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Posted on 4/23/14 at 8:52 am to ShoeBang
When does the race finish? You're not anywhere near the finish line at age 29. So what if you think you are in the lead now. What happens over the next 30+ years of your career? If your contemporaries make more in the future, enough to repay the $40k of debt plus interest and then some, then they will come out ahead.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 10:19 am to Poodlebrain
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When does the race finish? You're not anywhere near the finish line at age 29. So what if you think you are in the lead now. What happens over the next 30+ years of your career? If your contemporaries make more in the future, enough to repay the $40k of debt plus interest and then some, then they will come out ahead.
I may be the exception, not the rule. I am working at a 100% employee owned company with upward mobility. This company also does not care as much about a degree, it's all about experience. So maybe I am talking out of turn here.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 10:27 am to RollTide4Ever
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Hopefully, more folks are going into trades.
This. I actually see it as a positive trend/reality check. The typical college education does not provide specific skills that prepare students for a specific occupation by design; it's a general education. College students should be prepared to go to graduate school to get into some profession: law, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, etc. If you don't plan on going into one of these professions, you should seriously consider going a more technical route to get specific skills needed to fill a defined job.
Posted on 4/23/14 at 3:18 pm to davesdawgs
Are people who have Bachelor's degrees telling their kids to get tech certificates and become plumbers and welders? They are respectable occupations, but I would feel uninspired to urge my child to skip the four year degree.
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