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[quote=Anonymous]Lots of people refer to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs when advocating the point that college isn't necessary. Those guys are/were in risky fields. For every Bill Gates, there are hundreds of college dropouts without a lucky big idea. People attend college to avoid risk. About 30% of my class last Harvard became doctors and lawyers. They command a high hourly wage, and can choose to work for someone else. Another 10% got PhDs, leading to interesting jobs and nice lives in college towns. If you are wealthy, your parents can bankroll your new venture, or pay for you to acquire the skills necessary to underpin that new idea. Gates and Zuckerberg both come from wealthy families that paid for training in programming. They were really operating on a professional level when they arrived at college. Risk is fine when your parents can put a financial floor under you or leave you a trust fund. For the rest of us, education is still the way to go.[/quote]
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