Quote Originally Posted by Julio
You don't need college to have a good paying job... pretty soon some college degrees will be worth as much a HS diploma. shit, now that I think about, theres ton of people in this country/world that are college grads with dead end jobs.

You're missing my point. Lots of folks are still leaving high school with the mistaken belief that they can find a job paying a liveable wage without any further education or a skilled trade. Those days are long gone. As you well pointed, its not even guaranteed if you have a college degree. You must continue to adapt even while in school. Hence why I switched from Accounting to Database Management. MBAs are a dime a dozen now, and for good reason. You have to balance how to educate yourself based on whats needed today and what will be needed tomorrow. I knew a ton of computer science majors in 1999 who all had nice jobs lined up right after graduation. 6 years later most went back and now graduated with a 2nd degree because when the bottom fell out of the tech market they were left with a degree that was practically worthless in a flooded market.

You also can't ignore the simple fact that over the course of a lifetime your average college/tech school graduate will make $1 million more than a person without a degree.