On: Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost

[terminalshort]

I partied my way through an easy major with nothing to do with my job. The people who didn't have no "superpowers" that I don't. The degree is a bunch of status signalling bullshit.

[justin66 → terminalshort]

It sounds like you’ve rationalized your lazy work in college by convincing yourself it wouldn’t have made any difference if you had worked harder.

[terminalshort → justin66]

I don't need to rationalize what is already rational. My degree isn't even related to my job, so why would working harder at it have paid off?

[jswelker → terminalshort]

In short, soft skills. It depends on your degree I guess. In an MBA or education program, the distance between try hard and slacker is narrow. In more abstract less career oriented programs, the difference on critical thinking and comm skills is huge. If you can't imagine how deeply studying great works and thinkers improves your mind, that tells me maybe you missed something big.

[terminalshort → jswelker]

I'm a software engineer. I have no CS degree. The people who have one aren't any better.