Edit: I should mention I also understand that MJ doesn't say no one should go to college, but for an art job that isn't in huge demand and doesn't pay tons, it seems pretty pointless.
I have not seen a forum post or anything in the book about this issue specifically.
I fully agree that colleges are mainly a business just out for your money and that everything you learn there and more can be self taught much more quickly. HOWEVER, everyone I know seems to think that people will not trust your business or take you seriously if you don't have a degree in modern society. This does not involve working for someone else. For example, if I try to solve a worldwide need and start a business, people these days would probably want to make sure I'm not some uneducated loser. "People" could mean any other business I may want to partner with or customers. Even if I have a successful product, they "would pick someone else more qualified with a degree" over me (according to my mom who has had her own successful newspaper business and claims to know all the business secrets herself). Now I don't doubt her skills and knowledge, and she says times are different now than back when google and all the others made billions, which I agree with, but she doesn't seem to agree that working for someone else seems like a BIGGER risk than KNOWLEDGEABLY shaping a business. I have the knowledge, in theory, but I'm far from being experienced enough to deal with finances, taxes, coding, hiring, engineering, and other complex skills. I am also probably not the best "business candidate" because I'm not willing to live risky and with no food or certainty like MJ admirably did. Because of this, before I read this book, I already enrolled in a college to get a pointless Design Arts degree, which I'm sure will help, but I could spend that $40000 in business ventures. My mom (and I) also still lean towards having a backup plan (a job from a degree).
I don't want to give up quite yet though. I plan to immediately start my business and try to keep working through college full time, which will be hard. At least I have the whole summer left living at home for free, and my dad supports my idea of not getting a job and working on this instead as my income through college. It's hard to make life changing decisions when it's dealing with money, the only present means for survival.
Someone please help. -crisis mode-
I have not seen a forum post or anything in the book about this issue specifically.
I fully agree that colleges are mainly a business just out for your money and that everything you learn there and more can be self taught much more quickly. HOWEVER, everyone I know seems to think that people will not trust your business or take you seriously if you don't have a degree in modern society. This does not involve working for someone else. For example, if I try to solve a worldwide need and start a business, people these days would probably want to make sure I'm not some uneducated loser. "People" could mean any other business I may want to partner with or customers. Even if I have a successful product, they "would pick someone else more qualified with a degree" over me (according to my mom who has had her own successful newspaper business and claims to know all the business secrets herself). Now I don't doubt her skills and knowledge, and she says times are different now than back when google and all the others made billions, which I agree with, but she doesn't seem to agree that working for someone else seems like a BIGGER risk than KNOWLEDGEABLY shaping a business. I have the knowledge, in theory, but I'm far from being experienced enough to deal with finances, taxes, coding, hiring, engineering, and other complex skills. I am also probably not the best "business candidate" because I'm not willing to live risky and with no food or certainty like MJ admirably did. Because of this, before I read this book, I already enrolled in a college to get a pointless Design Arts degree, which I'm sure will help, but I could spend that $40000 in business ventures. My mom (and I) also still lean towards having a backup plan (a job from a degree).
I don't want to give up quite yet though. I plan to immediately start my business and try to keep working through college full time, which will be hard. At least I have the whole summer left living at home for free, and my dad supports my idea of not getting a job and working on this instead as my income through college. It's hard to make life changing decisions when it's dealing with money, the only present means for survival.
Someone please help. -crisis mode-
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