As for what’s next, Mitch doesn’t see himself leaving Gravity anytime soon, though he still intends to finish his degree. “I would do it just for a sense of self-betterment and also just a sense of accomplishment, just to know that I can finish what I start,” he says. “If nothing else, just for that reason, it would be just a sense of accomplishment just to say, ‘Hey, I was able to finish this even though it was hard.’”

He also acknowledges the reality of the job market, though he hopes companies will eventually stop placing so much value on college degrees when deciding whether to hire qualified candidates.

“Gravity’s core culture belief of ours is ‘we hire people, not resumes.’ And I can tell you from firsthand experience that we stand by that, which I think is a good thing. I think a lot of companies maybe miss out on some really talented people and some real valuable talent just because they can’t put a BA or BS next to their name. I’m not saying that having that degree isn’t valuable at all, but I think that shouldn’t be a deal breaker for people in determining, either qualifications for a job or even more abstractly, just a success in life. Just because you don’t have a bunch of letters after your name doesn’t mean you can’t be successful, or at the very least make a good, comfortable living for yourself and be able to just live a quality life. I just think that idea that our society still tends to hold is wrong.”