Queston about college-level coursework

[AlephZero]

Is it true that if you don't attend a big university, you're pretty much dead in the water in terms of finding a stable, decent-paying job or career?

Only if you have a narrow minded view of what a "stable decent-paying job or career" is.

The basic qualifications are being human (which fails a surprisingly high percentage of species homo sapiens) and not taking the attitude that the world owes you a living.

 

[FishmanGeertz]

Only if you have a narrow minded view of what a "stable decent-paying job or career" is.

The basic qualifications are being human (which fails a surprisingly high percentage of species homo sapiens) and not taking the attitude that the world owes you a living.

I know people who recently graduated from universities, and move back home to live with mom and dad because they are utterly unable to find work. One of which graduated from Dartmouth.

My father worked for an oil drilling company in Texas, and one of his friends there dropped out of high school, got a small job with the company, and eventually got promoted to a position where he makes $250,000+ per year. And he never even finished high school!

All I hear about today are college graduates (even ivy-leaguers) being unable to find work. The poor economy might play a significant role in that. This might change if the (economy) hopefully improves over the next few years.

 

[twofish-quant]

All I hear about today are college graduates (even ivy-leaguers) being unable to find work. The poor economy might play a significant role in that. This might change if the (economy) hopefully improves over the next few years.

One of the reasons of getting an education is so that you have some degree of control over your future. If the problem is the bad economy, then you are in better shape of you learn some economics so that you can see what's coming and do something about it.

Also, learning history is useful. What I've had to go through is nowhere near as bad as anything my parents or great parents had to go through so having a sense of history let's you put your own problems in perspective.