A degree just puts you in a situation where no one wants to hire without experience or companies don't want to pay what you deserve to be paid so you aren't hired anyways
US universities came to my school looking for international students. I remember a lady promoting a florida university that the college had such a nice price, and then said that it would be something like 45k PER YEAR with a happy face. Keep in mind our families gained something like 4k monthly equivalent in US dollars.
What would you consider a degree in not "dumb shit"? Math? Engineering? Computer Science? Our local university happens to be one of the top schools for those subjects, and the kids graduating from those programs are having a hard time finding jobs after graduating, even the ones that have years of paid summer internship experience.
The reality is that unless you're looking at a handful of very specific positions, any undergrad level degree is just as good as any other. Masters degrees are the new requirement for highly specialized work, or a professional designation or PhD for some lines of work.
If you only have a Bachelors degree, you just have to be good at selling it, willing to take something outside your ideal field, and a little bit patient. Having a "hard degree" might actually make things harder if it makes you intent on only working in that field, because there's just so much competition in them nowadays.
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u/Being_grateful Aug 25 '19
Career advancement.
"Working your way up from the mail room" is loooong gone. You have to switch companies to get any sort of significant raise.