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School is a terrible preparation for work

School trains people to think there is a predefined point of success. School trains people to place an upper bound on success. School prescribes a set of lectures to go to, a specific number of assignments to do. Tests have a limit. The best you can do is ace the test. There is a fixed number of classes needed to get a degree. School instills the notion that there is an upper limit on success and it is reached by getting the right items checked off on a predefined list.

School is antipreneurial. It opposes entrepreneurial thinking. Coding for money on the web means you are operating your own business. Entrepreneurial thinking is what you need to be successful coding for money on the web. School is a terrible preparation for working on the web.