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laluser on Oct 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: It's Never Really About Dropping Out

While all the companies mentioned are the creation of dropouts, it still took hundreds (thousands in some cases) of people to bring all those companies to the point of maturity that they are at now with the help of extremely talented college degreed people.

Fluxx on Oct 24, 2011 [–]

Agreed. Dropping out is risky, but it can give you rewards. College always gives you great, though sometimes less great, rewards.

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