First off, I wanted to say congratulations to your fast growth and determination to succeed. I've personally decided to skip college myself and have never looked back. I'm going to share my thoughts with you, feel free to let me know what you think:
Three years have past and I've gone from having a $700 limit on my credit card to a 7-figure/yr marketing business. I'm not saying this to show off, but to show you that it doesn't take a college education to become "successful" in this lifetime. However, I'm not saying that you can sit pretty without a degree and still become a success; you've seriously gotta work your ass off. It's probably a lot harder for us, since we're not accepted in society as a person with a Bachelor's would be, but this is where resourcefulness and persistence kicks in.
There's a certain stigma around dropping out, as I've seen the past three years. People look at you differently and treat you differently, until you prove to them otherwise. I suppose it could be due to the fact that we've been encouraged and pushed to do well in school and to graduate; it's the "normal" way of doing things. I look at all of the YC founders and most are graduates or undergraduates of prestigious universities like Stanford or MIT. This didn't faze me one bit. I'm used to this kind of competition and I'm ready to prove to PG that I'm worth his attention. Come with this attitude and you can't lose, most people don't expect this from someone who has dropped out. Be unexpected.
Good luck to you and your ventures, looking forward to seeing some more good things from you soon, Josh.
Three years have past and I've gone from having a $700 limit on my credit card to a 7-figure/yr marketing business. I'm not saying this to show off, but to show you that it doesn't take a college education to become "successful" in this lifetime. However, I'm not saying that you can sit pretty without a degree and still become a success; you've seriously gotta work your ass off. It's probably a lot harder for us, since we're not accepted in society as a person with a Bachelor's would be, but this is where resourcefulness and persistence kicks in.
There's a certain stigma around dropping out, as I've seen the past three years. People look at you differently and treat you differently, until you prove to them otherwise. I suppose it could be due to the fact that we've been encouraged and pushed to do well in school and to graduate; it's the "normal" way of doing things. I look at all of the YC founders and most are graduates or undergraduates of prestigious universities like Stanford or MIT. This didn't faze me one bit. I'm used to this kind of competition and I'm ready to prove to PG that I'm worth his attention. Come with this attitude and you can't lose, most people don't expect this from someone who has dropped out. Be unexpected.
Good luck to you and your ventures, looking forward to seeing some more good things from you soon, Josh.