I thought this was a cool article until I read this line:
"But regardless of how successful Greplin is, say, even if we go public someday, my parents won't be satisfied unless I get a degree. They won't speak to me."
That's pretty sad, actually :(
"But regardless of how successful Greplin is, say, even if we go public someday, my parents won't be satisfied unless I get a degree. They won't speak to me."
That's pretty sad, actually :(
congratulations, fantastic idea, well done!
I'm really curious, is it a 'personal search engine' where you just give your login details to greplin and you can then search all of your online docs/profiles?
cheers
Why are people so fixated on college degrees -- even if they've already built a profitable company from scratch? Is it to prove something? If so, what?
Not so much any longer but the old tricks of the trade of life from 1-2 generations back keep living on. It'll take some time to change.
Agree that the idea in that you have little worth without one is a bit absurd.
Is every founder either a man or a lesbian?
In this case, he clearly doesn't need a degree to be gainfully employed. Chances are that he's a pretty intelligent kid with other interests. If he puts 3-4 years into startups, not only will he probably be able to pay his own way through college, but will be at a point in life to appreciate the learning options a lot more (I can attest to this having taught many "older" undergraduates).
Maybe he'll develop an interest in advanced algorithms, or number theory, or neuroscience, or literature. At 19, there are a lot of possibilities in life, and college is a great way to be exposed to them, as well as people with passions in other fields.
How ridiculous would it be if Bill Gates or Steve Jobs parents still refused to speak to them because they had dropped out of school, despite creating two of the world's most powerful companies, employing hundreds of thousands of professionals, and making hundreds of millions of lives better every single day?