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Comment by jonny_eh | Hacker News Reader

Why bother with working for a large corp or going to college? Seems like he should focus on his organically fast growing startup.

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There is value for an 18 year old to work for a bit before trying to work a start up. It will help him meet people, pay rent, save some money, maybe learn some new tools, and something about management and business.

You missed the part where he has a profitable company already. He does more management and business at his own company than as a low level engineer at a megacorp.

A better answer is that his startup is done and generating cash flow with part time work, and doesn't really have a future growing to really challenging DocuSign.

i agree but some people are so brainwashed from such an early age that they need to go to college and the best one out there or they won't be successful in life.

I should point them to my old neighbor who didn't go to school and worked as a HVAC tech. Then started his own company and he barely works now and is 42.

That's true success in my book

The teenager the post is talking about and your neighbor are not the norm. For normal/average people (like me, for example), going to university and getting a degree is the best way to maximize our chances to get a decent income and average way of life (paying bills, eating good food, etc.)

I think it’s kinda obvious. Haven’t you seen the enormous amount of people out there without studies that have a very difficult life?

> Why bother with working for a large corp

Like at a FAANG? That's easily the fastest and lowest risk path to financial security.

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