Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
I was curious about your claim that Philly is within the top 5 largest cities in the US.

oh, wikipedia...
I got my info from List of United States cities by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quote Originally Posted by Penneywize View Post
Signalling (economics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Education might make you feel smarter, but without the degree you aren't accomplishing much in terms of job market prospects. Get the degree.

By the way Spoon I've always thought you to be a very intelligent guy. Give academia a try. Get your BA done and apply for PhDs, you'll be funded if you're a decent student anyway. And you'll do something you love. Give it some thought man.
academia is lame as fuck and so are "job market prospects"

Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
Why would you have to choose? There are a lot of options for continued education, these days.

Since you're self-employed, try to find a college that puts full courses up on youtube for free. There's no need to pay for an education you will ultimately give yourself anyway.

Be wary of an online degree. There are a lot of shady institutions online right now. Even when they're legit, they get no respect in the workplace.
because i can't put 100% of effort into both, also to this and the quoted part above, i'm most of the way through a BS in applied mathematics but i'm super disillusioned with the whole go to college -> get a job making someone else rich -> die scenario