I decided to quit school.

[Majed]

After reflection, i decided to quit school, and work with my dad at the coffee shop that he has. For now i'm going to do that, plus i have a plan that i want to work on, which is to grow my page about philosophy that i created online, and then sell products like courses, books, music... to make money. What do you think ? 

[Paradoxed]

Based. What were you studying? You gotta do whats right for you.

[EternalForest]

Best of luck. Keep in mind that outside of giving you knowledge on a subject, college degrees are mainly useful for securing a guaranteed or high paying job. If you want to be a businessman, artist, entrepreneur, etc. it's far more important to develop your drive, vision and grit/work ethic from this point forward. And if you change your mind, you can always go back, but if you're serious, you should give this a real shot for a year or two and see what you can accomplish.

[Alex4]

It seems like a mistake to me, but I don't know your situation in detail, so I admit that I could be wrong.

[AION]

This is a mistake 

[Schizophonia]

There are too many people who study for a long time. The jobs that pay the most are manual jobs.

[SwiftQuill]

Which school did you quit? High school? College?

You're going to work at a coffee shop? I guess that's fine for the time being.

Sell courses, books, music, to make money? Each of these alone can be very time consuming, and these are very different products to sell. Merely to produce one single decent online course, or to write a single book, or to become a musician, each of these requires developing a skill over a long period of time. Unless you are selling someone else's courses, books and music?

I personally value education a lot. But I understand if some people don't fit into that path. Some people are more into trade skills, like electrician, plumber, mechanic, and some people are more into entrepreneurial stuff. But whatever path you pick, I suggest you plan carefully and realistically. Don't you think there is an over abundance of online courses these days? If you focus on online courses, do the research, see what skills are not being taught (like some very old and niche programming language) and create a course specifically for that. But you need to be realistic. And chances are you will spend a lot of time producing a course, it will be difficult (to use the equipment, to edit the videos, to write the script, etc), you put it on sale on Udemy, and it will be visible on the 4th page (almost no one bothers to reach this far).

[Paradoxed]

To judge your decision we would have to know you as a person, what type of person you are, and know what you were studying and determine whether school/your major actually aligns with you. Sometimes the best option is to just pursue your highest value and what you're passionate about while holding down a steady job, saving money. It would also depend where OP lives, because in America, you have to go into incredible debt for a college degree. It's not necessarily best for everyone to have a college degree if they are just going to school for the sake of it, without having a clear vision of their career post education. You can find yourself massively in debt, unable to get a job in your field, or could realize you are not even interested in the day to day of having a career in what you studied. This happens to more people than you'd think. Best to nip that sorta shit in the bud earlier on if that's the case for you.

Edited February 18 by Paradoxed

[Human Mint]

On 17/02/2025 at 1:06 PM, Alex4 said:

It seems like a mistake to me, but I don't know your situation in detail, so I admit that I could be wrong.

 

On 17/02/2025 at 1:57 PM, AION said:

This is a mistake 

I wonder why you guys think it is a mistake, what's wrong with working at a coffee shop per se? Looks like fun experience and not everyday you're served with a job oportunity at home

[Alex4]

On 21/2/2025 at 2:36 PM, Human Mint said:

 

I wonder why you guys think it is a mistake, what's wrong with working at a coffee shop per se? Looks like fun experience and not everyday you're served with a job oportunity at home

I'm not saying it's wrong to work at a coffee shop. What I think is a mistake is dropping out of school. I would make sure to get a degree, then learn a stable profession that you know will pay the bills or that you can fall back on if something goes wrong. Once you do that, work hard to monetize your passion. I know what I'm saying sounds very normie, but I think it's the best for most people. 

[FourCrossedWands]

This can either be a good decision, or a bad decision. There is no absolute answer.

I would say that 10-20 years ago, it would probably be a good decision. Right now, I am not so sure.

Starting your own online business will be tough right now.

[Ulax]

Whatever happens it is good that you have made a courageous decision like this. It is a good experience to have under your belt imo.

I think it will help you be more decisive in life as such a decision helps you  to feel in control of your life.

Anyhow even if it doesn’t turn out great, it is okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are a part of life.
Though like I said, the making of a courageous decision, like this, will always carry some important positives imo 🤙

Maybe take yourself out for a meal to celebrate your decision. All best mate ❤️

Edited Tuesday at 02:29 AM by Ulax

[Letho]

 

On 15/02/2025 at 5:27 AM, Majed said:

After reflection, i decided to quit school, and work with my dad at the coffee shop that he has. For now i'm going to do that, plus i have a plan that i want to work on, which is to grow my page about philosophy that i created online, and then sell products like courses, books, music... to make money. What do you think ? 

@Majed When you've demonstrated the schooling to justify quitting school that you're good enough to self-validate, you're ready to quit. Before then, its irresponsible to seek external validation and its irresponsible for anyone to give it, even if many people with little schooling are very successful. Many people are also amazing singers but at the end of the day in spite of those high numbers, most people... cannot sing. Right now, you've only shown a very small amount of evidence that you've made a wise decision, for everything else, its so far the unwise decision. Have you planned deeply? Have you engineered a learning feedback loop to turn experiences into learning lessons that you have repeatedly shown yourself good at following up on the next day? What are the deep questions you've answered which have heavily impacted your practical life experiences to the point where you're a better human than the one sitting at a desk sucking up dead air?

[Human Mint]

@Alex4 I wouldn't trade education for a regular job either. But sometimes you need the experience to know what's truly important.

Edited Tuesday at 11:52 AM by Human Mint