Gen Z Says College Is A Waste Of Money (They're Wrong)

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Its all about treating your degree as an investment opportunity, not just the mandatory next step after high school...

Just graduated and already have a job lined up as a Software Engineer. Every job I’ve applied for requires a degree and work experience, never one or the other. My advice is: don’t go to a college out of state due to the high fees, don’t go to college for something that isn’t difficult and doesn’t put you in a field that pays well, unless you are at a prestigious college, you need to be aware that college teaches you basically nothing and treat it like a license that allows you to drive but doesn’t mean you actually know how. Yes, depending on the field some jobs don’t require a degree but I haven’t seen one yet. Try your best to never do something for a living that someone could in a day-month of training. “If anyone can do it, make sure you don’t”

Your closing remarks are spot on. A two year technical degree to get you relevant skills and a job early is a great way to start your career with little to no debt. If you want to expand your job or progress your career, take advantage of your employer’s tuition assistance programs to get an advanced degree at a discount.

Unless it’s for stem, it’s more than worthless

college also gives you a specific type of life experience which may be priceless to some people. To each their own

Went into a trade school for electrical paid 20k for everything. Was able to secure a job paying 73 a hour!

It's only been a few years since I got my bachelor's in mechanical engineering and it's already paid for itself many times over, incl getting a graduate degree 100% paid for by my job. I definitely think a big issue in the US is that people are going to university for the "experience" and don't really plan a career out for what they're actually studying. What makes that worse is not understanding how their student loans work and the predatory practices of these loans makes it so that people are paying astronomical amounts of interest in already expensive tuition costs

I make $110k salary without a degree. I invested 10 years in the same company and worked my way up starting at $16hr.

I failed at college so I joined a program to get a corporate internship and now have a job at 60k. Not a crazy salary, especially in the Bay area, but still see potential to grow in my field and am happy I'm not paying student debt.

I appreciate your insight and honest perspective....please keep doing what your doing 🤓

Idk much about the cost of college, but being on the hiring committee for a large biotech company in San Diego, I can say that many of the new graduates we interview do not seem to have the ability to think critically about a problem. Many simply expect to get a job because their degree matches the title of the position they are applying for. Now, I am only in my 50s, and maybe my experience is not the norm, but it seems that kids nowadays are just going through the college degree printing machine, and graduating with X degree, without actually knowing basic concepts I. The subject. Idk, just my opinion based on what I see on a weekly basis.

I’ve been working in the science field for over 20 years, and I can say my college and grad school education is absolutely not required for the work I’ve been doing. My work requires analytical skills, communication skills, knowledge in spreadsheets, etc, and a lot of common sense stuff, and none of those actually require anything more than reading work instructions and having someone show you how things are done My college and grad school diplomas were only useful as far as serving as entry tickets to the industry, as evidence of my capabilities. My side hustle, which also earns me another six figure income, requires no formal education at all, but that’s a special case. Until the whole system changes, getting a college degree still provides a chance (albeit not a guarantee) to get a stable and higher paying job.

What a meaty content! I’ve watched all your videos already since I subscribed late last year. Thank you! - avid learner from the Philippines

If I’m going to be screwed either way, why would I waste 4 years to be screwed later?

I've been working as a mechanical engineer for ~7 years now (with a BS degree), and I was VERY fortunate that my parents were able to pay for my tuition. I DO NOT regret the friends and memories that I've made in college, but I honestly do not think that the pure education aspect is not worth today's cost. I could honestly do my job with ~1-2 years of specialized training instead of a 4-year degree where they force you to take classes that don't relate to your field (in my case: English, economics, anthropology, music, photography, etc... I could learn these things on my own instead of paying for a filler class). Also, a lot of my professors were f*cking horrible and I had to learn most of my material through textbooks! Now, would I have gotten my job without a 4-yr degree? Probably not... But I do acknowledge that I only use a small portion of what I learned in college for my job. Let's be honest, the whole system is f*cked.

I graduated this year from Florida A&M University with a degree in Computer information systems and a minor in Computer Science I got a job after graduated that I networked and worked really hard to get.

Worth it! I did not go to college, and I think I made the right choice for me. But I agree that some people should go to college, especially for hard sciences and technical fields.

In the bay, had no degree when I started my job. Worked my way up from 60-80k salary and just spent the last year getting my BS remotely while I worked. It was hard, and I spend minimal money but the long term opportunities it’s bringing me now that I’m looking for a new position is likely to net me closer to 120-130k TC. It definitely pays for itself. I only spent 20k on my degree.

Great video, very informative.