Comments on: Seth Godin on Higher Education http://personalmba.com/seth-godin-on-higher-education/ Learn Essential Business Principles Without Mortgaging Your Life Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shama Hyder http://personalmba.com/seth-godin-on-higher-education/#comment-146 Shama Hyder Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:21:29 +0000 http://personalmba.com/business-school-talk/seth-godin-on-higher-education/#comment-146 I finished undergrad in 5 semesters and have always looked back on it as a very smart decision. Optimizing my time saved me a lot of money. I am grateful that I never took student loans. Great post! I finished undergrad in 5 semesters and have always looked back on it as a very smart decision. Optimizing my time saved me a lot of money. I am grateful that I never took student loans. Great post!

]]> By: Gannon Beck http://personalmba.com/seth-godin-on-higher-education/#comment-145 Gannon Beck Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:15:21 +0000 http://personalmba.com/business-school-talk/seth-godin-on-higher-education/#comment-145 Hey Josh, I don't think college is a waste of time, but I do think it makes sense in certain situations and not in others. I wrote an essay about it that explains my thoughts on it here: http://gannonbeck.com/2007/04/07/to-degree-or-not-to-degree-that-is-the-question I can't fathom a situation (for me or anyone I've ever met) where it makes sense to pay Harvard prices. By the way, I had another idea/question, that I'll send you offlline. Gannon Hey Josh,

I don’t think college is a waste of time, but I do think it makes sense in certain situations and not in others. I wrote an essay about it that explains my thoughts on it here:

http://gannonbeck.com/2007/04/07/to-degree-or-not-to-degree-that-is-the-question

I can’t fathom a situation (for me or anyone I’ve ever met) where it makes sense to pay Harvard prices.

By the way, I had another idea/question, that I’ll send you offlline.

Gannon

]]> By: Grant Czerepak http://personalmba.com/seth-godin-on-higher-education/#comment-144 Grant Czerepak Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:23:59 +0000 http://personalmba.com/business-school-talk/seth-godin-on-higher-education/#comment-144 I spent seven years getting my undergraduate degree. The reason for this is I was earning my way through university by working for the federal government designing and developing computer systems and teaching computing, English and geographic information systems to honors students at the university itself. I learned more working at these jobs than I did earning my piece of paper from my alma mater. My advice is as soon as possible get a job that complements the discipline you are pursuing for your undergraduate studies. That's where the real learning takes place. I spent seven years getting my undergraduate degree. The reason for this is I was earning my way through university by working for the federal government designing and developing computer systems and teaching computing, English and geographic information systems to honors students at the university itself. I learned more working at these jobs than I did earning my piece of paper from my alma mater.

My advice is as soon as possible get a job that complements the discipline you are pursuing for your undergraduate studies. That’s where the real learning takes place.

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