[wooyi]

If you listen to everyone here, they'll ask you to finish school. That is the safe bet and "prudent" choice.

If you want to be a founder, you'll never be comfortable taking the "safe" route. Go for it. Do it when you're young and you're able to take risk. No regrets, whichever path you take. Good luck.

[ngneer]

She can do it when she is young after finishing the degree. She will still be young at 21 and she will still be able to afford risk at that point. The other thing to note is that people found companies at all sorts of ages. If she has that founder spirit, she will find a way.

[honest_joe]

And you know zero about her/his background. She/he is korean meaning that the society puts a lot of pressure at her and mostly her life / career has already been predetermined which i have to say is fucking unimaginable for a lot of people. She wants to change that and take a risk and explore the endless possibilities. Do you know what does it mean to finish the degree in Korea ?

[ngneer]

I stand corrected. Am I to understand that finishing a degree actually closes doors as opposed to opens them in Korea? That a degree earned in Korea is not worth much elsewhere? And that in two years she will have further cemented a life that she is doomed to live? If so, then I would have thought that she would have no desire to finish the degree and would not be conflicted to begin with. But you are right that I do not fully know the circumstances and should not be eager to dispense advice. Maybe she wants to finish the degree for the sake of someone else, though there was no mention of this. I was assuming a "she" due to "jenny" but it could be a "he". I would love to learn more about the tradeoffs in Korea. Given the long term desire to be based in the states, you and I are making an excellent point -- it is worth considering that people outside Korea may not be fully aware of the tradeoffs. In my defense, the question was directed at a global forum without the context being fully presented initially...