Hi guys,
So I got a question what is your opinion at school. Online I often see entrepreneurs bashing school saying stuff like “A students work for C students” and stories about how people are making million dollar businesses being high school or college dropouts and school sucks and it does nothing for you and yada yada. However in my real life I’ve noticed the most successful entrepreneurs tend to be people who gone to school and who give it at least some value.
Personally, I’ll admit I just love learning and I did pretty well in high school ( like top 10 percentile on SATs wel) and experimentation on concepts. I also had really good teachers to help me out who gave me a lot of wisdom, so I might be cheating a little but I never felt that school was as bad as people made it sound. I’m not saying school is perfect or doesn’t need and hell I’m uneven an entrepreneur ( yet ).
But I’m curious do you buy into the school sucks garbage or is it just an online thing only?
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Some people need it ansd some don’t. If you can make $10 million with school, then you don’t need to go. The majority of people benefit from going.
Be honest with yourself and decide which group you’re in.
What matters if school is good or bad for you. It’s a personal decision.
Education is important. It doesn’t need to be a college degree, but having the technical background in your field so that you can build a competent business is vital to your success. I’ve always viewed the traditional educational path to be a process of creating great employees – if you let it. If you use the knowledge learned in school for something better, then it’s worthwhile.
School for me, I just loved university, research and learning! And frankly those are the very same skills I brought to being a successful entrepreneur. My field needs you to be able to learn quickly and on the run.
Of course, there are other fields that don’t require this as much. But it’s a handy skill to have and saved me money in setting up my business.
I studied a lot, finished a PhD, but honestly, this is not how you make money at all. Not even talking about academic life which pays rather crap. School just mainly prepares you to be an employee, not an employer. I knew nothing about business when I finished school, didn’t even know how it worked. All I knew is I was supposed to go get a job.
So if u wanna enjoy company benefits while having a 9-5 job and working your ass off for someone else’s profits while counting down for that one summer vacation a year, school’s ur thing.
School seems like a good place to grow your confidence and knowledge until your ready to try it out on your own.