<p>You lose some money & time? Big deal?</p>
<p>1) Do we really need to get into a debate about how important time and money are? I’d reckon they are the two most important “resources” out there. So yeah, when you lose time & money you are losing relative to what would have happened.</p>
<p>2) We should be looking at the expected value of dropping out and starting your own company. I’d reckon that’s also highly negative. We all know the stats on new business.</p>
<p>3) And speak for yourself, someone on track with an engineering degree is generally not young and broke. In fact, they’d likely be in the top 5% looking at cash flow and net worth relative to age cohort.</p>