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I found that college fails to live up to being “The Great Equalizer”

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Re: I found that college fails to live up to being “The Great Equalizer”

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Post by xwolfi »

rayiner wrote: post #7
xwolfi wrote: post #3

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Don't be down just because you met one guy - who knows, maybe he cant work a week without insulting a client. Dont forget that when colleges didnt exist for everyone, say 200 years ago, most people were farmers. People are selective when it comes to timeframe, but it's just a mean regression - some periods reach peak, some get back lower, but all in all, we're trending up.

Farming is arguably more complicated and requires more domain knowledge than most service jobs today.

My point was that there was no choice but to break your back to pay the Dime tax to your local church, but ofc I couldn't farm a potato if my life depended on it.

Do you still miss the time where we were all farmers ?

Re: I found that college fails to live up to being “The Great Equalizer”

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visaals wrote: post #72
xwolfi wrote: post #3

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Don't be down just because you met one guy - who knows, maybe he cant work a week without insulting a client. Dont forget that when colleges didnt exist for everyone, say 200 years ago, most people were farmers. People are selective when it comes to timeframe, but it's just a mean regression - some periods reach peak, some get back lower, but all in all, we're trending up.

He seemed like a genuinely nice dude who came from humble background who tried to improve his life situation but failed to do so, but at the same time you're right there could be something I'm missing from only having a ~20 minute chat with him. I agree that we're trending up which should feel AMAZING, but we're human so people's individual stories are what make us feel the most ;) Also at my high school the metric f…

Well I can give me my case then, I was raised in Normandy by a familly of small shop owners, went to the local college paid by taxes and now work in an investment bank in Hong Kong.

I feel the problem is not that college is useless even if massively used, but maybe the american pricing of education is not aligned with expected returns, as you pointed out. It's far from mandatory in the countries I know to take a big loan for studies. Usually it's even more everyone else struggling to pay taxes for you to go.

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Post by anticristi »

kcplate wrote: post #113
WhisperingShiba wrote: post #85

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I for one, will never kiss the corporate ring

A nobel attitude but generally not one that persists past 30 or much after the first kid is born.

Or when the housing market hits you with the hammer of reality and reduces your whole "personality" to a number. :(

Re: I found that college fails to live up to being “The Great Equalizer”

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Post by visaals »

xwolfi wrote: post #122
visaals wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He seemed like a genuinely nice dude who came from humble background who tried to improve his life situation but failed to do so, but at the same time you're right there could be something I'm missing from only having a ~20 minute chat with him. I agree that we're trending up which should feel AMAZING, but we're human so people's individual stories are what make us feel the most ;) Also at my high school the metric f…

Well I can give me my case then, I was raised in Normandy by a familly of small shop owners, went to the local college paid by taxes and now work in an investment bank in Hong Kong. I feel the problem is not that college is useless even if massively used, but maybe the american pricing of education is not aligned with expected returns, as you pointed out. It's far from mandatory in the countries I know to take a big…

Agreed! This dilemma could be solved if college was much cheaper. Another commenter mentioned his annual tuition in Italy was about 2k euros which is unheard of here in the states... It's hard to have a negative ROI at that point.

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Post by jsiaajdsdaa »

scsilver wrote: post #44
jsiaajdsdaa wrote: post #25

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Why do people think self taught isnt viable

Self taught in 2014 coming off an engineering degree with a decent background in engineering focused coding like arduinos, matlab, fluid dynamics simulations, and android on the side. Should have went to my schools cs program instead if I wanted top career prospects.

Defeatist mindset if you ask me
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