A) I can support my parents should they need it.
B) I can indulge in my other interests which may or may not make me any money back, but which bring me pleasure (such as blogging, or skiing)
C) I have more money to raise a family on, including things like getting my future kids a computer, books, a bike, etc..
D) When I do start a family, I have the option to take off work to raise my children.
E) I love my field I’m entering. Making a lot of money in it would be a great bonus feature.
F) Making a lot of money would mean I was an asset to someone/something. I’m competitive by nature. It makes me a happy person to know I’m very good at what I do, if not the best. Being happy should always be a goal in life.
G) I’m always finding something that I’m wanting to help, be it a great sandwich shop that can’t afford a nice paint job, to sponsor a child, to support an institution I think does great things…and money would make that possible.

As for the degree, I see college as a means to show the world you can make it through the standards of getting a degree, any degree. Having a government degree doesn’t mean you know everything there is to know about government the same as a petroleum engineering degree just goes to show I can study and pass some tests. The gold is in the work experiece you get in college, be it internships, self started businesses, volunteering, etc., because that’s where the knowledge you need to handle the real world can be found.

My $.02 (lol, you can add that to your totals ;-))

A real entrepreneur doesn’t always need mass financing to become successful.

My business that makess around $1,000 per month was started with $200 and a bank account I had my dad to sign for because I was too young.

Don’t worry about me not having a business degree. I don’t consider it a setback in the slightest sense.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,320379—-2-,00.html

If two people walk into my bank, one has a business degree, and one has a government degree, and ask for money to start a business, which am I more likely to give money to, all other things being equal?

Okay, this proves you’re an idiot.

Sorry to open a can of worm with the major question.
I have a degree in engineering, but I’m a program manager right now. If you’re smart, work hard, and have any business acumen, then you’ll excel in your career. The motivation and drive that Nev shows will take him a lot farther in life than getting any kind of degree will. Do what makes you happy and the money will follow.

Kate

First, if you had a business degree, then it would possibly be easier for you to obtain financing to finance your entreprenuerial dreams.

Second, your comment about being in college “because you can” is laughable. How can I take seriously any of your postings on this blog about you trying to scrape your pennies together, when you are willing to waste your time and money at Texas getting what you agree is a worthless degree “because you can.”

Third, a basic background in business would teach you the fundamentals of how the economy works. Thus, your “water experiment” must be a spoof, or you must really need an education in business.

Why do I say that? Because you sold water at $1.00 a bottle. Did you research the competitive price of bottled water prior to setting this sales price? Did you draw any conclusions about why you sold all of your product in 1/2 hr, as opposed to the 5 hours allotted?

I find your blog entertaining, but some of your comments are curious.

Have you read mark cuban’s blog? He has some great insight on it that would seem to appeal to you.

A business degree would be just about as worthless as a government degree to me. Why? Because I won’t use either one.

Then why am I in college? Because I want to be. ’nuff said.

A business degree teaches you how to be a great employee for a firm which will pay you $40,000 out of college, but that is not what I am aiming for.

I know lots of business students who get internships and jobs straight out of college, and what do they say about these? “A blind monkey could do what I do at (insert company here)”

In the University Investment Association, I sometimes give presentations to FINANCE MAJORS on how to buy stocks. I’ve never even taken a class remotely related to stock, they have. I’ve just researched stocks on my own, something which helps you learn faster than HAVING to take a class on it.

Starting to get my drift?

That $3,000 may have paid some bills…but it’s not what I will tell my grandkids about some day.

Keep up your own little side adventures, and let me know about them!

-Nev

Look at this blog….Nev should be studying economics or business or the like, since it is evident that is where his interest lies.

Which ties into what I said before…do what you love, and money will come to you.