Most of my peers went to college and got 4-year degrees and they all make bank. Granted, most of them are accountants, CEO's, CFO's, investment bankers, investment advisors, etc. Some are big corporate, some of micro-mom-and-pop, but they still make bank. But it worked for them. Sales..... totally agree. For some odd reason, they want you to have a 4-year degree. It's odd, though, as most of the best sales people I know never graduated from college. And the ones that are succesful and did get a 4-year degree, studied something basic, like sociology or even just general education.
I've been wondering the same thing, HCP. My wife and I have 4 year degrees, but I don't know if I'll recommend my boys go that route. I'd love to see one of them become an entrepreneur, which is really about hard work and hustle and paying attention to what people want to buy. Either work on your own dreams or get paid to work on somebody else's. You have a lot more satisfaction and control working on your own dreams, and perhaps even better job security. The marketing classes I had in college haven't really helped at all. Although the ad design/writing classes did. It's impossible to predict what jobs my boys will have available to them in 18 years when they get out of college (if they go that route). *shrug* I guess I'll tell them that they should do something they can really devote themselves to. You can succeed without that sense of devotion, but it's a lot harder and a lot less fun.
This is basically what I did. I finished High School at PCC. I transferred to PSU as a Junior.... unfortunately I'd say at least half the credits I transferred were wasted and I still ended spending a lot more time at PSU than I would have liked.
Marketing isn't about the degree as much as it is about finding an in. BTW, when did she go to PSU? Cuz I'm 31, and my 5 years at PSU were not very expensive (I graduated in 4 years, but accounting is actually a 5-year program, and I was also minoring in Criminal Justice). Tuition is like 3-5 times the price now than it was when I graduated.
this guy is kind of anti-college. an interesting take to say the least. http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2010/02/dont-send-your-kids-to-college/
The commodification of college. They bend us over on books, parking, and tuition. It's all about money, and not at all about education.
You been catfished yo.... they're all broke teenagers working at Taco Bell. You can't believe everything someone tells you on COD.
College is a great time to randomly get placed into dorm rooms with black roomates, which will give you street cred for the rest of your internet life.
This! El-P brought up an interesting industry: welding. That industry is taking off, if for no other reason that there have been some fairly big shifts in the technology in recent years, and there aren't a lot of people from the younger generations entering the field. My bud went through a 12-18 month program at like PCC and is making $80K right out of the program.
Oil fields in ND yo. fools make mad bank. also had a homie doing welding/scuba diving out in Lousiana...made great money as well!
Stripping in ND! Them sluts make mad bank. Or least they were. I'll bet prices have dropped - I read strippers were moving to ND because of the booming business, thanks to the oil fields there.
highest paying jobs with a 2 year degree: http://madamenoire.com/110837/the-top-10-highest-paying-jobs-requiring-a-two-year-degree/ edit: these numbers all look bullshit to me.
Posts like the one from El-P are why we've setup college savings accounts for the kids (I can't think of what it's actually called at the moment). But basically, if the girls go to college at 18, they can dig into their fund to pay for school. If they don't go to college, they can't touch the fund until 21 or 22 (or, if they start school, but don't finish, the tuition will be paid out of the fund, the remaining funds will be distributed at 21-22). I figure it's a far less expensive way for me to assist with school and/or weddings and/or down payment on a house. A little sacrifice now will go a long way to establishing their future, and it'll be less of a burden on me in the future.
