Comment author:PhilGoetz
24 September 2010 03:52:22PM
5 points
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Don't go for the get-rich-quick (or get-free-time-quick) schemes. You're 18 frickin' years old! The most reliable strategy would probably be:
Do whatever you have to do to get into a great undergraduate college. The more famous the college is, the more money you will make. It may take a year or two if your high-school record isn't impressive.
Take out a big scary loan to pay for the 4 years. Major in something geared towards getting a position in finance, law, doctor, or overseas defense contracting.
Do whatever grad school is necessary for your career choice, but only what is necessary!
Get a ridiculously high-paying job. Work for 20 years. Save your money.
Retire and do what it was you wanted to do in the first place, living off the interest.
Alternate plan:
Apply for a ROTC scholarship.
Go to college, whether you got the scholarship or not.
If any decent percentage of this singularity stuff pans out, any plans greater than 20 years are bunk.
Hell, within the next 6-15 years, the price for models will plummet. Why?
Because, computer graphics are getting so good and cheap, that simply creating a model that looks beautiful, will be easier and cheaper just using the computer.
Reading, and contemplating all of these technology trends really changed thought process of what constitutes a solid job.
But, some advice I would give, is perhaps try and double major in computer science and electrical engineering. Go to a good grad school after college(since as he dropped out of HS, the only decent college he can get in to, is one that has a guaranteed acceptance program by sat scores), then work from there.
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Don't go for the get-rich-quick (or get-free-time-quick) schemes. You're 18 frickin' years old! The most reliable strategy would probably be:
Alternate plan:
If any decent percentage of this singularity stuff pans out, any plans greater than 20 years are bunk.
Hell, within the next 6-15 years, the price for models will plummet. Why?
Because, computer graphics are getting so good and cheap, that simply creating a model that looks beautiful, will be easier and cheaper just using the computer.
Reading, and contemplating all of these technology trends really changed thought process of what constitutes a solid job.
But, some advice I would give, is perhaps try and double major in computer science and electrical engineering. Go to a good grad school after college(since as he dropped out of HS, the only decent college he can get in to, is one that has a guaranteed acceptance program by sat scores), then work from there.
Solid, but boring.