Did you end up doing what you learnt there or did you feeling like a stocking filler to keep the numbers up?
2006-07-26 09:27:43 · 11 answers · asked by Jason 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
You can tell I didn't complete by my grammar!
2006-07-26 09:34:53 · update #1
Before I went to college, my parents, family, teachers, adults, and peers filled my head with the old talk that, "College will open doors into the career you want and the money to be successful." From the day I was born until my first quarter of college, I believed that. I started though experiencing and understanding though how much college can be a huge waste of money anymore. I can understand how college was important back when our parents went to school. Three out of ten high school grads attended college back then. College grads were not as plentiful, and had the top picks for the jobs they wanted and studied hard for. That handful became successful. Today, seven out of ten high school grads attend college. This gives employers an edge into picking who they want to help their business grow. After the best are taken, where does that leave all the other college grads that worked hard and made it? I saw alot of grads that worked at FedEx and as waiters and waitresses, still waiting on replies from places they applied for in their given field. All that money borrowed eating away from the pennies they make just to live on. In the end, was college worth it? Then you hear so much anymore about the guys who didn't finish college or even attended college and reached success through other legal means. Case in point, Michael Dell. He attended ONE semester of college at The University of Texas and dropped to start this computer business in a garage. You might of heard of Dell Computers today, lol. Even if you do get a job, can you ever enjoy the money you make with the hours you have to work, or are you paid what your worth? I know a college grad working for an accounting company working with several other people, doing Merrill Lynch's accounting. Has a year to get this project done. Only making 40k a year, before taxes. Merrill Lynch is paying his company two million to do this. Is this right? Shouldn't he be making more? He's doing the majority of the work. College might make you more employable, but it's not worth the money anymore. Too expensive for where it gets you from what I've seen and experienced.
2006-07-26 09:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by TheRealHitch 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well I'm an accountant. I've found that of course in the real world there's more to it then what was presented in school, but school gave a pretty damned solid foundation. You can kind of tell which schools had it and which didn't in fact.
Even more important though I think was the critical thinking skills, and also the degree of effort needed to be succesful. I know how to problem solve and I know how to work hard... and these were certainly learned behaviors.
The last 10 years (since graduating) have been good to me, no doubt. I'm sure that without going to school it wouldn't be remotely the same.
2006-07-26 16:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can afford to, definitely go. When you get out in the working world, the first thing human resources people will do is judge you on whether or not you have that piece of paper. You can have lots of experience, excellent references, and be smarter than every other applicant. It doesn't matter if you don't have a degree. Most of them won't even talk to you.
While you may not end up working in the field in which you majored, the diploma is still very important. In my company, people doing very similar jobs get literally twice the salary if they have a bachelor's degree.
It's not a waste of time or money even if you don't think you're getting much out of it.
2006-07-26 16:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by FozzieBear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I ended up doing what I learned in college the second time around - I am a nurse. The first time I just got a degree in arts, and that was basically useless.
2006-07-26 16:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Julia L. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly didn't help the people I work with! But anymore, it's a requirement to have a degree to get a decent job. Don't worry about who benefits more, because you will in the long run.
2006-07-26 16:33:36 · answer #5 · answered by Insert Nickname Here 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went to college, both undergrad and grad schools. It was well worth it and not just for my college experience.
I love what I do.
I have no problem with unemployment.
My paychecks are fat.
I love what I do.
I work very few weekends and little overtime.
2006-07-26 16:52:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a bit of both really...it was on the whole a waste of time but i have fond memories...i only left 2 years ago lol
2006-07-26 16:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by lovehatesugar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't help me.
Someone told me once that going to college is exchanging one kind of paper (money) for another kind of paper (diploma) and that's about it.
2006-07-26 16:34:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its helping me but i do beauty so thats more hands on i guess but i know alot of ppl who did A levels etc and never use them
2006-07-26 16:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by xjess_starx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think my going to college mostly helped 'Budwieser'!
2006-07-26 16:31:37 · answer #10 · answered by Jue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