There is knowledge and there is education. nowadays knowledge is almost free, one can watch full MIT curses online and such. I estimate about 1/3rd of American students shouldn't be in college at all. But if you are a HS counselor and advise a technical school you can get fired for that...
college is a waste of money
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College in the US for many students are an extension of high school. they shouldn't be in college at all. a lot of them are in college because it allows their family to continue to receive increased welfare/dole checks,
did I hit home? you? your family?
College in the US for many students are an extension of high school. they shouldn't be in college at all. a lot of them are in college because it allows their family to continue to receive increased welfare/dole checks,
did I hit home? you? your family?
Yes I’m so upset.. How does having a adult child in college increase welfare benefits?
What are you babbling about? What country are you from? Are you another one of those low self esteem nitwit con Canadians roaming this site?
Venture capitalists are wary of entrepreneurs who make collages (even if they graduated from Stanford)
At least these people can get a job at Michael’s.
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Correction:
"Collage is good if you want to spend your life working for someone else"... AND getting paid.
You left out the getting paid part. Nothing wrong with working for someone, as long as you getting paid for honest work. Some business owners work 70 hours a week for $150K a year. Some people work 40 hours a week for $150K a year. I will kindly take the 40 hours a week a big salary working for someone. As I stated above, attend college if you serious about getting paid. Do a business at the same time as in college.
Just because you have a business don't mean you getting paid.
It's worthwhile if you can't trade for a living. Or if you want a backup plan.
there are some bullshit majors where the pay is so poor theyre not worth getting into debt over.
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Where did venture capitalists go to college?
Jason Rowley
TechCrunchMarch 11, 2018
Unlike some jobs, there’s no clear educational path to becoming a venture capitalist. Doctors have medical school. Lawyers have law school. Plumbers, electricians, welders, barbers, bartenders and plenty of other trades have schools of their own.
Some VCs were educated in the “school of hard knocks” by founding and building successful startups; however, many went to business schools. Others came to entrepreneurial finance after careers as academics and researchers.
The educational backgrounds of VC investment professionals are in some ways surprisingly diverse, even if the population of investors generally isn’t. Still, there are some definite trends to suss out at all levels of the educational continuum, and that’s what we’re going to do today.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-did-venture-capitalists-college-171029630.html
Jason Rowley
TechCrunchMarch 11, 2018
Unlike some jobs, there’s no clear educational path to becoming a venture capitalist. Doctors have medical school. Lawyers have law school. Plumbers, electricians, welders, barbers, bartenders and plenty of other trades have schools of their own.
Some VCs were educated in the “school of hard knocks” by founding and building successful startups; however, many went to business schools. Others came to entrepreneurial finance after careers as academics and researchers.
The educational backgrounds of VC investment professionals are in some ways surprisingly diverse, even if the population of investors generally isn’t. Still, there are some definite trends to suss out at all levels of the educational continuum, and that’s what we’re going to do today.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-did-venture-capitalists-college-171029630.html
These threads pop up every once in a while. Here is a good data analysis project (since we are all elite traders who make our livings analyzing data).
There are two other sets of data on this site: several threads highlighting the best/most insightful posters and the politics forum.
Cross reference the users who are frequently cited as insightful to their opinions on education. Also cross reference anyone who is anti-higher education against those lists. Then decide who is probably right.
Speaking of “right,” cross reference the anti-college posters with their political beliefs in the politics forum. Some interesting conclusions can be drawn.....
If you could cross reference the ET population who is anti-college and net worth, I would wager those results would not be surprising.
There are two other sets of data on this site: several threads highlighting the best/most insightful posters and the politics forum.
Cross reference the users who are frequently cited as insightful to their opinions on education. Also cross reference anyone who is anti-higher education against those lists. Then decide who is probably right.
Speaking of “right,” cross reference the anti-college posters with their political beliefs in the politics forum. Some interesting conclusions can be drawn.....
If you could cross reference the ET population who is anti-college and net worth, I would wager those results would not be surprising.