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You probably heard it all the way through school:
“Get Good Grades So You Can Get into College,
So You Can Get Better Grades, and Get a Great Job !”
Maybe your parents harped on you too, or friends and family. It doesn’t really matter where it comes from, because the pressure to go to school and get good grades is something embedded in our society.
But it Shouldn’t Be !
According to Peter Thiel, one of the Paypal co-founders who’s actually paying the best and brightest to drop out of college and start companies say we are in an education bubble. It’s not that college is now overpriced, though it is, or that it won’t guarantee you a good job, and it won’t, it’s that merely asking about the validity of college is seen as an…
Absolute Sin !
From Techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/10/peter-thiel-were-in-a-bubble-and-its-not-the-internet-its-higher-education/
This is especially true for people like you and I, who are entrepreneurs at heart, and who earn our eduction not in a classroom, but in the trenches. Inspired by Peter, and the thousands of bloggers out there making magic happen, I wanted to share six reasons why…
You Don’t Need
a Damn College Degree to
Be Successful !
1. Information is Free
You can learn almost anything you need, for free, by doing smart searches on the Internet. Sites like the Khan academy, which aren’t free, take this a step further by taking you straight to the source without having to…
Support a College Overheads !
2. We Learn from Mistakes
You don’t learn how to overcome failure while typing term papers and taking lecture notes, you learn it on the battlefield, when you try…
New Business Strategies !
3. The Richest are College Dropouts
Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of school, as did Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Together, their net worth could…
Dwarf the World Economy !
4. Blogging isn’t Rocket Science
Yes, you’ll need to understand business to build a blogging empire, but it’s not the sort of thing for which an MBA is required. Instead, focusing on learning to write well, and..
Network Like a Champ !
5. You Can Learn to Code at Home
On part with point number 1 is this – anything you need to learn in order to tweak your design or install a WordPress blog can be learned online and with practice. What you don’t know is…
You Can Pay Someone Else to Do
Without Spending A Fortune !
6. Build Good Debt Not School Debt
Many people leave college with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and spend their next 5-10 years paying it off. What could you do if you invested that same amount of money in your business, instead of learning about things…
You’ll Never Use Again ?
So with this, I’ll leave you a simple question: if you have a college degree, do you believe it helped you with your business? If not, do you think it will get in your way?
“My Thoughts – Not a chance !”
Stay Free,
The Bad Blogger
Also Known As “The Drop-Out Blogger”
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Hmm.. I think I should drop out of college to be just like those guys! LOL ..
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June 28, 2011 at 3:47 pm
If you think is worth it, I’m not saying you should but if you have a plan, you might as well drop out and start building your business, but of course, if you are studying something you definitely will use in the future then there is no stopping of you to continue your college, if not… don’t waste your precious time, I mean if I were to go back to by school days, I will rather drop out early and start learning to sell in the real world then playing in school, but what the hell… I never thought of that at that age….:(
But I think there’s no need for a regret for you Mr. Wong. You are successful now even if you havent done that thing
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June 28, 2011 at 8:05 pm
Well, I’m not really successful yet, though I’m moving nearer and nearer to my goal, but I believe success is a process that will never end, I mean there will always be a bigger goal in the future.
And hopefully in the future we could meet up in a seminar or an event… who knows… you could be as successful as me…
3 CHEERS for College Drop-Outs! [cheer] [cheer] [cheer]!
Aloha!
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June 28, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Ha… ha… ha… did you drop out too?
I did attend college, but I know that college it not for everyone. I definitely agree with you in regards to the debt issue. The cost of college these days is just out of control. Not to mention you will probably have to spend your first two years taking your school’s general education requirements which will likely have nothing to do with your major or interests. In today’s economy, degree or no degree it is likely not going to save you from being laid off.
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June 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Agree with you, nowadays even with a degree doesn’t really guarantee you could find a job that really pay well, I mean if you had a degree in IT, you still need to work your ass off for a couple of years before you can get promoted to a higher position in the company and this also does guarantee that you will be promoted too… and worst… nowadays there are so many foreign workers coming in… and getting a job is almost like you had to fight for it… So are you a drop out too?
No, I am about to go into my final year. However, I have been tempted many times.
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Truly awesome … Strongly agree with your points esp the #2,3
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June 29, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Well… I personally like the fact that the world riches people are drop outs and how many drop outs does the world need to prove that success in life is possible without a damn college degree?
