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Topic: Do you really earn more money because you went to college? - page 5. (Read 13000 times)

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legendary
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I really do, I have the talent to turn coffee into software, and is not something easy that will learn out of the college

favorite type of coffee?
full member
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I think it's a matter of what your goals are, if you are focused on business I think starting out as soon as possible is best and you can add book smarts WHILE you are already working in the real world (especially if you are young). That way you can add knowledge that is specific to what you are encountering in your line of work.

That said, there are some careers that you pretty much have to go to college if you want to pursue them, such as engineering or medicine. People want different things and that's ok,  but I don't understand how so many people think that just because they went to college they will automatically earn money magically after they graduate.
newbie
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No you make your own wealth not a cetificate especially when everyone else on the planet now has a qualification of some sort...its almost a waste of time you can always self study.
sr. member
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i dont think people do, it just makes them more in debt.
legendary
Activity: 1904
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You are usually not better off after a 200K$ master in Arts, you have debt and you didn't work for 3-4years when you could have learn a job and build seniority and contacts
legendary
Activity: 1904
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUFBk3477o

Peter Schiff is also saying that a lot of people take students loans to pay their rent and support themselves
legendary
Activity: 1904
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Maybe I can say that I am very happy to have a very good school when I was in highschool

Why
full member
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*Bitcoin Betting*
Maybe I can say that I am very happy to have a very good school when I was in highschool
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1018
I sell oranges down by the freeway and I shudder to think what life would be like if I took out loans to get a liberal arts degree.

You would sell oranges but you will have 50,000$ of student debt and you will have party, meet rich folks for a few years and learn a few things about Art that you can learn online : https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx
qm7
newbie
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Depends on your major.  Majoring in liberal arts is generally not a good investment.
newbie
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It increase the possibility of making profit but not always.
sr. member
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I sell oranges down by the freeway and I shudder to think what life would be like if I took out loans to get a liberal arts degree.
sr. member
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Book smart is not enough to make (a lot of) money.

To be hugely successful I'd say 70% street smart and 30% book smart.

The brightest people I know by college standards are not even rich.


Maybe they figured out that there is more to life than gross excess and consumerism?
full member
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I really do, I have the talent to turn coffee into software, and is not something easy that will learn out of the college

That sounds to be a cool software.  : Grin
Well, agree to that.
legendary
Activity: 1904
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I earn less money because I went to college. I had to pay for it for the first go round, but the second time, FAFSA covered it.

Considering you could have make money all this time and save the money you paid for the first round, do you think you are better off because you went to college?
newbie
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 I really do, I have the talent to turn coffee into software, and is not something easy that will learn out of the college
member
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Theymos, unban my account.
I earn less money because I went to college. I had to pay for it for the first go round, but the second time, FAFSA covered it.
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1018
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1018
Well, education does not guarantee success in your life, like money and glory...
But it increases the chance of success...

Education is very important but most your education comes from outside the school : from your family, maybe your friends and reading

You can get a solid education via internet (https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx https://www.youtube.com/user/SchiffReport/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/stefbot/videos) nowadays; tuitions costs should go down since you don't need so many books anymore and you shouldn't need so many bad teachers when the best can be seen online but we see the opposite : the tuitions costs go up as the government regulate the sector more and more and push the prices higher with the college funds
newbie
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You get insane debts in some countries, that for sure.
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