Doubtful. there are plenty of jobs where the educational component is much more important than running a business. For instance how would successfully creating and running a microbusiness relate to working with juvenile delinquents, or educating kids, or treating a gunshot wound.
I can just see it, doctor I'm bleeding! Wait let me see about getting some venture capital and we'll set up a couple of focus groups. By the time the IPO comes out we should be able to help you with iBandage. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dana wrote: >> >> maybe it is, but in my opinion there are people who at certain times in >> their lives should not be in college. >> > > Yup, and to focus on that misses and/or avoids the core question: who > should be going to college? > > In other words, what purpose do we as a society see for college? > > And whatever we see it for, it's definitely a bubble and at the same > time its value is dropping - at least looking at the people coming out > of college and applying for jobs at my company. > > Given the internet I could definitely see a day where the prestigious > credential to take to a job interview is NOT as much an Ivy league > education as it is having started and ran a successful "micro > business". > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
