Skipping School :-)
Should I also skip school now? 
Heh..heh.. I am 10 years late to emulate him. But who knows that if I start tomorrow, I will be in his position in 10 years from now 
. * naah…, I’ll skip, may be you want to give a shot? *
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Boasting a six-figure salary as chief technology officer of an online security company, Sima is one of a select group of young techies who hit it big without an academic pedigree after technology and Internet-related businesses exploded in the late 1990s.
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Sima was 16 when he dropped out of high school after his freshman year, bored with school and unable to fully pursue his love of computers. He earned a GED, got a job fixing PCs and gradually moved up to security administrator of an online bank before starting a company in 2000. With all the experience he gained, there was never a regret about missing college. Even today, he often finds that job applicants with Ph.D.s in computer science don’t have what it takes despite their lofty degrees.
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