Online education services like the ones listed on this website here have been gaining traction over the past few years. Due to the fact that the technology sector is increasing, people are learning hard skills like Programming and Web Design online instead of attending college. Some of them go on to form their own businesses as well. According to a recent report from Cambridge-based Forrester Research, 20% of America’s millionaires never attended college.
David Karp, who founded the website Tumblr, never even finished high school due to the fact that he learned programming online and dropped out. Tumblr has grown enormously over the past several years and was acquired by Yahoo! in the first quarter of 2013.
Just a short list of college dropouts who learned technical skills instead include:
- Bill Gates
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Steve Jobs
I believe that the belief of students needing a minimum of a Bachelors degree to be successful in their careers will dwindle away as the growth of Education Technology increase.
Below are a sample of companies that were founded by college dropouts.
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