• thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “You need to go to college to be successful or you’ll be flipping burgers!”

    So said teachers, parents, career counselors, etc. and here we are, I beat school, and no jobs. Should’ve become an electrician.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from communityOP
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      5 months ago

      Most of the most successful people never went to college. Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Simon Cowell…

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        5 months ago

        They either had rich parents with rich connections, or had incredibly loyal, highly skilled friends, like Jobs had Wozniak.