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It usually isn't. They're right. They benefit usually because of a name brand school. The name brand is the benefit, the education less so. What people do on t
by corethree 3y ago
It usually isn't. They're right. They benefit usually because of a name brand school. The name brand is the benefit, the education less so.
What people do on the job has overwhelmingly no relation to what they learned in school. Only like at most 5 percent applies in most cases.
- kibwen 3y agoAttending university is unbelievably useful, but it's not really because of the subjects that you take. I can't remember half the things I learned in class, but my persisting friend groups and life opportunities can all be traced back to my time in university. (Which isn't to say that the subjects were useless; they provided a solid foundation in math and computer science. But to say they prepared me to become a professional programmer would be a baldfaced lie (conveniently, a lie that my first employer seemed to believe without me needing to tell it)).
- corethree 3y agoAttending university is useful for making friends? That's not what I would classify as useful. You can get friend from many many places. Attending university for friends is not a valid reason to attend imo.
- kibwen 3y agoIt's not exactly a hot take that networking in general is one of the advantages of attending university. Likewise, if one's opinion is that the point of university is to get an education, you could just as equally counter with "well, you can get an education from many places". And frankly, it's much easier to recreate the educational aspects of a university than the social aspects. I was a hopeless teenager coasting apathetically through life, and attending university got me to break out of my mold and learn how to socialize, set life goals, and be a functioning human being. I wouldn't trade that time for anything.
- linuxftw 3y agoI also have friends and am a professional programmer. I did not attend a university. It sounds like you got swindled.