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Are you happy with your choices about university?

bedknobs and bootstraps

@evan I’m more or less successful despite dropping out of college. Since I’d likely have been better off had I stayed in, I think that’s a qualified no.

@evan I had poor grades in high school due to untreated ADHD, and my parents were broke, so I had bad prospects for college.

A couple of years in, I got involved with an equity stake in a local for-profit BBS as it converted to an ISP. Quit school to work full time at my shot at the big time.

Later, things went south. I won’t point fingers but let’s say my ouster was a group effort that included all of us. I was emotionally devastated and sank into a pretty deep hole. Didn’t have much to fall back on, so I moved to Silicon Valley and started bouncing around different startups.

I landed on my feet and mostly stayed there, and the older I got the more quaint the idea of returning to school sounded. Like taking up gardening or collecting old computers.

It’s a regret, though, despite the fact that I did ok.

@squinky hey, wow! That's a real roller coaster. I am proud of you for riding it through.