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Asking this question generally has no value because everyone's experience is different. It's hard to a/b test this because it's impossible to control for everyt
by bruce511 4y ago
Asking this question generally has no value because everyone's experience is different. It's hard to a/b test this because it's impossible to control for everything else.
You'll see lots of personal stories in this thread. Some will say yes, some will say no, some will have no degree.
Some degrees are better than others. Some institutions are better than others.
There simply is no one-size-fits-all answer here.
Of course for someone contemplating a degree, some research and planning is a good idea. Maybe find people with your context, with your planned degree, and quiz them.
- wink 4y agoYep, and even if it's (nearly) free (not the US) the opportunity costs of not working for a few years can be harsh. It depends, and I'm still not sure if I regret it, I keep telling myself that I learned enough interesting and useful things so that I recognize problems and can look up the solutions I once knew. In my case CS, and finished in 2010.
- snapplebobapple 4y agoYou are incorrect. Asking this question has great value when you do it regarding degrees because, while your statement is true about individual outcomes, outcomes of the population that completed a degree tell you quite a lot about the value of the degree, which is a large part of the input into choosing a degree for many people (and it certainly should be a huge part of deciding what degrees get subsidized and to what extent by the tax payer).