corporate America and entrepreneurship, get your degree.

It is a helluva lot easier to go from corporate America to starting a business than it is the other way around....
 
I actually was in my third year doing chemistry, and dropped out 2 weeks ago.

Couldn't focus in class when I was thinking about my campaigns. Plus they wanted me to memorize the whole periodic table, fuck that.

Let's just say my income has quadrupled since I dropped out and focused on AM full time.
 
riddarhusetgal said:
Um, I honestly don't think you can draw that conclusion, can you?

Firstly, if the kid is trying to figure out whether or not to go to school, this is not the place for unbiased opinions.

It's very dangerous to tell kids "school sucks and is a waste of time".

Do you need a formal education to succeed?

Absolutely not.

Does it help?

Of course it does. The right education will teach you how to find out what what your talents are and how to monetize those talents. If you are from a modest social background you will get access to a vast social network that is unavailable to you until you hit the 8 and probably 9 figure net worth range.

What makes me qualified to give this opinion? I am all about credibility....
Parents:

Both entrepreneurs with 30+ years of experience running multiple companies
Both the first to get advanced degrees in their family
Both worked at some point 3 jobs to put themselves through school....

Personally:
Started first biz at 10 (literally)
Public Company Experience
VC and Start Up Experience
2 Years in this Biz (literally went to WF university) and now employ multiple people on 3 continents
2 Advanced degrees from brand name schools
Volunteered at NFTE - National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.



Reason I am saying all this is that I firmly believe in the value of entreprenurial risk taking and education. And if you are wise you will try to get a balanced view.....

Your decision about education can be one of the most important in your life. On a personal level too if you go to a school ideal for you, it will be one of the most rewarding social experiences ever. I wouldn't trade in $500M for my experiences - the friendships, learning, etc.

If you go to some MBA forum they will tell you that maybe Affiliate Marketing is a waste of Time.

Here you will find ALOT of people saying school is a waste of time.

This is called "market segmentation".

If your goal is to be in a senior most position in a Fortune 500 company, consider that literally 30% of the top 3 officers at Fortune 500 companies (i.e. the CEO, CFO, CIO) went to Harvard Business School. This is a staggering statistic and speaks volumes....

However, a LARGE AMOUNT of very wealthy individuals in the Forbes list of billionaires are actually themselves college drop outs....

Ironically, if you talk to many of them A LARGE AMOUNT DONATE TO UNIVERSITIES and are VERY ADAMANT about their kids GOING TO SCHOOL - what does that tell you??


It all depends on what you want. If you want the flexibility of being able to decide between corporate America and entrepreneurship, get your degree.

It is a helluva lot easier to go from corporate America to starting a business than it is the other way around....
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