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I'm with you-The last quarter was my last. I've had a few startups and businesses, only now to focus my energy upon them to grow. I find that anything that intrigues you, can be self taught and learned through enjoying your curiosity. Schools are lame, the education system is slow, and you pay for a piece of paper. If you notice School is in the way of your real education, then its about time to drop that.

  >I find that anything that intrigues you, can be self
  >taught and learned through enjoying your curiosity.
I sometimes wonder if that's a reversal of cause and effect. I've known many autodidacts, myself included, who've become interested in a topic and quickly hit a wall. The difficulty causes frustration and the autodidact loses interest and moves on to a new, easier subject. That there are so many self-taught learners in technology might not be an indication of our brilliance or natural inclination, but just this subject being the low hanging fruit we all grab onto.
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