What’s the epistemic backing behind this claim, how much data, what kind? Did you do it, how’s it gone? How many others do you know of dropping out and did it go well or poorly?
I dropped out one month ago. I don’t know anyone else who has dropped out. My comment recommends students consider dropping out on the grounds that it seemed like the right decision for me, but it took me a while to realize this was even a choice.
So far my experience has been pleasant. I am ~twice as productive. The total time available to me is ~2.5-3x as much as I had prior. The excess time lets me get a healthy amount of sleep and play videogames without sacrificing my most productive hours. I would make the decision again, and earlier if I could.
I dropped out after 10th grade. I messed around at home, doing some math and programming, for ~6 years, then started working programming jobs at age 22 (nearly 10 years ago). I’d say results were decent.
A friend of mine dropped out after 11th grade. He has gone back and forth between messing around (to some extent with math and programming; in later years, with meditation) and working programming jobs, and I think is currently doing well with such a job. Probably also decent.
(And neither of us went to college, although I think my friend may have audited some classes.)
What’s the epistemic backing behind this claim, how much data, what kind? Did you do it, how’s it gone? How many others do you know of dropping out and did it go well or poorly?
I dropped out one month ago. I don’t know anyone else who has dropped out. My comment recommends students consider dropping out on the grounds that it seemed like the right decision for me, but it took me a while to realize this was even a choice.
So far my experience has been pleasant. I am ~twice as productive. The total time available to me is ~2.5-3x as much as I had prior. The excess time lets me get a healthy amount of sleep and play videogames without sacrificing my most productive hours. I would make the decision again, and earlier if I could.
Anecdata: I got some benefits from school, but the costs were overwhelming. I probably should have dropped out after kindergarten; certainly before fourth grade. https://tsvibt.blogspot.com/2022/05/harms-and-possibilities-of-schooling.html
I dropped out after 10th grade. I messed around at home, doing some math and programming, for ~6 years, then started working programming jobs at age 22 (nearly 10 years ago). I’d say results were decent.
A friend of mine dropped out after 11th grade. He has gone back and forth between messing around (to some extent with math and programming; in later years, with meditation) and working programming jobs, and I think is currently doing well with such a job. Probably also decent.
(And neither of us went to college, although I think my friend may have audited some classes.)