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There are less expensive ways to get the social experience of college. My husband and I both worked our way through college. I didn't get the social experience
by maire 6y ago
There are less expensive ways to get the social experience of college.
My husband and I both worked our way through college. I didn't get the social experience at school. There is nothing like working for your degree to keep you laser focused on the reason why you are going to college.
We were both reasonably paid for working class jobs as he was a machinist and I was an electronic technician. Post graduate was so much better - he in mechanical engineering and I in software engineering.
Most of our socialization came on the job. We were both lucky enough to work for great companies with wonderful people.
- kelnos 6y agoI'm pretty sure most/all the people who think that college gives you a unique social experience that you can't get elsewhere are just suffering from confirmation bias, and also perhaps want to justify why they spent so much money. I went to a top-tier 4-year university, and did develop several life-long friendships, many of which have led to introductions to other people, which have further increased my social and professional circles. It'd be easy to say if I hadn't gone to college, I wouldn't have that now, and, well, that's actually true... but it's missing the point. I'd still be me, and I'd still have the same drive to meet people and take advantage of opportunities. My life would be different, certainly, but I doubt it'd be less socially fulfilling.
- maire 6y agoIf you work in Silicon Valley you will make friends that will pull you from company to company. All of the companies I worked for in my career (except 1) I got a call from a friend. The one exception was they knew about me even though I didn't know about them. Halfway through one of my interviews I realized that I knew the interviewer by reputation.