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If I were 18 I'd be sceptical about the value of degrees compared to the value of trades. Yes degrees are a prerequisite for white collar jobs but if there is

If I were 18 I'd be sceptical about the value of degrees compared to the value of trades. Yes degrees are a prerequisite for white collar jobs but if there is competition for ever fewer white collar jobs that's a life gamble perhaps not worth taking unless you are supremely confident in your abilities in a field. If we're being honest, the value of a degree has been in decline for a long time. It was only being held up by STEM and even that is on shaky ground now. The days when an e.g. English degree would open doors are long over.

ConceptJunkie 3mo ago
There's going to be a huge realignment in white collar work in the next decade or two, and then there's the fact that college degrees themselves (except for maybe STEM), are becoming less and less valuable because higher education is so politicized and taken over by nonsense. My college education (Computer Science, 1987) served me very well over my career, but I don't know what I'd be doing if I were 18 now.