12-07-2012, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by LakeShow
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs would probably beg to differ.
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2 out of 300 million + people? What is the average income of college educated people vs non college educated people? Oh and see how many good paying jobs you can get at Microsoft and Apple without a degree right now.
Also most of the success story of these people are usually inventors, investment related or started working at a start up company. I would like to see a low level clerk rise up from the bottom ranks to become CEO in today's world. I am not saying it can't happen, but chances are very rare.
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Originally Posted by rAiN
mom? haha just playing.
such a bold statement there. sure having a higher education could be the highway to your goal, its like paving a road for many possible destination but will it actually get you there in guaranteed manner?
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Nothing is guarantee in life. The degree will just give you more options compare to not having one. That's all it is. Do you want to lose a position simply because one person has a degree and you don't? You can't even be a cop without any degree in most civilized states. It doesn't have to be criminal related, it can be for psychology for all they care.
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Originally Posted by xxAGAVExx
A college education is the best long term option. In short you may rack up some debt ( depending how much you work during school ) and the job market isn't the best right now. Like mentioned before, without college, 95% of the time your max salary is capped ( according to a survey I just made up). I went the college route and after school my friends had more disposable income than i did ( because of my student loans cc debt etc ). But as I started paying that off and my salary started increasing I'm now in a better position than my non college friends. So college is a good long term option, won't help you too much in the first 5 years or so, but I highly encourage it.
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If you think the market is bad for college grads, try being a non college grad with no technical skills (i.e. licensed contractor). It really is all relative. There are guys bragging about making 40K as a store manager, yet I have seen 21 years old fresh out of college making 80K as a junior engineer.
Last edited by cossie1600; 12-07-2012 at 12:30 PM.
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