Is a college degree worth it? A different look.
Is a college degree worth it? It goes back to the good old age answer: it depends on how you apply yourself, baby!
Here is GS from gamefaqs, his comment on “if one should go to college”:
It’s truly all about the effort you’re willing to give.
I know three different people with three different situations in three completely different places.
My father came to the US with a student visa from Mexico. He worked as a busboy and took a few classes at an adult school. Finally, he got a job as a garbage man, worked his ass off, became a supervisor and is now making around 100K a year. Granted, he’s been there a long time, but he puts all his effort and even more to get his job done.
My neighbor is a Liberal Arts graduate from the University of California (I live in Berkeley). Y’know what job she has? None. She worked at the Oakland A’s colosseum selling tickets for a couple months, and that’s all she’s really got. She’s doing terribly, she has no self esteem, she’s not willing to put any effort to get anywhere in life, and it’s slowly killing her. You can just tell.
My brother graduated from USF with a degree in Architecture. He’s now working in LA with a firm, earning about 40K or more, just in his first year of being there (and second year after graduating). He’s doing relatively well with himself and he’s getting somewhere, especially with the insane amount of work he puts into his job.
In the end, it’s truly just about how much you’re willing to give to become successful. College degrees help getting much higher paying jobs, but that doesn’t mean that it requires less effort to land a job than not having a degree.