# Daily Q&A: On Dropping Out to Work

First of all, it's wonderful that young people seek change and plan for the future.

However, dropping out of school early to work: while it increases the probability of opportunities, work quality is far more important than work duration. Good opportunities become scarcer.

Dropping out to study finance: learning finance doesn't necessarily require leaving school. Remember, the first principle of finance is risk reduction. Don't underestimate the difficulty of your planned path after dropping out. Working during the day and studying finance at night—this isn't a willpower issue, it's a physiological one.

Many people fall behind in school, then start thinking "maybe school isn't for me." But often it's not the school's problem; it's that our brains have become accustomed to faster stimulation—like phones and short videos—so classroom lectures feel boring. For example: try watching YouTube or Bilibili videos longer than 30 minutes and see if you have the patience.

About working: it's hard to find high-growth jobs in society nowadays. You have to dig them out yourself, but this requires extremely high personal standards. "Same experience after working for years"—this logic doesn't necessarily hold.

About treating "money" as the core resource for entrepreneurship and investment:
This is also a misconception.

Actually, entrepreneurship's core is: networks, knowledge, industry experience.
Investment's core is: information asymmetry, research ability.
Trading's core is: mathematics, psychological control, capital management.

Then there's the fact that your family situation is decent,
but you don't want to depend on them.
This is typical independence anxiety and self-esteem protection.
Rich kids leveraging resources is called "rational,"
poor kids struggling alone is called "forced."
Rejecting family resources isn't maturity—it's waste.

Your core problem is misjudging the path to success:

You think:
School = wasting time
Society = rapid growth
Trading = freely making money
Entrepreneurship = self-actualization

But actually:
School = low-risk trial-and-error environment
Society = high pressure + low feedback
Trading = high risk + high elimination rate
Entrepreneurship = high failure rate

You can drop out, but you need to be clear about what you're giving up.

What you lack most right now isn't money—it's "the opportunity to regret."