> It all depends on your goals, I agree... but for many, it may be come across as a luxury. As I've already stated, >> The sad irony, by the way, is that your

> It all depends on your goals, I agree... but for many, it may be come across as a luxury. As I've already stated, >> The sad irony, by the way, is that your perceived downsides are rare and GPA hacking backfires Choosing to learn employable skills is important, but there's no upside to viewing education as "simply a method of acquiring the credentials necessary to get hired". You seem to have missed the fundamental point of my last two posts: your view of how to approach education is self-defeating even if you view education purely as a way of increasing lifetime earnings!