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by nibstwo 3300 days ago
This is what I did. It worked well (for me). I would recommend it to someone like me. If you are smart and hard working, University or no University you will eventually be reasonably successful in the right circumstances. If you want to do something abstract, like invent or do business, it probably makes more sense to skip University. If you want to do something more professional or conventional, like engineering or medicine, you probably have to do University. For the most part, the implicated disparity is actually priced into jobs. Part of doctors income implicates paying off tons of debt and opportunity cost. Likewise, through compounding, hard work and networking, you can end up with the same net worth by other means. The key is to approach it in a self aware way. People rarely make any decisions on a purely rational basis, why start with University? University is easily reversible. Spend less time worrying about what major you take or college you attend. Spend more time worrying about being self aware, choosing a life partner and taking care of your physical and mental health.