Posted on 11/12/2022 5:37:14 AM PST by FarCenter
Even with college application season in full swing, many families are questioning whether a four-year degree is still worth it.
Some experts say the value of a bachelor’s degree is fading and more emphasis should be directed toward career training. A growing number of companies, including many in tech, are also dropping degree requirements for many middle-skill and even higher-skill roles.
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Still, 44% of all job seekers with college degrees regret their field of study.
Journalism, sociology, communications and education all topped the list of most-regretted college majors, according to ZipRecruiter’s survey of more than 1,500 college graduates who were looking for a job.
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Of graduates who regretted their major, most said that, if they could go back, they would now choose computer science or business administration instead.
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One of my friends was a Russian major. I believe it got him assigned to Europe instead of Vietnam. I was interviewed during his background investigation.
A friend likes to say you only need to know two things to be a plumber 1) Water flows downhill. 2). Keep your fingers out of your mouth.
I was lucky enough to got to college in the 70s. I CLEP’d out of all my general ed requirements and could concentrate on science and math.
I’d add to search out what lessons about McDonald’s can be found through online research. Eventually you’d find out McDonald’s is also a real estate company, with it’s properties being a key (main?) asset. And you’d also learn about franchising, and how Ray Kroc recognized a strategic opportunity.
And you’d have to explain how through their mobile app I can get one of any breakfast sandwich each day for $1, when the listed price is about $2 to $4 or more. And all the time I’d also earn points towards more free food.
The clerk is probably smarter than the Ph. D. and will convince the Ph. D. that he only gave him a nickel not a quarter.
The clerk is smart enough to know that every nickel counts, and if you can stiff the dumbass you are ahead of the game.
That purchase of gum is happening in 1955...You are a time traveler !!!!
HHMMM; my BS in Fluid Dynamics included some of what could be called Medieval Plumbing and I did pretty well with it.
You are correct that the job can sometimes be difficult or unpleasant, but I always had a job and it always paid REAL WELL.
Showers are made to take the crud off after work and a good steak always makes you feel better.
Being a Plumber (my BS is in Fluid Dynamics) paid for three homes in three different states (all mortgages completely paid off) and a pretty decent retirement, don’t have to worry about the bills or the cost of any hobbies I might take up.
Your friend was wrong, there are THREE things you need to know as a Plumber.
1: SH!T flows down hill.
2: Keep your fingers out of your mouth.
3: PAYDAY IS ON FRIDAY!
At my age, 89 in two weeks, I’m stuck in the 1950s...🙁
College tuition is example of complete mismatch between price paid and value received. Government backed student loans serve primarily to increase perpetually college tuition costs. Take away loan program and students still willing or able to pay would demand value. Leave loan program (and deferred repayment terms) in place, and demand for college degrees at any price continues.
And if that's not enuf of a dumpster fire, add in forgiveness of Government backed student loans used to buy worthless degrees and you've instead got equivalent of airplane in flight carrying burning lithium ion batteries - end well that will not.
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BS and PhD Analytical Chemistry. Spent a career designing instrumentation to make chemical measurements. Loved every second of it. Now retired with no debt.
Not bad for a fat kid from a tiny rural school in south Louisiana (13 in my graduating class).
I married mine. We both have PhD's in chemistry. It was fun getting mail addressed to "Dr & Dr".
I went to work right after high school. Worked full time while completing my B.S in Physics and E.E. Took me 7 years to complete. Then went to graduate school while working full time and another 5 years to complete my Ph.D. in Applied Physics. My employer reimbursed my tuition.
I have a few years left on my career, but have enjoyed the work I have done and proud of the products I have created.
Well, I guess you two had good chemistry!
That we did. Still do, for that matter, except our "reactions" are slower.
Haha! Slow go is better than no go!
BKMK for later
Accounting degrees usually result in accounting position.
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