Successful startup founders are being increasingly looked up to by many people. Their success stories are inspiring, it is not hard to understand why many young people are trying to follow in their footsteps.
Having a successful role model is a great thing, however many media these days tend to shine the spotlight on only half of the story, generally the story goes along the line of “college dropout now worth upwards of 1 billion dollars”.
What people don’t hear is that there are so many college dropouts that are struggling to find work. The job market is becoming increasingly competitive and skilled workers are being offered job more often than unskilled worker.
If you end up joining the workforce, university degrees are required for a wide range of careers such as Engineering, Accounting, Medicine, Law and Education. In general, university graduates are also offered higher pay and greater financial stability.
In university, students are encouraged to think creatively and are exposed to research and technology. On top of that, student will also develop professional relationship with other students with the same interests and could potentially make lifelong friend, future mentor, or even business partner.
You may have notice from the text above, that you might end up meeting your future mentor or business partner in university. Going back to my point at the beginning of this article, there are many successful startups founded by a group of university students that eventually had to dropout of university because they are struggling to juggle between doing course work and running their company.
Attending universities will open more door of opportunities.