I would not have my job today without my Bachelor’s Degree. However, I didn’t need my Master’s Degree to have the job I have today. But you never know what you may need another job with a requirement for a Master’s Degree so to have it is just security or insurance. I don’t think you can ever have too much education. Experience helps a lot too. Problem with college kids today is that they do not want to start at the bottom of the ladder and work up. They want to start mid-level as a first job and that is just not going to happen. Having a degree (no matter the major) is a step ahead. It will AT LEAST get you a look by the hiring agency or HR Department.
“Problem with college kids today is that they do not want to start at the bottom of the ladder and work up. They want to start mid-level as a first job and that is just not going to happen.”
Young white males aren’t even offered the jobs at the bottom of the ladder; those that can get them have little chance of advancing (regardless of the quality & quantity of their work). Instead, an affirmative action token (ethnic minority or female) with vaguely-defined responsibilities (and even more vague job skills) will be their supervisor and be credited for their work...
Hubby and I both have degrees, he has 2 masters and I am working on mine.
We still, however, can’t seem to break above the mid 100K’s. It takes owning your own business, I feel, to really make decent money — or to be politically connected somehow, or to be in the hard sciences — engineering, medical, etc.
I feel if one learned a skill, worked in it for a while, then opened up a business — say a plumbing or electrical of some kind, you could do much better in life, remain in one location (because moving costs money and buying/selling homes constantly now can put one in the poor house) and have a better quality of life, be more involved in one’s community, etc.
I enjoyed college for the time it allowed me to mature and grow intellectually ... but I’m not sure those who didn’t go aren’t doing as well as we are. My husband’s sister, who was always the biggest GOOF in college, dropped out even once or twice, now owns a carpet laying biz with her equally goofy husband, and they live in a palace compared to us. They are the business owners ... of course, they could go belly up in this economy and be moving in with us at some point ...