Ask HN: What is the worst career advice you ever received?

Dropping out of university will look bad on your résumé, no one will hire you.

There are a ton of jobs, even high profile jobs, that can be reached even without a degree, at least in it. Fields experience, attitude and willing to learn (kinda ironically) will get you very far.

I still believe that getting a degree is worth it and plan to go back to studying once some things are settled though.

“Spend the next 40 years working for THE MAN and if you’re lucky you’ll save enough to spend the last few years of your life living at 50% of the lifestyle you had while you were scraping by to save for retirement. If you’re lucky.” The point is, you need to work your ass off anyway, so why not start a successful business?

That you need to be close to graduating to go look for an internship.

Go and look for an internship as soon as you have a vague idea about how stuff work.

Your boss/mentor has a plan for you. Trust them.