Story #17
Q: How did you decide on your undergraduate course of study?
A: By laziness: which course and university demanded minimum amount of study? Then, by passion: which course would most academically interest me? Lastly, by necessity: which course would be cheapest, fastest, "safest"? None worked, so I dropped out of college -- thrice -- and am now starting my own company in the arts industry.
Q: In retrospect, what did you think were the most useful lessons/ skills/ knowledge you'd gained from your undergraduate education?
A: 1. Learn to network: The ability to talk to strangers is vastly underrated. 2. Be a functional human being: We must learn to divorce self-worth from external measures of success. 3. Think independently: Other's good intentions seldom work unless you know what works best for yourself. 4. All above can be learnt outside of school, if not much cheaper and faster.
Q: How has your undergraduate education influenced your career choice?
A: Marginally. I've learnt to create my own jobs -- which blends art, entrepreneurship, and some degree of analytical thinking with moderate social impact.
Q: Briefly describe your current job scope.
A: Will describe in detail if it's of interest. Mainly dealing with high net-worth clients and multinational organizations, to provide tools of visualization and expression.
Q: To what extent is your current job related to your undergraduate course of study?
A: Somewhat related.
Q: What are some additional areas you wish your undergraduate education could have covered?
A: The greatest myth of undergraduate education: training independent thinking. Modern academia is built upon layers of bureaucracy and mediocre paper-referencing; if you must study, study because you reallyyyyy want to be a doctor/lawyer/qualified professional -- or if you're interested in research, scholarship, and academia. If you do, focus on finding really, really good teachers and departments -- not elite schools per se.
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