Hmmm....
Lemme tell ya my story man....
I was going to go to college right out of high school for computer science. Had tremendous scores on every standardized test I ever took. Wanted to be a programer. This was in 1989. I would of graduated in '93, and been there for the whole explosion of the Internet etc.....
As it turned out, I got married late that summer when I was 18. Got a full time job, and Ive never looked back. Im 32 now, still married (to the same woman!) and I've got 5 kids as well.
About 5 years ago, I started taking classes and working towards a degree in Data Communiations Technology. Planned to change careers. You all remember, 5 years ago, if you even knew your way around the latest version of Windows, you could get a decent job. By now, even though the radio commercials all tease you about how much a "Micosoft Certified blah blah" can make, the competition in the field has grown tremendously.
Meanwhile, I've been working in the print industry the last 9 years.
Am I gonna change careers when I get the degree? HELL NO! Not unless I want to take a 50% pay cut! It seems somewhere along the way Ive achieved a bit of sucess in my current career, and at this point, the degree will simply hang on my wall. College is pretty much a hobby to me at this point.
Well, for the future, I was thinking of a BS in technology management...can get the whole thing online from Penn State! Hmm BS is right!
Either way, Im not sure just what the implication of the original message was, but I am at the extreme upper tip of the bell curve despite my lack of degrees, and I will ride as long as I am physically capable of doing so.
So, do smart people ride? Damn right!