The world will never accept the thing without a college degree
No matter how many dropouts …
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Absolutely, we don’t need a degree to be success especially on the internet. You just need to observe and learn, and find out what make people success and learn from mistake, eventually you’ll be another successful internet marketer who without any degree.
Google is teacher and we can actually get everything that we want to learn.
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June 29, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Yes, you are right we don’t need and Google to me is almost like the internet God, I mean, it knows almost anything… whatever shit you type in the search box, there is always an answer to it. Are you a drop out too?
Degrees may give you a job , but knowledge and experience gives youa life
thanks ,
Sourish
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June 29, 2011 at 7:18 pm
That’s a very nice sentence… I like that.
thanks , im making some nice phrases lately …:P
How can I resist the picture of the sexy babe? Just Kidding. BTW this is true especially in the world of computing in which you can earn money as long as you have determination and unique idea and there is many open course that can use to learn about something in the WWW.
In the business? Yes it will especially in my country in which you have to be graduate students in order to become stable. Too bad that is the reality T_T
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June 29, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Well, which country you from? I’m not sure if it is a reality, but the fact that there are so many successful people proven in the world that college degree is not something that we fight for anymore, I mean even in finding jobs, a degree doesn’t guarantee the post that your job will accept.
I’m a college dropout, too. Ha!
There’s just two semesters left and I dropped out.
Not sure if I’ll go back, though. But I have no plans at the moment.
Can’t take schooling anymore. Haha.
The fees are so high even if I have a scholarship grant from the govt.
Plus, I really learn nothing at all. Internet’s more efficient.
Cheers to the dropouts~!
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June 30, 2011 at 9:01 am
Well, it’s great to hear there’s someone just like me – drop outs, surely the internet is more efficient in learning stuff, that we cannot learn in school especially building business, I mean those teachers in school teaching you business or marketing don’t know what they are talking because they aren’t entrepreneur but a school teacher holding a job and getting paid a salary….
I didn’t drop school, but I must agree that information is free and very easily accessible! I must admit that I learned more by myself than from school because of 2 reasons: by myself I can learn stuff that I really need and if you learn easier if you do it because you want to.
I agree with “good grades = good job”. But if you have an entrepreneur heart that’s not enough, you have to learn things yourself!
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July 1, 2011 at 8:23 am
Yes, having an entrepreneur mind, you just have to take risk to experience the live battle field yourself, is not like you can study it and know everything.
I believe education can help us being a successful person someday, but it doesn’t apply to all.. I have friends who are undergraduate but still they have the skill to be an achiever…
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July 2, 2011 at 12:12 am
Of course education can help us to become a successful person, but don’t count on it because the percentage is low, I mean don’t take the risk if you have no confident to face the worst which is “waste time on college” and in the end found out that “it didn’t help” you to become an achiever.
Although, business had it’s risk, but at least the risk is something you can plan and prepared but education is something you can plan but you can’t prepared because who knows if you can find a decent job on the street?
One of the best post I have read here.A good degree can give you a good job but if you want to start your own business then it does not matter whether you have a degree or not.There is no big school than our life.
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July 2, 2011 at 12:16 am
Haha… nice words “No Big School then Our Life” and ya it doesn’t matter you have it or not.
I guess experience is still the best teacher. Having a college degree may be a living proof of your diligence in learning but it doesn’t however guarantee you to have a bright future. Nice post you got there!
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July 2, 2011 at 12:19 am
Ya, life has no guarantee, but having a positive mindset is extremely important especially if you are going to build an empire out in the real world without a college degree.
Hi Wong,
These three gentlemen (Mark, Steve and Bill) are not representative of today’s generation. They are three great exceptions. My general rule is: “You cannot be your own teacher.”
Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates succeded without having a college degree because they had a passion which they followed from an early age, but that doesn’t mean that if you have a passion for something you will necessarily succed, i guess it takes a bit of luck too.
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July 7, 2011 at 3:05 am
Yes, I agree it takes luck too, but if you didn’t even try, then don’t talk about luck, in life there is no guarantee, risk is always there but which sort of risk is worth the take, I believe is still taking the passion risk, hey sorry if this reply came to late because I’m now in a small village in Thailand where I hardly get a good internet connection…
It is not necessary to have a college degree to be successful online entrepreneur. Statistics shows that a lot of people, who have managed to succeed in business don’t have a college degree. The most important for an entrepreneur it is to be motivated and always move forward on the way to success.
