Anyone gone/go to uni?

I'm not at Uni and I never went.

However I'd certainly, given the time again, like to have had the opportunity to have a degree and spend 3 or so years having the time of my life.

You're young and you have time, enjoy it and don't rush it....Besides, students spend a couple of hours a day at Uni and get about 4 months off in holidays, you've got bags of time to carry on studying and run a business. Jeez, I was chatting to a barmaid at my local pub who was on her summer holidays and she had 3 months off!

3 months and that's just one of the holidays.

Oh yes, enjoy it while you can mate, I've had a week off so far this year.

I haven't considered it yet, I don't think I will it's not what I want. If you feel your not going to use it why don't you study something else that you may use later on in life.

I'd say it's best to study for something to have a back up plan, but for me I am happy doing what I do now and I'll take it as it comes. I think I'll be in this business for a long time to come.

I started Uni, then got the job I had hoped I would get after Uni, so never finished.

I really regret not finishing now.

At the time another 2 years seemed like such a long time but as I've got older I've realised that another 2 years would have gone past very quickly!

Dropped out of uni after 2 years

I went to university and got a degree. In my honest opinion, it teaches you to do nothing more than become an employee. I had meet people and had experiences that I wouldn't have had if I had chosen not to attend, so I guess that makes the debt worth it. :-) Stay in school. It takes the same focus and dedication to make it through school as it does to make it online. I'm curious, do you hold a part-time job and stuff, too?

If you don't and aren't taking an insane amount of hours or in a discipline that requires you to devote tons of time to it, you have time to work online. You just need a method that allows you to work around your schedule. I recommend starting a niche blog: contains product reviews and related info on niche topic -- weight loss, dating, gardening, learn Spanish, learn guitar, pet care, sports...You get the picture.

The cool thing about a niche blog is that not only can you work around your own schedule but the income is residual -- work once but continue to get paid without any work. You can also generate multiple income streams from the same blog. Once you get everything up and running and a routine down, they take little time to manage. With the holidays around the corner, now is a great time to start one.

All you need is the right training so that you can lay the proper foundation and get up and running as soon as possible. For this, I recommend Unstoppable Affiliate by Andrew Hansen and Josh Stanton. They use a practical, realistic approach and teach you all the ins and outs of what you need to know without all the usual fluff so that you can get on your way to making bank (money).

Good luck, my friend. Don't forget, it'll be over soon--unless you just started. :-)

Joey

I'm going to university at the end of this month, in London.

Thing is, I'm not really sure if that's what I want to do and work in the industry for the rest of my life. But I'm not going there only for the education, I know I'll have a great time, meet a lot of cool people and hopefully some like minded peers to team up with in my IM endeavors.

Of course, I always say to myself that if this IM thing is going to produce $3-5k/month, I'm definitely dropping out of university. Right now it only produces ~$1k, which is cool, considering I'm only at the beginning of it. I'll definitely continue IM while at university.

I went to Uni, had a first class, then got qualified as Microsoft Certified Professional...but

never used it....

Sorry I lied, what I mean is that I did not use my degree/certificate to look for a job, I dont have a CV, never went for a job interview, but what I learnt in the university I have used it online to earn money, I have built many blogs around my interest, and it earns me money.

So if you enjoy what you study then go for it, and besides for me university degree it's my plan C, you never know when it's going to be useful

Thanks for all the insight guys. Definitely got me thinking and I reckon I need to make some changes to my schedules and squeeze days for all the minutes. Will continue too because the networking/social side is something you can't get elsewhere.

Cheers,
Ashton

My mother always said "Doing it is better than nothing"
I mean if Internet somehow gets down or Google kills all Internet marketers than mate you will need some Education to get a job.
I have been to Uni, and I feel it was worth going to. Especially because when my neighbors ask me if I went to Uni or not, I can say I did.

I'm going to uni. I have 2 more years left. I have been thinking of dropping off for the past month or so, but I don't want to regret doing it later. I agree with Dee Odus; you never know when its going to help you. It can be a pain in the *** though.

I go to uni and was on the edge. However it's the best decision i've made and I've met so many new people.

Hey,

Like many have said... Uni will be home to some of the 'best days' - I mean there won't be many occasions after that where you can just loaf around with your friends and get drunk - EVERYDAY!

Worth the 'DEBT'... hell yeah!

I actually started making money online, during my 3rd year at Uni - because you have the time and you spend most your time by the computer if not drinking your liver dry anyway. Might as well make some money!

As for the education - hmmm... hit'n'miss! Wish I'd done programming or web design now, something useful so I could save the time I'm putting in now learning it all.

Hope this helps,

Colin

P.S - SORRY for the constant referral to alcohol bingeing , obviously there are other things to do as a student - but not when your in England.

I go back to university soon. Thankfully my course kind of ties in with IM. I will be studying computing networking which revolves around building a website. Although it will be through Linux this year. It was Dreamweaver last year but yeah I understand were you are coming from I will have to find a balance between the too.

Oh and the good news about my computing course is I basically get every program for free because I am a poor student lol These are legit programs as well. As for these "long holidays" it aint all good especially when I have just come from a working background into University!

I'm in my third year doing electrical engineering bachelors... I plan on finishing no matter what.

If you're having trouble finding time to work on your business, Ashton, I'm not sure I can help you.

There are plenty of secondary school students as well as university students here on the WF who manage. I'll grant you that many of them aren't deadly serious about IM - yet - so taking a more leisurely pace to tackle the learning curve and doing all their "trial-and-error" entirely on the cheap (usually zero dollar risk and zero pressure to meet a minimum quota as far as income). In fact, this is precisely the approach I would choose myself if I was in their position!

The upside, of course, is that it only takes a certain amount of time of nail that learning curve, and a certain amount of "trial-and-error" required before they have their 'Eureka!' moment and realize that THEY can do this! THEY can make money doing this! And THEY can scale it up to whatever level THEY want!

So what makes you "special"?

Am I detecting a "time management" problem here? Or are you another "innocent victim" of chronic procrastination? (I just got my MBA a few years ago after retiring from the rat race and three moderately successful startups in the B&M world - and it wasn't THAT damned stressful or time consuming for me because I know how to manage my time, goals and projects - crucial skills that anyone can learn.)

Or are you going at this scatter-shot, in fits and spurts? Maybe pulling in a dozen different directions at the same time - effectively neutralizing any real progress?

Whatever it is, someone here on the WF can probably help you, but first you've got to be brutally honest with yourself, then tell us what's impeding your making this a success.

Well, I went to Uni....did a subject that I totally hated...then got a job that I totally hated...but Is Uni worth it? Yes I think it is...because wherever you go, people will recognize your degree. Your degree is always going to be with you. It's your achievement, a goal that you accomplished...it helps boost your confidence..Employers recognize them...I do SEO for work now but it was my degree that gave me that "foot in the door" to begin with.

Ashton,

One of my clients, James Penn, is doing both, marketing online and finishing his degree.

Here's his site:

James Penn's Accelerated Niche Profits Blog

Worth a look, maybe even contact him. Great guy to work with and very helpful.

Thanks,

John

I studied Psyche.in Germany came back and couldn't find any work.
Apparently I was too "Over educated" for normal work here in Florida!
So now I'm here using what I learned,on you guy's ! Crap, its not working !