College is Overrated
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College is Overrated
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#2College is completely overrated. We need to debunk the myth that a college degree leads to success. It doesn’t lead to a higher salary or better career.
Well, it can. Though to me college is mostly my gateway to the careers I think I will enjoy and the knowledge & skills I desire.
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#3'College is overrated' is usually said by someone who became successful (I know, we can debate what 'successful' is, but I think everyone on HN can agree on a somewhat similar definition) without a degree or with a degree and then looks back and thinks they could have been successful 4 years sooner if they didn't waste time getting the degree. The problem with the statement, even if it 100% correct in their situation, is that it is not overrated in a lot of other situations.
I'll agree that there are a lot of degrees that have a low benefit to cost & time ratio (liberal arts, political science, etc.) where the statement probably applies well, but it is inaccurate for professions like medical doctors, electrical engineers, nuclear physicists, lawyers, and similar specializations.
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#4With the number of articles and comments on this topic, I think college is starting to become underrated around here.
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#5I think that measuring the effects of college by salary and career is somewhat missing the point. Yes, some careers require a degree but higher education is not for everybody. It is not for the person who treats it like a job to get a piece of paper (which is most people). People like that will get nothing more out of their education than a bullet point on their resume.
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#6'College is overrated' is usually said by someone who became successful (I know, we can debate what 'successful' is, but I think everyone on HN can agree on a somewhat similar definition) without a degree or with a degree and then looks back and thinks they could have been successful 4 years sooner if they didn't waste time getting the degree. The problem with the statement, even if it 100% correct in their situation…
Not too sound biased as a pol sci degree holder but I think people grossly underestimate political science as a major.
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#8'College is overrated' is usually said by someone who became successful (I know, we can debate what 'successful' is, but I think everyone on HN can agree on a somewhat similar definition) without a degree or with a degree and then looks back and thinks they could have been successful 4 years sooner if they didn't waste time getting the degree. The problem with the statement, even if it 100% correct in their situation…
Not too sound biased as a pol sci degree holder but I think people grossly underestimate political science as a major.
It's "to," man! I thought that degree was supposed to provide you with some writin' skillz?
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>It doesn’t lead to a higher salary or better career.
>All the data I can find at least suggests that it does.
It can lead to a higher salary or better career. But you can't pretend, as people are wont to do, that all college degrees are made equal. A degree in science or engineering or medicine is probably a pretty solid investment. A degree in grievance studies probably isn't.
There are a whole bunch of majors that used to be feeders for law school, but the hiring market for new lawyers has collapsed.
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#10Reading the article it seems like a big advertisement for his startup. Collage isn't overrated, people yammering about collage being overrated are usually the ones that didn't go and don't understand that nearly all students go to it because they want to learn more from brighter minds about what they love.