[sungam]

In fairness, while I’m sure it didn’t work out for all of them, one of these students became one of the youngest self made billionaires in history

[flkenosad]

He did it to the smartest kid in our CS class. I feel bad now because I feel like he deserves a degree.

[ohyoutravel]

A classmate of mine dropped out to do this. Failed, and ended up picking up later to finish the last two years of college. It really didn’t seem to have slowed them down, and finishing college a few years later (with some startup founders experience) seems to have been overall good. Unfortunately did end up going to Boston Consulting Group from on-campus recruiting, so not a great end to the story, but historically that’s a high-ish paying and hard to get job.

[cinntaile]

He'll receive plenty of opportunities regardless of degree so I don't see why you feel sorry for him.

[shafyy]

Doesn't mean that this was a good thing for them. For example, many kid actors who become rich and famous are not happy.

[squigz]

I mean... is it self-made if a billionaire helped you?