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   ahoy, fancy pants (squinky@teh.entar.net)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Jan-2023 15:26:08 JST ahoy, fancy pants

   • Evan Prodromou

   @evan I’m more or less successful despite dropping out of college. Since I’d likely have been better off had I stayed in, I think that’s a qualified no.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Jan-2023 15:26:08 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @squinky why did you drop out?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Jan-2023 20:17:07 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @squinky hey, wow! That's a real roller coaster. I am proud of you for riding it through.

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan I had poor grades in high school due to untreated ADHD, and my parents were broke, so I had bad prospects for college.

     A couple of years in, I got involved with an equity stake in a local for-profit BBS as it converted to an ISP. Quit school to work full time at my shot at the big time.

     Later, things went south. I won’t point fingers but let’s say my ouster was a group effort that included all of us. I was emotionally devastated and sank into a pretty deep hole. Didn’t have much to fall back on, so I moved to Silicon Valley and started bouncing around different startups.

     I landed on my feet and mostly stayed there, and the older I got the more quaint the idea of returning to school sounded. Like taking up gardening or collecting old computers.

     It’s a regret, though, despite the fact that I did ok.