Safe and well, just. I managed to get left behind by the coach in the middle of nowhere at a motorway service station, but apart from that I’m just dandy. I never knew coming home from uni could be such an adventure.

The term has ended, and Christmas is upon me. I finally got to unpack my Xbox 360 that I won in a competition a month ago. Luck has been upon me it seems ever since I left school 2 years ago.

Lately I’ve been in the mood for making myself a rich man, using the web design skills that have taken me 7 or so years of learning in my own time to acquire. I wonder if I really need to continue learning at uni, whether I should just jack it all in and concentrate on making it happen.

The stories of some of the richest men in recent history have inspired me, for better or worse…

  • Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University to pursue software development working out of a garage.
  • Steve Jobs, founder of Apple computer and the man behind the iPod, dropped out of college after one semester.
  • Shawn Fanning quit college at 19 to create a music download site called Napster. A year later it was worth £42 million.

Other dropouts of note include, but are not limited to:

  • Richard Branson
  • Michael Dell
  • Henry Ford

I’ve got to wonder, am I doing the right thing?