> No. Running a company is a more attractive experience for most employers than a degree, ESPECIALLY in a place like Stockholm.
It doesn't really matter if you are attractive to employers when they won't pay you much more than anyone else.
> About the other stuff, the guy is 31, there’s plenty of time. And I don’t think the question was even about that, it was about work wasn’t it?
Work isn't just about work. Someone who wants to be successful, or at least not unsuccessful, of course have to consider what they are getting for their work.
> Also, not that many people in Sweden will have saved hundreds of thousands at 31.
They saved hundreds of thousands by not having to buy at today's prices. Add to that the high taxes on work income, but not on e.g. inheritance or real estate, and you might never catch up.
In fact you will be paying other people's education, parental leave and kids while paying twice the mortgage for at least twice as long as they do. That is if you can even get a mortgage and are aren't just paying market rents in a suburb somewhere.
Stockholm is just a shitty deal at the moment. But that isn't even the point. It is that by running a startup someone might very well have become disadvantaged and that is something that needs to be considered. Some things will very much not solves themselves. Given the choice I would absolutely advice anyone to go to Berlin instead of Stockholm these days.
