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photograph provided by Christopher Rueth
“I certainly did have the plan to go off to college, until I realized that I didn't fit in. I never really fit in in high school. I was always 'that hacker kid.' In the right situation, and if someone can afford it, college can be the right direction. But if you're a nonconformist, you're just not going to be happy there.”
@PullQuoteSig:-Christopher Rueth, a 17-year-old San Diego native, who passed on college for $100,000 to work on wireless Internet technology as part of the 20 Under 20 grant

photograph provided by Christopher Rueth “I certainly did have the plan to go off to college, until I realized that I didn't fit in. I never really fit in in high school. I was always 'that hacker kid.' In the right situation, and if someone can afford it, college can be the right direction. But if you're a nonconformist, you're just not going to be happy there.” @PullQuoteSig:-Christopher Rueth, a 17-year-old San Diego native, who passed on college for $100,000 to work on wireless Internet technology as part of the 20 Under 20 grant

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