Kevin Systrom Quotes

I think I really benefited from going to college.

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.

I value my education, but I cannot put a value on it. I know it has been worth some money to me - I don't think 'The Post' would have hired me if I had lacked a degree - but I probably could have earned about the same if I had stayed in the insurance business, where I worked while going to college at night.

I never went to college to make money.

Whatever you learn will never go waste. It will be beneficial for me in future.

College was a very necessary step along the way to my professional career. As I look back, I realize how much of an eye opener it was for me in terms of moving forward and developing as a basketball player.

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.

My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.

While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn't really need to go to school anymore.

I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time.

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

I was really lucky that, through my 20s, I got to work with some amazing people, and I tried to sit back and watch and learn.

I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.

If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.

As far as I can see, about the only thing I've missed is a college education.

Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space for a long spell before I learned.

I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through.