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Microsoft 創辦人Bill Gates係一個dropout，Facebook創辦人Mark Zuckerberg都係一個dropout，就會諗到佢地係因為覺得讀書冇用，所以立定決心離開冇用既學校，令到佢地做到一番成為，但事實係唔係咁呢？

係Mark Zuckerberg大學year 3 前既一個summer，佢已經做緊幾個side projects 而其中一個就係TheFacebook，TheFacebook係個陣已經運作左7個月，草埋草埋係有20萬個用戶，係個陣Mark Zuckerberg問佢個mentor: "Do you think this thing is really going to last? Is it a fad? Is it going to go away?" 可以睇到當時佢仍然好質疑Facebook既未來。

咁好啦，之後係差唔多year 3 開sem幾個禮拜前，佢重收到一筆創業既投資。個陣時有20萬個用戶，加埋有創業既投資依筆錢，其實睇落可以放手一搏，直接quit u 啦，但係Mark Zuckerberg最後都係選擇繼續讀佢既year 3。同時間當時Facebook既用戶不斷升，又冇人去運作，Mark Zuckerberg個陣係冇可能又兼顧學業，又兼顧到Facebook既運作，最後佢決定只係take一個sem off，當Facebook既運作情況控制到既時候就會番去讀spring sem。而佢唔係一黎就直接quit u。

而Bill Gate情況其實都係一樣，佢year 3 既時候take 左一個sem off去Microsoft做full time，但係個陣microsoft重未做得好成功，所以佢亦都係決定番學校讀書，佢係再下一年，再take一個sem off去做full time，Microsoft個個陣成長得好快，所以佢再take多一個sem off，最後先決定退學。

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