Some of the most famous stories in Big Tech come from college dropouts. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm room before leaving school, and Bill Gates left Harvard in 1975 to cofound Microsoft with Paul Allen.

However, Jeff Bezos , the founder of Amazon, considers Zuckerberg and Gates more of exceptions than the rule. According to Bezos, a college degree still holds value, and success doesn’t require launching a business in your early twenties. He encourages young people to first gain experience at established companies before venturing out on their own.

Rather than slowing down one’s path to success, that experience “increases your odds” of building a successful company later, Bezos said during Italian Tech Week in Turin. “I always advise young people: Go

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