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Originally Posted by Webby
Gotta be honest Will - I never went to college with money in mind. I just wanted a career in media (specifically film/video editing) - it was more enthusiasm than much else. In fact, chasing a project and making it work gave more satisfaction than money - tho, sure money usually comes along with it. The buzz of making something work and the challenge of overcoming obstacles is awesome 
There are folks I know who have more educational creds than most of us - they are not necessarily wealthy, but they have achieved more in their lives than I've ever done, or will do - and highly regarded for this. These are the folks you pull in as "experts" on stuff and when it seeps out what their background/track record is - there are some incredible achievements on a fairly grand scale.
Prob the flipside, and more related to the adult biz, are a few people I know who did their college stuff and ploughed on within this industry to create empires. We are talking serious money and in excess of the billion dollar range and diversifying into, eg real estate, media and airline charter etc. They are a different breed and walking cash registers. Who knows how much value is attributed to their education - it may be more related to their upbringing or enthusiasm/determination than much else.
It's prob generally different these days - there is more pressure on kids to earn a dollar, even just to stay in college - and it's on to paying back college loans. |
I might be confusing you with someone else but I believe you are a little bit older. If so, I think the mentality was different in the past. College was not required to get a good job. These days it is pretty much required, very very few jobs you can make more then 20K a year without college education. (Note to get a good job, but i do not think it is needed to make a lot of money. You can do your own business with out going to college.)
Some people want to do "X" and they need school to do it. If you want to be a doctor then you need to go to college so you can get into medical school.
Not everyone is an entrepreneur.
Or even if you want to go for the sake of learning, that is great too if that is what you want to do. If your main goal is to make money then i think everyone should at least give it a shot, to do their own business. See how it goes. It definetly isn't for everyone though.
I know a couple career students. I think they are just scared to step into the real world more so then them going year after year for the sake of education.
