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I think only about half of students take out loans, so that's only part of the consideration.

• mystraline 2y ago
  I make 160k/yr, and blew 30k on school that amounted to absolutely nothing. I taught myself systems - there aren't even any degrees that discuss systems architecture. Its not even a thing. I was sold a lemon. At least vehicles have a lemon law. Education has nothing such, and worse yet, has protections against things like even bankruptcy. Edit: For those of you who -1ed this, I would love any sort of citable proof that university has a demonstrable anything positive. As far as I've seen, I've had to teach myself all the monetizable skills. All I have from what Uni classes I took is a big bill and absolutely no positive things.
  • lanfeust6 2y ago
    Your degree had an impact on your hireability and marketability. It signals passing a threshold of work and knowledge, your self-edification doesn't. You can of course build something, but so do college grads, whom you compete against. You also admitted that your wage is such that paying off the tuition was trivial. That makes it seem like a good deal, not a bad one. Even if you're strictly criticizing knowledge-transfer, most people would disagree and find some value in the format.