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#94 · Should I go to college or start an AI agency in 2025?

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What's your opinion on whether I should go to college?

No, I think you can probably get much better, more applicable, and more immediately revenue-generating training in communities like mine. We don't have the mechanisms to foster the same level of socialization you'd get in a real college. Yeah, that's all I have to say about that. But actually, I take back my earlier answer: it's not that you shouldn't go to college. If you were asking me if I would go to college, I would not go to college. Whether you should go to college depends on your propensity for socialization and how self-motivated you can be. But I think your propensity for self-motivation is probably the most important thing anyone can build today.

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As an A‑level student studying physics, math, and computer science aiming for a compsai path, is pursuing a university degree the right way to optimize for money, or should I focus on entrepreneurship to avoid financial struggle?

College was a great experience for me and it helped, but you don’t need a degree to succeed. What matters is being clear about what you want to do before you enroll. You’re already doing the right thing by thinking about life after college instead of just picking a random degree. Remember, college isn’t a life‑or‑death choice—many successful people treat business as enjoyable play. The key is to push through until you get a positive result, which will erase the self‑doubt.

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I'm in my fifth semester of a computer science degree. Should I drop out to focus on my business?

I would not leave college. If you’ve already made progress, don’t drop out. College offers valuable social experiences, relationships, and learning opportunities that you can’t fully replace online. While you can learn the technical material through courses at home, the networking and personal growth aspects are important. My recommendation is to use college mainly for the social side, and once you’ve built a solid foundation, you can start skipping non‑essential classes. Focus on the parts that add value and treat the rest as optional. This way you get the best of both worlds without sacrificing your education entirely.

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Can you give me a plan or roadmap for the next year if I want to do this, and is it a good idea to go all in and skip college?

I wouldn’t recommend skipping college just because it was a foundational experience for me; it gave me useful mental models, relationships, accountability, and a well‑rounded perspective—though I admit those models could be learned in a couple of months of self‑study. If you’re a natural go‑getter you might not need college, but the network and personal growth are valuable. To join Maker School for six months you’d need about $1,100 (184 × 6), so save a couple thousand dollars first so you’re not constantly counting every dollar while you’re in the program.

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Sunset Cliff asks: Should I drop out of college to focus on AI automation and entrepreneurship? I’m a business student with no interest in finance/banking, have grandparents covering tuition, make ~$10k from AI automation, and want to know how to decide if leaving school makes sense for my insurance‑niche venture.

I finished my degree and looking back I don’t think I really needed it—I did it mostly to satisfy my family and friends. I was basically just treading water, lacking the conviction to make a real bet in life. As you get older and more successful, you realize you need to take bets and be ready if they don’t work out; it’s better to have tried and failed than never tried at all. In my case, a bet would have been dropping out to run a business full‑time; for you, it might look the same—leaving school to focus on your AI automation and entrepreneurship venture. Beyond personal experience, remember that colleges were originally designed to train you for a specific job, but today they’ve become mostly marketing machines that promise a future without delivering the skills or ROI. Most of the value you get is the social experience—being forced to interact with peers and learn soft skills. You can get that social side elsewhere, and there are many other ways to meet people without spending years and tuition money. So, weigh the social benefit against the cost and your own goals; if the credential isn’t essential for what you want to do, dropping out to pursue your business may be the smarter bet.

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