<p>I was in my old college town yesterday for the first time in a while and was struck by how insignificant my time there turned out to be in the grand scheme of things. I got the degree which in turn led to getting my job, so it’s not as though it counted for nothing, but it was pretty close… I was so obsessed with the idea of the college experience when I was trying to get in to college and while I was there, and as it turns out it was probably an experience I didn’t need to have. Aside from the education, which I could have gotten much more cheaply if I hadn’t wanted “the experience” too, I really didn’t get anything out of it that I took with me. I’m told that means I did it wrong.</p>