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After secondary school, I thought that choosing a vocational school was the right path, following my grandfather's footsteps in the world of finance.

After 5 years of commercial school where I learned the sacred art of accounting and law, I said to myself, well, why not go to university and do the economics course in English?

Well, at the beginning it seemed like a piece of cake, then, at the end of the first year, after repeating the microeconomics exam 7 times, I started asking myself some questions.....

"It's just an exam, I said, what's the big deal, I'll do it....".

After the second year, between the internship at Allianz Bank and the study of these economic and financial subjects, I realised that this was not the path I wanted to take.

My view of education in Italy is not entirely positive and, since I got to know the world of the web, I said to myself: "why learn with books from the 80s and 90s and pay a lot of money, when, with a big effort and research, I can find everything online? Obviously, for some jobs, Uni is mandatory, so don't get me wrong.

Well, that's how it was and maybe you don't agree with me, but the internet can offer a lot more if you are willing to spend hours and hours researching, studying by yourself and repeating the same action day after day.

My mum is not very happy with the choice because she thinks that without a Uni degree I will never be able to find a job, but I am here to prove her wrong.

I'm a very practical guy and making a list of all online courses I've done is not interesting. My experiences and the knowledge you have heard in the previous two episodes are speaking for there self.

I have always hated this system that rewards you for the number on your degree and not for what you actually know. I don't doubt that we can all learn and, myself included, I am light years behind calling myself an expert, but sometimes there should be more honest and real criteria for judging a person who is looking for a job.

If you don't give a damn about numbers on a piece of paper and you are looking for someone who always wants to test himself and never stop learning new things, well, we are on the same wavelength.