/biz/ - Business & Finance

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>>19085191
Liberal indoctrination

>>19085191
>balding

a man

>>19085191
how can it be a scam if it's literally free
you can work in the off-time then get actual jobs in your field before you even finish it

>>19085191
obvious scam

>>19085191
now i can do linear algebra and data structures

It’s a total scam anon. Just go to trade school and learn a practical skill like welding or CNC machining or plumbing. You’ll always be employed.

>>19085512
you can learn those at functional level in 2 weeks
is it worth it the 100k?

The really concrete, obvious things like how to use software X or research Y, you can learn all of that for free on the internet in most cases. Case in point, just about everything I do at my job (30 y/o, ~120k) I learned to do on YouTube. So in that sense, yes, it sure is a scam. However, I wouldn’t have made any of the connections that lead me to my last job, or to my current job, had I not attended university. On a more subtle level, just being exposed to more ideas and being in an environment where everyone is striving to improve their lives has a tremendous impact on the way you think. So it’s really not an easy answer as to whether college is a scam or not.

>>19085191
Was able to meet my angelic girlfriend who is uncucked by media faggotry. It also afforded me travel experience somewhere I would never have gone otherwise and was surprised to find I loved, 3 years of easy living and a degree that gave me access to a half-decent job.

I studied Biotech.

I got paid to study so I'm not complaining

>>19085191
It depends on what you want in life. If you want to be a doctor or scientist or something, you have to go. If you just want to make money, then yes it is a scam. Overall you can tell it's a scam just by what they charge for online classes or textbooks

>>19085191
gave me a liberal indoctrination and 2 sentences of text to put on a resume that makes companies believe I have some soft of idea about whatever the fuck it is they do there

>>19085191
Its a scam.

Didnt go to college, self taught coding, have a comfy safe high paying job. Enjoy your wasted years faggots.

>>19085191
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>>19085999

These are good posts anon. I have M.A. in Economics (I also did a lot of Poli and History). So, I had a classic humanities degree and education. Anything pertaining to finance is either a bullshit internship for business students or requires an accountant certificate. I was an army reservist and so now I make ~$80,000 annual right out of university.

Fact is though, the vast majority of graduates from my B.A. and M.A. are either retail or pursuing for education. I was lucky and I'm compensated because I sought competitive good vernment work. Most people who do a trade will pursue a degree in their late 20s or early 30s if they want to climb the ladder (but they already have resources to do so unlike new graduates). Depends man - but degrees other than professional vocations like lawyer, engineer, doctor area fucking meme.

not going to college today is like not going to high school in your parents time

everyone who's made the effort to jump through that hoop (that's the main thing college proves, that you have an attention span and can finish tasks) will look down on you and throw your resume into the trash

but if you have a career that doesnt involve resumes by all means skip college

>>19086105
Idk, I went to college to party and coasted by. Made some friends and made good memories that will last forever and are priceless. For normies, it's worth it. College is really just a daycare for recently independent children.

That being said, most developers are actually self taught. For finding likeminded people who share your interests, college isn't too bad.

Btw I ended up in a 60k a year coding position and I don't know how to kode, but it's already been a year and I'm still surviving. I learned that you can't code without real interest, so there's your flaw for the juslern2kode meme.

>>19085191
It gave me a 6 figure job at the age of 22

Got an engineering degree from a Canadian university.

University degrees here are already a prerequisite for many paths in life, and even for some international certifications (e.g project management). On top of that, you need an accredited engineering degree to become a licensed engineer - so you pay in to a monopoly, but it does pay out.

That said, the easiest pussy you will ever find to sleep with in life, potentially meet friends you want to do future business with, and stories to look back on. It will also give you a good sense of grounding, many people are fond of their home university later in life.

Just don't get some bull-shit degree in the humanities, and you are guaranteed to make it.

>>19085191
75k at 21 idk how you can beat that. My college was only 12k out of pocket

How do Americans make so much money? I'm Europe graduate jobs pay €30-40k max not 6 figures like Americans on here all seem to make

>>19085191
>cred from going to an internationally renowned school
>connections

>>19087583
Average Western European income is about the same as average American. America just has a greater range

>>19085191
Yes and nothing.

>>19085191

A certificate of belonging to upper middle class.

Only from Ivy Leagues schools, of course.

>>19087583
4chan's autism gears em more towards high paying problem solving.

>>19085191
an STD and oxycontin addiction

>>19087583
obviously those are the ones you hear about. 4chan is not a good source of information about the real world.

>>19087984
Actually if you're in STEM specifically software engineering/quant it is very easy to reach 6 figures

A piece of paper worth less than the custom frame it's in.

>>19085191
Two degrees, two relationships, a career and alot of debt

>>19085191
>a six-figure salary

>>19087583
6 figures is the high end, I’m coming out of my bachelors making $60k. I’d say average is about $60-70k

>>19087583
The higher pay is the upside to working ourselves to death and not getting 3 months of paid vacation every year.

>>19088839

Dude most make like 40 right out of college unless you’re an engineering or compsci autist

Granted after 3, 4 years you move up ladder THEN you start making 60, 70 80 and whatnot

>>19085191
A stem education and a good fucking job.

>>19085191
chlamydia

College is cheap as fuck in my country. Also it's good times.

>>19085191
Way off topic but when I see bitches on dating sites that describe themselves as “educated” I can’t help but think
>oh so you’re fucking retarded

>>19089872
The kicker is when these girls work as a barista or waitress or cashier.
>yes I took out 70K in loans to earn a meme degree at a (((private liberal arts university))) and now I can't get a real job, have fun paying my loans silly boiz :D

>>19085191

Enough already, let’s see her butthole.

Nothing.

Wasted 8 years of my life. Wasn't able to get a job in my field because it's all nepotism. Have to pay off 60k debt.

Every boomer in my life lied to me.

>>19085191
clamydia

>>19090287
Oh say can you see

I'm working a 25k job to pay off my 200k psych degree. It could be worse.

>>19085191

Dropped out at the end of second year, but taught myself to code in the years since leaving. A degree would have opened my career doors a little earlier.

Most people I've encountered who studied a computer related degree are pretty underwhelming programmers who lack creativity in their problem solving. Guess that's why I'm the engineering lead and they aren't.

tl:dr if you were meant to succeed you can do it with or without a degree.

>>19085191
>Is college a scam?
No. But it's exclusively for people who have a specific career in mind.
The mentality that you will only be able to function in society with a college degree is built on a scam

>What did it give you in return?
A useless culinary degree that has gotten me no money but tons of pussy