Why I didn’t attend my graduation.

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…I kinda sorta fell asleep, and here’s why “Degrees” are bullshit. Alright, who’s next — alright Nabeel Tahir, may you please approach the stage. “He’s not here.” “Where is he?” “He’s asleep, I think.” “He’s not here for his graduation?!” I wasn’t actually asleep, I was sitting around our share-house with my buddies thinking of how this was the end; it was time to grow up — get out in the real world. I didn’t want to have to pay $80 for a loaned graduation-gown and a hat, another $60 for a “Professional Photograph”, and a few seconds of stage-time…...

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Nabeel Tahir Nabeel is a research analyst and CEO of Honeycomb, a private investment consultation business, which is based out of both the U.A.E. and Pakistan. Previous he worked in the academic research field at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where he completed his research doctorate in Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism.