I am a college dropout. And I get a lot of shit for it. It's terribly hard to get hired, which is why I'm still working here. But people also assume that I'm lazy, stupid, or that my priorities are out of whack. The truth is that I love learning, but I hate being told what to do. That said, I happen to feel a lot smarter than some of my friends who did go to four year college, or even graduate school. These pals of mine decided to study philosophy. Many of them took out insane loans to do so. D…