I agree, it’s a tough call as to advising a young person as to whether or not to seek a college degree. Over the last couple decades the job market in the USA has been pretty miserable. And it does not appear as though things are going to get better.
I was born in 1940 and I think my lucky stars that I was born then and was able to grow up in the prosperous 1950s and 1960s. You and today’s contemporaries have had it rough. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be any letup in the near future.
Hope that you’re doing OK now.
Thanks; I’m alright now. Thankfully working steady, though as with many other companies layoffs have left fewer people doing more. I don’t complain, because I feel lucky to be working; the NYC metro area lost a lot of jobs to Asia that will never be coming back. They’ve tried replacing it with an “entertainment economy”, but the jobs pay little (we even have a mall here next to Giants Stadium that was built a few years back that hasn’t opened yet, and probably never will).
I wasn’t thrilled when I got out of school, but now I see that was better than this; I could keep the job I had in college while I looked for work in my field (I had no bills, no family yet). I feel much worse for the young people today; the trend that was underway 20 years ago has destroyed much of the economy, and there is no light at the end of the tunnel (and they’re acting like they know it).