Most degrees are a total waste of time

Stfu


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Tanya what do you mean significant minority? I'm sure you can google a stat that shows a single digit percentage of grad unemployment and I agree that going to Uni is miles better than not, conceptually, but the reality is that behind that possibly "insignificant" percentage of grad unemployment is 100s of 1000s if not millions of unemployed people, grads or not. Something is scarily wrong there.

And princie adding to what I said to tanya just now, how do you know the majority or a significant amount of grads won't be working somewhere they're overqualified to work because it's currently all they can get, in their industry or their area?...Also, grads is a vague term. Specifically people graduating from whatever they've studied--unless you already have or are willing to research (not retrieve google links who claim to have conveniently done it, but actually research yourself)--which degree studies among all grads encounter unemployment the most. Maybe that can being to introduce you to the reality, dunno.

I dunno dude. Just trying to offer some consolation to people who are afraid that doing what they love will jeopardise their future prospects because, chances are, you won't end up unemployed. I don't really think about this too much because personally to be an engineer I have to do an engineering degree and I'm just rolling with it.

For very practical stuff like engineering they can't let just any joe in there or all the planes will crash lol so I get that but I partly understand that many degrees even as I think prince said don't even lead to work! lol but then he says there's irrelevant unemployment with grads. Scratching my head deep there...

Most degrees don't lead to specific careers.. Most (70-80%) grad jobs don't even require a specific degree. So I'm afraid your assertion doesn't stand.

I'd change it to: 'do what you want but be career conscious whilst at uni'

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Lucky for you, most people are able to choose something they both love and can make a good career out of.

I'd argue most degrees are a waste of time and money. And how good are those grad jobs? Better than ones asking for business qualifications? I doubt it.


Say that to all the students doing BA's.

I'd argue most degrees are a waste of time and money. And how good are those grad jobs? Better than ones asking for business qualifications? I doubt it.

Pretty good, considering a lot of employers pay for these business qualifications you revere so much

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I think the students at Cambridge doing their Mathematics BA would beg to differ..

Hah. No they don't. Do you realise how expensive it is to do something like Prince2 or Six Sigma? Or how hard it is in most companies to get training? Talking about something you don't have experience of by any chance?

I'm not a job board.

Mom was an HR manager (at the council) with a network of HR folk across big, and small to medium size businesses. Most of them were willing to invest in training for new grad hires.

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And I think using fringe examples like that is ridiculous

So ****ing true, I learned the hard way. Still the cost of higher education in UK and US, total ****ing sham.

Yeah I reckon you don't even need degrees you can learn most of the stuff on the job even for law and banking I reckon. Medicine and stuff of course you should have degrees but not for sociology etc. It's a total racket I agree, this whole education mantra. We should all get down to work and cracking on and learning the practical elements of the job rather than study an irrelevant subject for 3 years before working a grad scheme.