Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on March 20, 2023, 09:49:04 AM
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https://www.vox.com/policy/23628627/degree-inflation-college-bacheors-stars-labor-worker-paper-ceiling
I know scores of people who work in dot.com without a degree.
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I think (and I think it's a good thing) that we are fast getting to the point that "Your mom goes to college" is a mainstream insult.
Between jobs that simply don't require it that also provide good, and often higher pay, than many college degrees get you, and with universities creating "everyone is a winner" environments, There's a lot to be said for skipping the institution.
This comes from someone who did crappy jobs for ten years to get the money to go to uni and grad school. I don't know that I would do it now. The science program I went through now has as it's "core mission", "Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Wellness" instead of science. Seeing the focus of some of the professors, and the research areas of their current doctoral candidates, I'm hard-pressed to find "science" in there anywhere.
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My son in law barely finished high school then went into the army.
He told me he made $500k last year running a warehouse and trucking logistics company. That’s twice what I made my best year with a postgraduate degree.
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I don't regret my undergrad, grad, professional, business degrees, and board certifications, since they were all required for what I wanted to do at the time and I am sure that I learned valuable life lessons working and paying my own way through school. But I do sometimes ponder the value of that education in setting me up to perform my job vs. getting the entry ticket in order to do my job.
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Both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were college drop outs
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I don't regret my undergrad, grad, professional, business degrees, and board certifications, since they were all required for what I wanted to do at the time and I am sure that I learned valuable life lessons working and paying my own way through school. But I do sometimes ponder the value of that education in setting me up to perform my job vs. getting the entry ticket in order to do my job.
Ditto. But don't forget the dating and partying experiences. Talk about life lessons. I know that's part of your post. Just emphazising it since I went to an all-boys high school. :rofl:
Terry, 230RN