You better believe it.
This is the real truth
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Unfortunately, nobody here dropped out. So, theyâll all advise you not to. I would also advise you not to. Unless its what you really want. Cos, if itâs because of an idea. Think again.
But I actually did drop out. Final Year Chem. Engr. Unilag. Class of 2008, great set. had the hightest no. of first class in Unilag then. 17 as I recollect⌠I left school in 2007. and I didnât regret it. but I didnât drop out cos of an idea. I dropped out cos I knew Chem Engr. would be a waste of my time any further. As a teenage I don dey hustle even before I entered Unilag. No amount of money can make up for what I have become. I repeat No amount of money offered anywhere else, can make up for the man I have become. Cos my skill set transcends Professional
That singular decision defines me a great deal. Unlike my friends who work in oil and gas. I got no option but to make it work. But itâs been a very very rough 10 years. I wouldnât advise you to join the business world. Unless its who you really want to be. I mean. All the way. Itâs very cold. and you can be broke a lot of times and can get hungry too.
Its who I am. Want to be. everyday. Wasnât all bad. To emphasis on time. We Made great success within the first 3 Years. what Jumia and Konga now focused on is what we started with then. Had catalogues, did cash on delivery all across. We successfully served 25,000 customers in lagos, abuja, phc, ibadan, ilorin and abeokuta. Then I couldnât scale. So, whoolup⌠goes downâŚ
But then, up againâŚback up. We do what we do now. The decision is yours and yours only. The road is rough. Even when hunger wanted to kill my head. I never questioned me. Not once. To me. ITâs simply life. A process. An opportunity to be better.
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HeheheâŚWehdunsah!
Bin a minute.
Thinking about startups is just as valid a reason to leave your medical school as thinking about Beyonce is to leave your marriage.
Take @seyitaylorâs advice there as gospel. Print it out and hang it on your wall.
Only ignore them if and only if:
a) You have a secret stash of > $200,000 to experiment with.
b) Your photo and/or news aggregator site currently generate > $100,000
c) You have one or more shops in Alaba doing > $100,000/month in revs with containers in the high sea.
Startup is a horrible, painful adventure you can come back to anytime.
Also print this thread and give to your parent, if you need help staying on course.
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lol. Parents would most likely slap him or not give him food
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Bonday⌠I greet you too sir!..
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Ahhh⌠Finally read all the comments. America has romanticized dropping out of school sha. I give it that. oh and failure. âFail fast and fail oftenâ What utter hogwash! If only you knew how much support entrepreneurs received over yonder then youâd know why they can do "interestingâ things such as dropping out of Harvard and Co. Before you follow these people, do try to find out the context within which they took some of the decisions they took.
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I donât quite agree. Unless you have extremely difficult situations that could have prevented you from completing your degreeâŚregardless of your success story, dropping out of a university (of lagos) in your final year is stupid. At that stage, itâs no longer about Chemical Engineering but finishing a mission. There are some success stories that can never be quantified.
Congrats on your business.
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But you assume there was a mission, what if there was none? And that is why I said this to the OP:[quote=âutee, post:9, topic:10762â]
You only have to be sure what you are doing, and most importantly, why.
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The most important thing is always the âwhyâ- the mission. You can quit a process but you shouldnât quit a dream.[quote=âDamola, post:22, topic:10762â]
I would also advise you not to.
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@Damola maybe you can further share your reason for advising the OP not to drop out despite the fact you did and seem to be OK with it. Appears incongruent.
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Just switch your course to anything business so you know you are still in the loop of things
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Iâll suggest you do not take a quick decision about leaving medicine. I suggest your decision be guided by what you strongly believe you want to achieve in life. Hint: Not many know exactly at a much younger age, but with patience, perseverance and persistent exposure to various things, one can conclude.
Your decision should not also be guided by what people did in Silicon Valley. The environment and experiences are totally different. If you decide based on this, you may end up regretting for life. By the way, many of those guys already had solid educational backgrounds before the âquittingâ they sell to us. Many had BSc and quit from postgraduate degrees. You are in the 2nd of your BSc degree, unless you already have a BSc which you didnât mention. Donât be carried away please. Life can be really hard for dropouts and those not fortunate enough to afford school, forget the hype, and you are in Nigeria, it is better imagined.
Medicine isnât so bad. It is a tortuous course by all means. But it is an interesting course that affords you the sanity and serenity to figure how you want to do with yourself, and in detail. Somehow it does that.
I think you should stay in medicine, (you may do any other course you like), but keep up with your startups, if you do well enough with your startups, maybe you can quit medicine or school. But also note that this phase of âjuvenile gingerâ will pass and your eyes will clear, you need to be sure you wonât regret any quick decisions made. And trust me, if you finish medicine and become a medical doctor, and you succeed in keeping your startups up and running, its a more wholesome experience, achievement and fulfillment. You also gain more respect from everyone. You have automatic acceptance. You automatically have integrity till proven otherwise. The feeling is generally good with that.