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July 7, 2011 at 3:10 am
Ya, that’s the right way to describe, motivated and moving forward and one more, fall down and get up again… thanks for your comment and sorry if this reply came to late because I hardly get a good internet connection in a small village in Thailand… hope you don’t mind…
Hi Bad Blogger!
That’s a really nice post you got there. Actually, i’m not against on what your saying, I even reflect and realize the fact on what your talking about. I remember Robert Kiyosaki while I’m reading your post, the author of the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”, have you read it? I’m a Network Marketer and at the same time, I have a Nurse degree. It’s true, we can’t learn how to deal with clients just by studying theories. It should be experienced. But when you have a degree, it’s a plus. You won’t be considered as ignorant. We can’t deny the fact that traditionally, old people still believes that education is the key, not realizing the rate of unemployment right now.
You should post more about this topic and share this to people. This might open the minds of some population.=)
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July 7, 2011 at 3:15 am
Well, I’m not really saying having a degree isn’t good, but believe it or not, most people have a degree is always not quite happy with their life for example working under a boss who had no damn degree… well… that’s why I said you want success better not waste time on something that’s going to make you unhappy…
Hi Bad Blogger
What you said is true. We don’t need a college degree to be successful. I was not able to graduate from college but whenever I meet my classmates who graduated and talk about their earnings, it shows that I earn alot more than most of them. I go to other countries more often than they do.
A person does not need to be school smart. Being street smart is all that’s needed to earn a lot of money.
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July 7, 2011 at 3:18 am
Haha.. that’s the way it is… we earn money through the streets and spend money on school… what can I say when this is in fact a “fact”…
I’d always say that there is no point forcing people to study if they aren’t suited to it or just don’t want to be there.
I’d also hope that many people pursue an academic course for reasons other than “success”. Surely you need to be at least interested in what you are learning!
The time I spent at University was some of the best years of my life, met some amazing friends (and a wife!), studied an amazing subject, and learnt a number of valuable lessons before entering the “real world”!
Do it because you want to, not because you feel you have to.
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July 7, 2011 at 3:25 am
Well… believe it or not… not all but most people do it because they feel they have to… that’s a fact that most of us had to face even me… but I step out when I realize I had a choice in life….
I agree that sometimes education is not a requirement in work and to be successful but the skill…
Yes, graduating with degree will not assure you to be successful, but having the degree will boost your personality. Anyway, I have not finished by college degree and I found my success through internet marketing. Success will come if you keep on working for it.
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July 9, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Ya, success will come when you keep working on it, and never give up, always moving forward and get up when you fall, that’s the way it is…
Are you a college drop out?
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July 9, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Yes!
Really an awesome post. i never know these business tycoons are college droppers are you sure bill gate is also in this category. I love your post.
its all about being successful but everything takes time as i am also a graduate but have nothing in hands to do with this degree.
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July 14, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Well… you can verify through Google or wiki to see the Bill Gates is a drop out…
If I had to do it all over again, I would just have gotten my English degree (which I obtained in the 80s) and left it at that. I foolishly went back to university in the late 90s to get a psychology degree and then recently graduated with an MSW. I know – dumb. A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY, as there are no jobs available to new graduates.
Although I did get a scholarship (thank God), I have gone through all my savings just in order to live, and currently only work part-time in the very same industry in which I started decades ago- retail. I am looking for a full-time job in any field. I cannot turn back the clock, but I have learned valuable life lessons. I have a positive attitude and feel that all is not lost. I am a hard worker and very entrepreneurial. I have a very good attitude about getting older, so age does not bother me. I am going to work my way up into retail management (again) and take an extra job on the side. The pay is not great, but I learned to be very good at saving and investing, and living below my means. “Save” and “Invest” are now my middle names.
I could have done all of this with only a high school education, and it really hurt to see my money dwindle away. However, when I was growing up, it was really drilled into us that one must have a degree to succeed. For many people, this is simply not true. It took me too many years to finally realize this.
I should also mention that eventually I will start working for myself!
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August 13, 2011 at 7:42 pm
I was wondering how old are you right now, though I got to say you really wasted your time and money but to finally realize the truth, is not a waste to me personally for the reason what you have gone through is a valuable lesson in life where you can teach the next generation the true pave and to teach why don’t you start telling about your life online and ya I was wondering do you have a blog or a website?
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It is absolutely true that you don’t need a college degree to be successful as an entrepreneur.
But if you want to get a normal job then a degree can help you get a foot in the door.
