Education or money??
 

i am on a first year of university (20 years old)
make over 120k a year

to those who are older and wiser

what to chose money or education?:helpme

Monie over edumacation I spose

How did you get into college with spelling like that?

i am good at math, physics not english lol

Well, what are you taking in school? If it is your passion, you could always stay in business another year or two to save some cash, then goto school to try and get a career in what interests you.

If you are only going to school to try and land a high-paying job, then stay with what you are doing now as you seem to be making way more than 99% of people right out of school would make

i am taking IT, and thinking about switching to marketing, since iT is sooooo boring...

In that case, I would drop school. If you wish to expand your IT skills and have the ability to learn on your own, do so. Some people can't, they need a "school" or atleast someone pushing them......but for those who can it's a great advantage.

Atleast you can choose what to learn and learn the latest technologies, something standard universities don't offer :2 cents:

As for marketing, almost everything you'd learn in school is "common sense". Learn from the net, it's a lot more upto date (esp. if you want to focus on online marketing versus offline marketing)

:thumbsup thanks for suggestions

sex, drugs, and rock n' roll

MONEY, MONEY, and only MONEY. I don't care what our parents told us - people go to school so they can figure out how to make 100K a year. You make 120K, so you have 20K more reasons not to go to school.

Stick with the money until you are really driven and focused on learning something in school for a reason. THEN go with your passion and learn something cool and you'll have the money, interest, and drive to do your education right, instead of it just being the "thing to do". :2 cents:

take education, you can make money with it when your other incomes fail.

but what about missing apportunity?

or a real job which is 40k a year lol...

education is important :thumbsup people will have high regards on you when you have finished something and will land to any job you want...let's face it! though i agree that experience is the best teacher...but depends on the experience

Neither.

Ill take health :2 cents:

Regards,

Lee

im in the same boat than you
make way more cash online than my education will let me do

BUT, im still at school part-time

just for some security :2 cents:

Take the money, travel around the world and experience other cultures first hand. It's the best education you can get.

What do you do, by the way?

Well said.

i run some sponsors, did pharmacy time to time, a bit of this and that

Money unless you have a passion for something to learn

Good post:)

Not bad. Stick to it.

health is everything, but you are either healthy or not

i got my ged at 9th grade and started working online

do what i do...

schedule just a few classes around your online work schedule and/or take at home correspondence courses

In this day and age, I would choose money or do school part-time.

It won't hurt to take a few years off to see how far you can push your online business. You can always return to school, and unlike in the past, a degree doesn't gaurantee any job security after school ends.

Also if you find IT boring, by all means switch your studies to something else. You mentioned marketing. Why not... it could even benefit your business.

drop out so you can focus solely on your business and make 200k+ a year. you can always go back to school later in life.

what im doing too
definitly a good way imho

Money! You are earning more per year than other people ever will!

Continue with school. When your current lifestyle falls on the floor you will have something to fall back ON. :)

It will serve you well, any sort of education that is.

Well at least when I was in school, doing this was the only way I could remain in school. There was no other way the tuition was going to get paid when the loans didn't cover it.

So many people when they hit 40 or so seriously regret not taking advantage of the educational opportunities when they have them.

When you get older, with marriage, kids, etc., you have a lot less freedom & more responsibility that makes it very difficult to get a higher education.

NEVER pass, on the opportunity to learn.

education. you need it to get money.

Do both. You can. you are young, and it is worth a bunch of nights with just a little sleep.

I would have to offer the exact opposite advice. Stick with your education, it's more important than a couple hundred grand anyday. I don't care what your friends tell you, people make money so they can buy their way into good schools.

The right kind of education will teach you to make money work for you. Learn this craft and you'll be rich beyond your dreams!

money!!!!

education is better than money... education can never steal you, but money it is easy to steal away :)

I am in a simular situation. I graduated from high school and started learning a trade but dropped out of the trade course because my business was starting to kick off. Now I am looking to go back to school for a night time or morning course to expand my knowledge on web devolopment and graphics. Imagine how proactive you could be if your able to do paysites, logos, graphics, programming, seo, e-commerce, flash, all by yourself.

I know there are free web pages out there that can teach you all of these things but some people prefer hands-on experience. I'd say hands-on is especially important for graphic design. I might just limit my education to taking a few designing courses and then learning the rest online.

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But I agree, experience is the best teacher.

I actually dropped out of high school two months before graduating to make more time for business. I'm considering going back but it would be such a waste of time. I'm kind of leaning towards correspondence although I do miss being around people LOL.

I never even bothered to pick up my diploma :) School is nice for networking. You get to meet a lot of friends and play poker with them at lunch time

Why do you have to choose? If you were able to make that much this year while staying in school, why not just keep it up for the next 3?

Don't drop out. This is the best time to be there. You don't wanna be trying to finish a bachelor's degree when you're in your 30s. Have a good time, meet lots of people, study, and get your degree. Even if you never use it, you won't regret it.

education is priceless

Money. School will always be there. Go for the dough while you're young.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Power synonymous with wealth!:thumbsup

I thought education was synonymous with money :)

Not necessarily in 2004. But it's important and he should try to get it while working at the same time.

Being 40, I'll have to agree - and suggest you find a way to do both.

As a side note, while I did take advantage of the opportunities presented to me at 20, I've been considering going back to school again to study economic geology, something useful as my new mining "hobby" gets more serious - the point being that "It's never too late to learn..."