Anyone feel like college is a waste? Options

[Coomer]

Does anyone here feel like college is a waste of money, time, and effort?

To me, it's seemed like that since before I started. I've now almost got my AA, and I've learned some stuff, but not much that I really care about, and almost nothing that has helped me.

And if I go forward with my plans to go to Central Washington University and get my BA in computer science, I'm sure I'll learn a ton about computer programming and databases and stuff like that. But the problem I see is that I don't want to be a computer programmer or a database engineer.

I want to develop websites, and have my own business doing it.

I've got the knowledge to develop sites now, and what I don't know very well(OOP, ActionScript, etc.) I can learn on my own. I've always been able to learn on my own with the internet or a book, and I actually prefer it to learning in a classroom.

And as far as the business side of things, I'm confident that I can handle that too. I've invested a few hundred dollars over the last couple weeks buying books and such about the subject of web development businesses and business in general. And again, what I don't know, I don't need a class for. I can learn fine from reading.

So yeah, college seems pointless to me. Anyone else feel the same way?

[prpnum1]

Um, i dropped out of college after like 3 months and i had barely graduated from highschool. Only reason i didnt drop out was for my mom. I am in the television industry. (cameraman) I have never once been asked to provide a degree or even a resume, and neither has anyone i know. In this business it's all about WHO and WHAT you know. So the worth of college all depends on what field you plan to work in.
In my opinion college is worthless because iit provides a lot of worthless information but does nothing to increase skill.

my .02

This post has been edited by prpnum1: May 14, 2005 - 9:48 PM