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I don't have any statistics to back this up, but I would guess that in many (most?) fields that don't absolutely require degrees for legal/other reasons, someon
by RussianCow 8y ago
I don't have any statistics to back this up, but I would guess that in many (most?) fields that don't absolutely require degrees for legal/other reasons, someone who spends 4 years actually working in their field is going to be in at least as good of shape as someone who spent those 4 years getting a degree (and maybe even better, depending on the field).
That said, getting that first job without the degree is the hard part—connections and luck play a huge role here. Everything after that becomes substantially easier, and the benefit of a degree becomes lower.
- jarfil 8y agoMost higher degrees are supposed to teach some higher level stuff from a broader perspective than what will be required on a daily basis on the job, so someone who only does that particular job might be better at doing it, but will lack the ability to see beyond, and will still require degree-like learning. Whether it's better to start with the broader or the narrower learning first... well, that's debatable, and it might boil down to personal differences.
- AstralStorm 8y agoExcept they often do not. It's funny, what's the bigger perspective on an art degree that will help you on the job? I can barely argue for it in programming for a math based CS degree or electronics. Less so in whole fields of medicine...