This photo raised a lot of controversies when I posted it on social media… What do you think? All the best, Sponsored By Not into the standard work-until-you’re-65-and-then-have-enough-to-retire idea? Neither is Aaron Nannini, author of the highly-rated book
Wholeheartedly agree with this one. I’ve got a dual grad degree (MS Eng & MBA) - graduated May 2020. After ugrad, I went straight to grad school. As a straight through with little experience (except a few internships), it was extremely difficult finding an MBA level job. Rightfully so though….
Coming into the workforce, I quickly realized experience definitely trumps education. Now, after a year in the workforce, opportunities for “MBA-level” work are opening. All I needed was a little more experience.
Props to all trades and grinders out there. I’ve been a lifelong student. Don’t know I would ever change that - but realize it’s all about those years of experience.
Love your content, but this seems needlessly antagonistic and anti-intellectual.
Sure, having a degree with no skills isn’t a great way to start making money right away. But having a degree, in many fields, is your best bet at getting your foot in the door and setting yourself up for opportunities to learn even more valuable skills. Or like you’ve said in many episodes, networking with people in school and taking opportunities that come up along the way might just put you in a position to get “lucky” when the perfect job opens up.
I studied philosophy and ended up in marketing. The most valuable part of my degree wasn’t my degree itself — it was learning how to learn and how to apply those skills outside of what I learned in college. That’s why I got the job. A lot of people in my major didn’t walk away with those skills, and they’re definitely more in the camp that I think this picture is pointing at.
We all know people who were extremely successful after dropping out of high school and never looking back. We all know people who did everything “right” and never landed a good gig. That’s what this picture seems to be poking at. But what about the people who discounted the value of education a little too much and now live on government assistance, or the people who went to college and ended up being extremely successful? You could just as easily paint this picture to contrast it, and I think the one that was shared is a little too simplistic and uncharitable to the other side.
A better picture might be people pulling different vegetables from the same garden or sharing different crops they’ve grown. Two different ways of staying fed with the same end result: success.
Wholeheartedly agree with this one. I’ve got a dual grad degree (MS Eng & MBA) - graduated May 2020. After ugrad, I went straight to grad school. As a straight through with little experience (except a few internships), it was extremely difficult finding an MBA level job. Rightfully so though….
Coming into the workforce, I quickly realized experience definitely trumps education. Now, after a year in the workforce, opportunities for “MBA-level” work are opening. All I needed was a little more experience.
Props to all trades and grinders out there. I’ve been a lifelong student. Don’t know I would ever change that - but realize it’s all about those years of experience.
Love your content, but this seems needlessly antagonistic and anti-intellectual.
Sure, having a degree with no skills isn’t a great way to start making money right away. But having a degree, in many fields, is your best bet at getting your foot in the door and setting yourself up for opportunities to learn even more valuable skills. Or like you’ve said in many episodes, networking with people in school and taking opportunities that come up along the way might just put you in a position to get “lucky” when the perfect job opens up.
I studied philosophy and ended up in marketing. The most valuable part of my degree wasn’t my degree itself — it was learning how to learn and how to apply those skills outside of what I learned in college. That’s why I got the job. A lot of people in my major didn’t walk away with those skills, and they’re definitely more in the camp that I think this picture is pointing at.
We all know people who were extremely successful after dropping out of high school and never looking back. We all know people who did everything “right” and never landed a good gig. That’s what this picture seems to be poking at. But what about the people who discounted the value of education a little too much and now live on government assistance, or the people who went to college and ended up being extremely successful? You could just as easily paint this picture to contrast it, and I think the one that was shared is a little too simplistic and uncharitable to the other side.
A better picture might be people pulling different vegetables from the same garden or sharing different crops they’ve grown. Two different ways of staying fed with the same end result: success.