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LordEden · 05-05-2011, 05:02 AM

I agree with plan9ster on this, college is required if you want to stuff your wallet with Sweaty White Man Money (tm). There are stories of people not going to college and getting ahead in life, but it doesn't happen everyday.

Is a college a waste of money? Yes, but it looks really good on your resume. In the end getting a job is easier with a college degree because you have that Piece of Paper (tm). Hiring employers like to see you passed the college test, could you put up with insane amounts of stupid bullshit for 4 years while putting yourself into debt. This says to employer, "Hey this guy/girl can stand be lectured at and be willing to deal with idiotic deadlines for years, looks like a good entry level workhorse to me."

I think the problem with college is that most people graduate and think, "Look at this Piece of Paper (tm) I have! Everyone is going to want to hire me now!"

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh, not so much. Have that $30k degree doesn't really do much than make you look a little better than the rest of the unwashed masses.

I think internships are the way to go, pimp yourself out to a major company (for free or minimum wage) for a year. You gain expense and networking contacts. Plus, you get to see the dirty underbelly of whatever "dream job" you wanted to work. Nothing is as glamorous as the college or your professors said it was.

I think college should be like culinary school, you have to do a 6 month to 1 year extern to get your degree. You have to be someone's bitch for a year to get that Piece of Paper (tm), that would change a lot of things for most college students. You would also be a lvl 2 grunt instead of a lvl 1 grunt, which is more desirable for most employers.

College is a necessary evil for most jobs in the world, just do it and get the shitfest over with. Screw some hot girls while you can and learn to drink as much as everyone else without puking all over the place.