Comment College_CS != useful (Score 1) 82
Look, I am an 18 year old computer nerd. I recieved a full, 4-year scholarship to a large university last year. I dropped out after two semesters because I looked at the big picture and at my options:
a) stay in school for five years, take crap like "poetry" and "water aerobics", then graduate knowing a whole lot of C++ and nothing else, and start out making about $30K -OR-
b) drop out, get a lower-level IT job which not only gives me experience and on-the-job training but also free MCSE, Cisco, Novell certification courses, make $16K this year, $24K next, $30K next, and by the time my friends graduate, $40K.
a) stay in school for five years, take crap like "poetry" and "water aerobics", then graduate knowing a whole lot of C++ and nothing else, and start out making about $30K -OR-
b) drop out, get a lower-level IT job which not only gives me experience and on-the-job training but also free MCSE, Cisco, Novell certification courses, make $16K this year, $24K next, $30K next, and by the time my friends graduate, $40K.
Think this is fanciful? Hardly. Many of us forget that common folk are not as nerdy as we are. They know nothing about computers, and big companies pay top dollar for young punks like me to teach them how to empty the recycle bin.
P.S. Testimonial: I know a guy, dropped out of high school, now 19 years old, LAN admin, makes $118K. Yes.
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