When you analyze the post of someone who's in bitconitalk for example, you can easily decipher the level of that person academically you can have a clue of the level of the person's scope through his level of analytical thinking, and evaluation of different thought patterns this may attracts more merits and approval of the person's posts, I saying this to say that though the goal of everyone may be to make money but the educational skills you acquire can and will make you stand out in any field of endeavor, so it's important to build your skills, and have a good educational base because if you chase money you'll be limited in so many ways.