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My university prepared me to be a founder by making me so unemployable that starting a business was my best option.

ipnon 23d ago
I don't think there's much value in college anymore outside of as a class signifier, and most schools are signifying that you are not in the right social class.
- raphman 23d ago
  Why do you think that? Does your view include colleges worldwide or is your comment about a specific country?
- raegis 23d ago
  College is the last and only place most kids (United States) will ever be academically challenged. It would be scary to live in a world where this is not available.
  - bonoboTP 22d ago
    The high rate of college degrees is a historical anomaly, and of course it's a sham. Most are not truly intellectually challenged in some deep formative ways who get some easy BA diploma to then do some generic administrative MS Office point and click job. It's just due to education inflation, where now everyone is pushed though high school regardless of what they know, so it lost its signaling value. In a sane world, tertiary education would be much smaller, for those who actually need it and have aptitude. It would avoid wasting so many years.
- SpicyLemonZest 22d ago
  I don't think that's true at all, although the roles which falsify it are generally invisible to or (as you can see downthread) looked down upon in Internet discourse. You do well at your local state school, you join whichever company's hiring near you as a low-level analyst, and with a bit of luck and hard work maybe you make it to Senior Manager of Regional Operations by the time your second kid is born. This is a valuable career path which many people are happy with and proud of.
altmanaltman 23d ago
Computer Science at School of Hard Knocks?
- deleted 23d ago
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featwanz 23d ago
Giving me whiplash how close to home this hit. Same boat, thought I'd studied the right thing, didn't conduct enough research, now sitting here with a student debt dreaming up a way to get myself out of the hole through self-employment. That and just having the insatiable desire of free-agency and not working for someone else but the driving force is definitely the debt and unemployment lmfao.

ipnon 23d ago

I don't think there's much value in college anymore outside of as a class signifier, and most schools are signifying that you are not in the right social class.

raphman 23d ago
Why do you think that? Does your view include colleges worldwide or is your comment about a specific country?
raegis 23d ago
College is the last and only place most kids (United States) will ever be academically challenged. It would be scary to live in a world where this is not available.
- bonoboTP 22d ago
  The high rate of college degrees is a historical anomaly, and of course it's a sham. Most are not truly intellectually challenged in some deep formative ways who get some easy BA diploma to then do some generic administrative MS Office point and click job. It's just due to education inflation, where now everyone is pushed though high school regardless of what they know, so it lost its signaling value. In a sane world, tertiary education would be much smaller, for those who actually need it and have aptitude. It would avoid wasting so many years.
SpicyLemonZest 22d ago
I don't think that's true at all, although the roles which falsify it are generally invisible to or (as you can see downthread) looked down upon in Internet discourse. You do well at your local state school, you join whichever company's hiring near you as a low-level analyst, and with a bit of luck and hard work maybe you make it to Senior Manager of Regional Operations by the time your second kid is born. This is a valuable career path which many people are happy with and proud of.

altmanaltman 23d ago

Computer Science at School of Hard Knocks?

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featwanz 23d ago

Giving me whiplash how close to home this hit. Same boat, thought I'd studied the right thing, didn't conduct enough research, now sitting here with a student debt dreaming up a way to get myself out of the hole through self-employment. That and just having the insatiable desire of free-agency and not working for someone else but the driving force is definitely the debt and unemployment lmfao.