Once again, the world is different for everyone. Following your gut feeling is all you can do because no rational process will get you to the answer; it will only get you the "whys".

What I mean with world being different for everyone is that you can't extrapolate from someone else's experiences. Things that are just right for him are possible totally wrong for you. And what worked for you probably doesn't work for another guy. Dropping out of college to start a startup works if it's right for you: for him it was more important to slowly build his own thing instead.

I feel so happy about people who do their thing, whether it's going with or against the things other people do.