the obvious unasked question that article doesn't quite get around to either asking or answering is, if not college, than what? the article waves off this quest

the obvious unasked question that article doesn't quite get around to either asking or answering is, if not college, than what? the article waves off this question by saying that there is no single solution for everybody. it's as good example of a non answer as I've ever seen. my guess is Peter Thiel 's real answer, the one that he doesn't want to say too loudly, is that he wants more and more people to go be entrepreneurs. to be the next gates, jobs, or Zuckerbergs. this is great! let's all start our own companies! let's have every college student drop out, start a new business, and we can all ride the rising tide of technological advancement together! except you can't have everyone be a ceo. not everybody should be! the founder isnt a lone hero, holding the weoght of the world entirely on his shoulders! they still need the engineers, the marketers, the insurance salesmen, and all the other trades and skilled workers that make our economy work. we cannot forget that it is the middle class that does the vast majority of the day to day work that keeps everything humming along smoothly. college is certainly an excellent path to get to these sorts of careers. it's a great place to learn the skills necessary to be an hr rep, or an fda regulation expert, or a general manager of a restaurant, or a journalist, or a lawyer, or any of the other of thousands of middle class jobs that everyone forgets about because they are boring and unglamorous. the honest truth is that, for a majority of the population, college is a great decision.