An idea for those not wanting to go to college:

I currently attend the University of Southern California, as well as pursue my dreams as an internet marketer. I think you are right, the connections to be made at universities are very valuable. The only thing that I disagree on is your comment about getting a piece of paper as a marketing tool.

I am not sure whether or not you have attended a university, but if you did, then you would know the amounts of hours, days, and weeks that you sacrifice in order to get that degree. You are conditioning yourself, day in and day out, to solve complex problems, network outside of your comfort zone, handle multiple (and very difficult) tasks and assignments, and show that you can accomplish something that was extremely difficult and took a very long time. It shows dedication to bettering yourself.

Trust me, I am a deans list business marketing student who had to take a "humans and their environment" class, so I know that we have to take some classes that are pretty far away from what we want to actually do with our lives. However, the skills that I am learning at my university have not only opened doors for me in the realm of internet marketing, but also in the realm of the real business world. If, for whatever reason, internet marketing dries up (something catastrophic happens with Google, laws are passed to keep information products held down, you never know), I will be able to quickly and relatively pain freely step into another field because I have a degree, a piece of paper, that symbolizes the four years of sacrifice and hard work, living in South Central Los Angeles, that I undertook in order to set myself apart from competition and become specialized in one field, and very proficient in others. The degree is not a marketing tool, it is a symbol that represents the kind of person you are, and what you have accomplished. That kind of thing does not need to be marketed.

This was not meant to start an argument, I just think that there is a major difference between a downloadable 6 week course on marketing, and a 4 year education from some of the most intelligent and accomplished minds in the country. Its not the paper, its what the paper represents!

BTW... its summer break, so I will probably think different when school starts lol.

I went to college for Accounting and Business Management. Didn't quite get my degrees, thanks to an untimely divorce, but what I learned is priceless. I always knew I wanted my own business. I just didn't know what type when I started college.