College is starting to get more worthless each year
Unless you want to become a doctor, an engineer, or pursue something as important and difficult as those fields, why even bother going to college?
I’ve had this thought for a while now. A lot of the time when I ask students what they study, I usually hear answers like “international business” or “marketing” because they’re “versatile” and supposedly “give you a lot of career options”.
In theory, that is true. In practice, not really.
I’ve literally heard multiple stories of people doing a Syntra course or starting another degree AFTER already graduating, simply because they couldn’t get a decent job with the degree they originally received.
Honestly, I find it insulting that colleges still offer “graduaat” programs like marketing or HR while knowing how bleak the future prospects for those fields are becoming.
The economy and job market are already bad enough.
On top of that, all the hard work you put into getting your degree often doesn’t pay off because there are exponentially more graduates than available jobs.
The point I wanna make is that if you don’t have actual skills or traits that make you appealing to companies, you can achieve all the degrees you want, but I promise you that the person without a degree, yet with the skills or traits a company needs, will blow you out of the water.
Or, of course, you could always start your own company if people are willing to pay for the skills you have.