| mike_intellivision said: College degrees used to be a guarantee of success. Now, the lack of one is almost always a guarantee of no success. |
I posted examples, including my own, how college can not only not help, but hurt. Now, let me give examples of my two younger brothers, to show how right from high school to college is not. One has no college at all. He worked as an auto mechanic, then got a union job as a lineman and worked his way up the ranks, and is doing well for himself. My other brother didn't do college but landed in the marines, until he retired. He added college later and managed to land a security clearance needed job in the private sector.
And if what I write is sour grapes, so be it. I don't have issue with the content of college or even my grades (GPA above 3.5 for my BS and MS degrees). What I do have issue with is how useless it is as something positive to land a job. I wish people turn off their aytopilot mentality that all that debt in loans will get paid off, because jobs are guaranteed. Folks, not in a long shot is it. Also college is just ONE of numerous ways to establish a career.
For myself, I also got associates degree earned at a community college. Parents paid for it, so no debt. I probably should of stopped there. I DEFINITELY say to do community college first and get used to college that way. AND... kept the debt load down as much as possible.
