Dan Romero on Warpcast

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Of the 18 or so people at Merkle, I think I know where 3/18 went to college. College is helpful for career if: 1. You major in something with hard skills 2. In the US, you got to a school that gives you an initial professional network But after your first or second job, most places just care about what you've done at the previous job (or built on your own).

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I think the initial professional network + first job network is probably more powerful than people realize though Sets up a lot of 2nd and 3rd degree connections down the line

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what about institutional prestige when raising VCs?

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This is particularly true in tech, less true in other areas, law for example.

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I think college is helpful for many things — including sparking curiosity for life long learning, socialization & building independence, and yes networks. There really aren’t many good substitutes for that type of experience. BUT agree it is not an automatic in or necessary for many job markets. And for many majors it won’t give you job skills unless you pair it with internships. ROI is important — and I’ve had arguments with academics/phd types about this. I’m a JD/MBA so looked down upon in some academic circles (ok the JD gets looked down upon for many reasons outside academic circles but I digress). If you can afford to go to college/send kids there WITHOUT loans then yes, should definitely go. But no one should be going into debt for it. I’ve had this convo with my own kiddo (junior in high school). Public Universities are often great schools with strong ROI. Except for certain majors or some elite schools (or full ride scholarships) they are almost always the smarter option.

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I got a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and I never worked as a pharmacist. Instead I got an opportunity in a growing Blockchain company as an intern so I never looked back. People may think I wasted 5 years of education but I hadn't ended up where I am right now if I wasn't in the pharmD program in the first place. I learned countless lessons and grew immensely only because I went there for 5 years, learned, met people, made friends, made a "not-to-do" list. It exposed the world to me. College was helpful but for bigger reasons. For me, only experience matters as I have unrelated formal education.

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Proud college dropout here. You’d be amazed at the places that still list bachelor’s degrees as requirement.

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About the same ratio for me and OP labs employees.

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Irony in #1 for me is that Computer Science degree from University of Illinois has been a valuable credential but the stuff I learned there was mostly useless Overly academic and outdated coding (e.g. assembly code!), writing proofs, etc All practical skills were learned on my own or through work

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Yeah but getting 2) can give you a crazy edge. Had friends who studied at best business school in Poland and then went for a few months program to Stanford, and they got access to opportunities we can't even imagine here.

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My barista has a PhD in somethingology

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I have never been asked where I went to college. In the professional world, I have never asked someone where they went to college for 'evaluation' purposes.

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very true. no one cared about where I studied when I was working or doing my own thing only seems to matter in academia itself or maybe raising out of university - didn’t realise till I got here how many funds there are that only engage with mit/harvard grads

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Helpful for visas to other countries How helpful it is for jobs seems to depend on the economy. People usually don't care, but the -00, -08, and -22 contractions seemed harder on people without degrees

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hire me as janitor theres a lotta shit i gotta scrape

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