I’ve written resumes professionally and clients without a degree better have some interesting work experience or else it is a lot of work to make it look good to the potential employer.
And if you want to start your own business then it doesn’t hurt to go to business school for a while. At least you will learn to write a business plan.
But there is nothing you can’t learn without school.
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October 3, 2011 at 8:49 am
There is no business school in the entire world, those school that taught about doing business are all bullshit, for the reason if the teachers know how to do business, they would be rich businessman and women and not teacher who gets salary out of their teaching.
If anyone want to learn business, the best place to go is the seminar, no doubt, because that’s where you get real life experience from real businessman and women who had make millions…
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Most of the successful people I know are college drop out. It doesn’t mean that you will be successful if you finished college vice versa.
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November 23, 2011 at 9:42 am
True and I agree is vice verse…
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I don’t think you could have said it any better. I know plenty of people doing well without degrees. I don’t have one myself and I learned what I needed to in many different ways and got into the internet by total chance. Great article.
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November 23, 2011 at 9:44 am
Well, it’s great to hear you got on the internet by total chance, I mean not many people know the internet until they are old, and I too got on the internet not by chance but by stumbling on a book in a bookstore..
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I don’t agree with you hear though you made some points base in the reality but for me education and having a college degree is really important because this maybe your key to success and I totally believe on that.
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November 23, 2011 at 11:04 am
Well… since you said I made some points base in the reality, I don’t understand why you don’t agree, I mean it’s a “reality” why can’t you accept it?
You believe of having a college degree is the key to success, well… how many of them you know around you did become successful?
If you ever said college degree is the key to success, do you know how many people will laugh at you, what I mean is you are believing a piece of paper will turn you life around, have you ever read the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” if you had yet to read, I urge you to buy and read it.
Because in reality, college degree is just something you achieve, so that you can find a job where you are going to work until you are old and retire. I know is hard to accept reality but sometime we just had to face it even if it sucks
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While some of your points are true, i also disagree with you here. The men you listed such as bill gates,steve jobs and mark zuckerberg where geniuses who SUCCEEDED on a high level! But what if they failed? What if their products failed? They would be stuck with NO money, NO job and NO college degree what would they do then. Whilst you can still be successful without a college degree, it certainly helps to have one.
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January 25, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Seriously, you should go read about them their history stories, because they actually failed in the first place along the way before they even get successful, the problem with people like you always look on one side of people that is why people like you who agree to have collage degree is always people who do not look at other side of the stories, did you even know how facebook got so many charges that Mark had to went through, if not he will eventually fail, I bet you don’t…
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But even if you do have a great business scheme or are super talented with computers and I.T, It’s always good to have a backup plan just in case things don’t work out as expected. Also to add to this, some jobs wont take you without a college degree these men such as bill gates were businessmen or started their business’s from scratch but what about the people who aren’t business orientated? They will not land the best jobs then, they wont land a job such as Doctors, Lawyers, veterinarian and more. Sure you can land a job with a high school diploma BUT be certain you will not land the best jobs with just a High school diploma.
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January 26, 2012 at 2:13 pm
How can you be so sure you will not land the best jobs with just a high school diploma? I don’t even dare to say that, and you said it… come on… you are not the guy who is controlling human, so make sure you talk with some sense, at least this post was written with proof, I mean how many damn proof do you ever need to be convince that success doesn’t need a degree? A hundred or a thousands proof? This post is not written to people like you who already believe a college degree is so important is life and it is not about backup or anything, is about, how you should take more time to create better business and marketing and don’t waste time in college…
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Good article, if people need paper qualification to be successful, there will be no millionaires and entrepreneur. It takes good attitude and determination with abit of hard work to be rich !
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February 2, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Well, not just hard work but smart work
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You listed every excuse I give myself for not going to college. I couldn’t go to college; not because my family didn’t have money, it’s because they didn’t believe in me and wouldn’t fill out required forms so that I could enroll. without FASFA you are not allowed to enroll till you are 24. By that time it just seemed like a pipe dream. I am glad I overcame what my folks thought about me and I did it by myself.
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May 22, 2013 at 3:49 am
When you’re at school all you hear from the teachers it:
“What you gonna without school, work at McDonalds?”
“You wanna quit school? So what, you gonna become a street cleaner?”
For them all that counts is education, because that’s all they know about. If I were to see my old teachers again, I’d just lough at their faces, because they still work their ass off 8 hours a day, where I just relax and still make more money then them.
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