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<blockquote data-quote="zpfled" data-source="post: 1320253" data-attributes="member: 5335"><p>I went to U of I. I work in the tech industry in Chicago.</p><p></p><p>I'm not claiming some kind of authority because of those things, but I am just laying them out as the basis for my opinion, as follows:</p><p></p><p>Just being in Chicago and making any kind of effort to get connected to the tech community is > being in Champaign and networking there.</p><p></p><p>Chicago is the tech hub of the midwest, and it's super easy to get connected to engineers, founders, and investors if you can go to meetups, make an effort to reach out to people in the industry, and (if you're a college student) wrangle a couple good internships.</p><p></p><p>I honestly don't think that, for an entrepreneurial-minded person with a good work ethic, a college degree matters all that much. Networking and just being around the right people matters a lot more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zpfled, post: 1320253, member: 5335"] I went to U of I. I work in the tech industry in Chicago. I'm not claiming some kind of authority because of those things, but I am just laying them out as the basis for my opinion, as follows: Just being in Chicago and making any kind of effort to get connected to the tech community is > being in Champaign and networking there. Chicago is the tech hub of the midwest, and it's super easy to get connected to engineers, founders, and investors if you can go to meetups, make an effort to reach out to people in the industry, and (if you're a college student) wrangle a couple good internships. I honestly don't think that, for an entrepreneurial-minded person with a good work ethic, a college degree matters all that much. Networking and just being around the right people matters a lot more. [/QUOTE]
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