Skip College

Launch Your Career Without Debt, Distractions, or a Degree

By: Connor Boyack, John Taylor Gatto, Brittany Hunter, Kerry McDonald, Isaac Morehouse, Dusty Wunderlich, Josh Steimle, Zachary Slayback, Derek Magill

Narrated by: Tiana Hanson

Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Tens of millions of Americans owe a combined $1.5 trillion in debt for student loans. Much of this staggering expense has been unnecessary. Attending college is more of a tradition - a cultural rite of passage - than a necessary step toward a successful career, thus not justifying its steep cost.

As countless entrepreneurs and creative hustlers have shown, there is a path to success outside institutions of so-called higher learning. Allow us to show you the way.

Filled with practical advice and action steps for teenagers and young adults, Skip College is a must-listen for those looking to launch their career.

©2019 Connor Boyack (P)2019 Connor Boyack

Interesting perspective, wrong narrator

Great content, horrible choice in narrator who seemed to have zero interest in the content. I would love to hear the author read this as his tone and delivery may help convey more of the he intended message.

Insightful and confirming!!

I read this as a 42 year old mom of teens and appreciated it not only for guiding my teens but for myself! Well written and full of valuable info presented in a way that kept me reading. Loved it!!

Makes several solid points, great book!

I listened to this book because I'm on the fence about weather or not to plan for our kids college. I agree with a lot of the points in this book and will take them into consideration. o think it's worth listening/ reading in order to make the best decision possible. I would gift it to high school graduates and parents for sure.

Offers good food for thought.

Challenge your perceptions of education!
Offers some interesting alternatives for kids other than the college experience.

Enjoy it very much

as a self-employee and mother of 2 teenaged boys I found this book a reinforecement of I'd like for my boys. Great beginning to start with. I highly recommend it.

Engaging Material, Lackluster Reader

Most of the essays are excellent, nuanced looks at the student's current situation, and meets the target audience where they are. However, the reader's tone did not quite match the gravity of much of the content. Her voice befits a reading to elementary-aged kids, but not to educators or the types of students who would be listening to this book.

Biased

It keeps talking about the oppression of conservative thought. It reads mostly as a complaint letter from a closed minded individual.

Painfully off topic at times

The advice about how blue collar jobs are worthy of dignity is all good. However the hero worship of Jordan Peterson and Ann Coutler nearly had me wondering if this was the point -- hiding a screed promoting people who are controversial now and whom I believe history will not treat kindly was distracting to the message.

Not what I was expecting

So this book did give some interesting perspectives on college, and there’s a lot that I agree with. However, based on the title, I assumed it was going to be a little more instructional as far as ideas and opportunities outside of going to college. There are several chapters that were just articles written by other people that were abstract, and didn’t seem to have a lot to do with the book itself. Most of what seem to be recommendations as far as directions to go outside of college we’re focused specifically on social media, blogging, Amazon, store fronts in similar fields. It seems as though the author had great success in those areas and was pushing the reader specifically that way, as opposed to offering an array of different options And directions to go in opposition to college. So if you’re big into social media or want to start an Amazon storefront, then maybe this is the book for you.