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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone have a kid who's heading right into the working world? [/quote]

Yes my kid turned down CMU and joined his older brother 2nd tech start up.  The first start up was acquired for 500M by another FinTech start up.[/quote]

Don’t you think they will regrets missing college later in life? [b]Or that it may limit them socially?[/b]

Just curious. To many people, money does not trump all things.[/quote] What kind of elitist privileged narrow minded environment do you come from that you would even come up with something like this? [/quote]

DP.  This is a fair question.  Even if PP doesn't hold this view, the truth is a lot of people see lack of college as a negative. My own mother didn't go to college, but she looks down on people of my generation who did not, even if they are successful financially.  So you are right that money doesn't trump all things, yet for some failure to go to college is a failure - signaling a lack of intelligence or at least a lack of intellectual curiosity.  I don't think my mother's viewpoint is unusual and I do wonder if it no college for my child could be a social hurdle. [/quote]

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