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Johnny C:
--- Quote from: ephemere on 01 Mar 2008, 09:06 ---i am actually kind of against the idea of pursuing further education purely for the sake of getting a higher paying job mainly because i have seen way too many people in my extended family end up either becoming these incredibly superficial rich assholes who secretly hate their lives, or having existential crisises and quiting their jobs altogether at 30 or so.
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I'm circumventing this by aiming for a degree in fields where nobody will actually want to hire me.
Dimmukane:
The only reason I'm getting a degree is because it looks good on your resume. I'm taking the cheapest route possible, too. And I'm only learning things I want to learn. If I wasn't told that having a B.S. in something was pretty much mandatory in the career field I'm going for, I'd have maybe gone for some math and programming courses at a community college (which is what I'm doing anyway), but I wouldn't sink dozens of thousands of dollars into a piece of paper that says I spent that much money.
Higher education is a job in which you pay the company you work for. The higher the rates, the more the work, and the less the guarantee that you'll make a return at a new job when you 'quit' this one is not as high. The less the rates, roughly the same amount of work, and the better chance you have at making a profit on your initial investment in the four years following.
I went to Virginia Tech for a year, hated it, came back home. In community college right now in a transfer program, I'm learning more, spending less, and in general having a good time.
Basically what I am saying is I applaud your decision Corey.
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 01 Mar 2008, 10:18 ---
--- Quote from: ephemere on 01 Mar 2008, 09:06 ---i am actually kind of against the idea of pursuing further education purely for the sake of getting a higher paying job mainly because i have seen way too many people in my extended family end up either becoming these incredibly superficial rich assholes who secretly hate their lives, or having existential crisises and quiting their jobs altogether at 30 or so.
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I'm circumventing this by aiming for a degree in fields where nobody will actually want to hire me.
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You're a business admin major, too?
Johnny C:
Christ, no. It'll probably be Anthropology, Sociology or English.
ForteBass:
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 01 Mar 2008, 10:20 ---The only reason I'm getting a degree is because it looks good on your resume. I'm taking the cheapest route possible, too. And I'm only learning things I want to learn. If I wasn't told that having a B.S. in something was pretty much mandatory in the career field I'm going for, I'd have maybe gone for some math and programming courses at a community college (which is what I'm doing anyway), but I wouldn't sink dozens of thousands of dollars into a piece of paper that says I spent that much money.
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These things are my exact problems in higher education. Experience, skill, and knowledge of a field don't mean much anymore. It only seems to count if you have your baccalaureate, masters, etc. Hell, it doesn't even matter what field you have a bachelor's in. It's all résumé padding.
Now I'm not saying I'm against higher education in and of itself. I'm against the idea that the degrees mean more than the actual knowledge. I'm also against students who don't deserve degrees (EG Lazy bastards who can't write a coherent paper to save their lives and just plain do not apply themselves into any educational task) getting them.
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