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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
I used to be under the impression that when you graduate college you should have a good understanding of your particular topic of study.
Now that I interview and hire people, I have noticed that the degree means you can apply yourself to learn something- it means very little (in most cases) as far as depth of knowledge and skill. We have to re-train everybody new who comes in to our company, even if they have a degree in the segment they are hired for.
That is your "Epic Fail".
Do you need it to get in the door of a lot of places? Yeah! Do you need it to land the job? Sure. Is it more than an admission ticket in a lot of cases? Nope.
Do you need it to earn a good living? Also no. Does it help? Yeah. But not as much as your Bursar's office would lead you to believe.
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I have a pretty good understanding of what I studied, but I suspect that you were talking about GP, not me. As I already pointed out, one does not need a degree to be successful; I'm sure some idiot will bring up Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Mike Dell, Steve Jobs, and bunch more. However, the reality (statistics) for most people without a degree is not that, it's a "9-5" making ~60ish k a year, if that. To some it's great, to some it's not.
As far as "re-training" goes, I find that point worthless. When I get a job I want, I will be send into an academy where I will be taught how to engage multiple targets at the same time, high speed evasion and all that stuff one can NOT learn in too many places. Do you suggest that we just throw new hires under fire and see what happens? That's idiotic, training is a necessity no matter who you hire. In fact if I get hired and a special forces guys from the army gets hired we will undergo the same training... No exceptions. I'm not exactly sure what you do, but I hope you weren't applying your point to everybody.