son does not want to go to college this fall

[Anonymous]

Nobody calls SV Silicon.

[Anonymous]

When OP said 1mil I had this image of a really short bald guy with his pinky to his lip for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son, who just turned 18 two months ago, is set to start journey at an Ivy school in a few weeks.

Yesterday, he informed my wife and I that he will not be going to school, if at all. He went to visit my brother in Silicon valley two months ago. My brother is one of high tech startup founders in Silicon. My son has been working on this app for the past 12 months and he showed it to my brother while visiting there. My brother absolutely loves the app and wants to integrate it with the technology they are also developing. Long story short, the startup company purchased the app for 1M and they also offer my son a job that will pay him 250k/year with stock options. The company is expected to be acquired by another company in the next 24 months.

He called my wife and I yesterday to inform us that he will not be going to college. He wants to stay in Silicon and ride the high tech wave. He said that there are many successful people in Silicon without college degrees. He "might" consider college in the future but not for at least five years while the high tech wave is still hot.

Is he doing the right thing here?

I asked my girlfriend, Morgan Fairchild, about this, and she says it seems totally legit.

[Anonymous]

If this is for real, go for it. Contact the university, explain the situation, see if he can defer enrollment

[Anonymous]

This is a lazy, fake story... I told Morgan Fairchild about it and she agreed.

[Anonymous]

Your son is getting ripped off if that app is valuable and he should publish it himself and go to college.

[Anonymous]

This is blatantly a fake post you can always tell from the way it's written, like a blurb on the back of a bad novel rather than describing a genuine situation.

By the way:

"He wants to stay in Silicon and ride the high tech wave. He said that there are many successful people in Silicon without college degrees. He "might" consider college in the future but not for at least five years while the high tech wave is still hot."

Uh, the high tech "wave" has been hot since the 1990s. Since before your hypothetical "son" was born. You sound like a dad stuck in the 1930s.

Come up with a better story next time. And learn not to type like a troll who doesn't know diddly squat about Silicon Valley or "high tech"

[Anonymous]

If the story is indeed true, your son can take part-time classes at Santa Clara or San Jose community colleges, then transfer to Stanford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is blatantly a fake post you can always tell from the way it's written, like a blurb on the back of a bad novel rather than describing a genuine situation.

By the way:

"He wants to stay in Silicon and ride the high tech wave. He said that there are many successful people in Silicon without college degrees. He "might" consider college in the future but not for at least five years while the high tech wave is still hot."

Uh, the high tech "wave" has been hot since the 1990s. Since before your hypothetical "son" was born. You sound like a dad stuck in the 1930s.

Come up with a better story next time. And learn not to type like a troll who doesn't know diddly squat about Silicon Valley or "high tech"

High tech wave had some spectacular crash in 2000s and was not that great until about ten years ago. I worked for Sun Micro Systems and was let go . Apple almost went under in 1997.

[Ann10]

Have him contact the college and see what his options are at this point. If he makes a lot of money, he can pay you back for any money that you will lose from a deposit or any payments you have already made.