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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 18887" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Colleges are a joke. Really.</p><p></p><p>See you're learning already... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></p><p></p><p>As a college dropout who never matriculated to a degree greater than my HS diploma, I have some bias, and perhaps a little baggage. </p><p></p><p>I also worked in industry managing an engineering group full of mostly degreed engineers. I found that having a degree insured some minimum common vocabulary and basic understanding, but I had weak and strong players, with and without degrees. The college degree just exposes you to and gives you some familiarity with tools that in real life you must apply and get productive results. </p><p></p><p>Having learned most of what I know and use now outside the education system, I sure wish I had a meat puppet explaining stuff to me and that I could ask questions of (yes me).</p><p></p><p>Take advantage of your opportunity to get a degree... Life is not a fair fight so it will give you an edge over other job candidates without one, for the rest of your life, even though we both know the truth. </p><p></p><p>If your course work is too easy, you have two choices, get a degree as quickly and cheaply as possible, and get on with the rest of your life, or change to more challenging major. Nobody can tell you what work will look like 40 years from now, but I can tell you it won't look like today. I can make some broad guesses, that computers will somehow be involved. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></p><p></p><p>Another part of college for many, is a bridge between childhood and adult life, where you learn how a washing machine works and maybe even to fend for yourself in a supermarket. You can clearly get that outside the university environment but without the kick ass keg parties. </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 18887, member: 126"] Re: Colleges are a joke. Really. See you're learning already... :-) As a college dropout who never matriculated to a degree greater than my HS diploma, I have some bias, and perhaps a little baggage. I also worked in industry managing an engineering group full of mostly degreed engineers. I found that having a degree insured some minimum common vocabulary and basic understanding, but I had weak and strong players, with and without degrees. The college degree just exposes you to and gives you some familiarity with tools that in real life you must apply and get productive results. Having learned most of what I know and use now outside the education system, I sure wish I had a meat puppet explaining stuff to me and that I could ask questions of (yes me). Take advantage of your opportunity to get a degree... Life is not a fair fight so it will give you an edge over other job candidates without one, for the rest of your life, even though we both know the truth. If your course work is too easy, you have two choices, get a degree as quickly and cheaply as possible, and get on with the rest of your life, or change to more challenging major. Nobody can tell you what work will look like 40 years from now, but I can tell you it won't look like today. I can make some broad guesses, that computers will somehow be involved. :-) Another part of college for many, is a bridge between childhood and adult life, where you learn how a washing machine works and maybe even to fend for yourself in a supermarket. You can clearly get that outside the university environment but without the kick ass keg parties. JR [/QUOTE]
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