I was reading the different view points on this subject and decided to put in my two cents. For the most part I believe that college gives people a sense of false reality. That false reality is if you pay (insert your college tuition here) you will auto magically receive a high paying job and you have learned all that you will need to succeed in life. This is definitely not true. I have worked as a software developer for several years now (non traditional education). Mostly from what I have observed is that college graduates tend to demand some sort of restitution for there hard labors (cough, cough) of 4+ years of school and refuse to learn anything new. As opposed to a non college graduate that is willing to do what it takes and learn whatever is needed to in order to get the job done. Also the one thing that college does not teach you is mere survival skills in the work place. In order to get ahead you have to constantly want to learn. That is the key. Maybe some colleges teach this but most don't. I actually picked that up from a non standard school when I was in kindergarten (Montessori). By the way I was reading at a college level when I was 7.
Also in the software industry things do change dramatically at times. It is not a traditional industry any more. It used to be you did one thing and that was it you only needed to know one language (maybe two depending on what you where doing). You had an analysis that told you where the problem was and you just coded away worked your 40 hours and collected your restitution. Well guess what it's not like that any more. If you want to make a case for college you are going to have to do better than chicks, beer, socializing, (which by the way most computer geeks are bad at this later any ways), and seeing how many marshmallows you can stick up your ass. I see the self motivated willing to learn non college graduate as the best bet. Why because they want to learn and excel. Instead of demanding restitution for learning outdated and useless algorithms, languages, operating systems.
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I was reading the different view points on this subject and decided to put in my two cents. For the most part I believe that college gives
people a sense of false reality. That false reality is if you pay (insert your college tuition here) you will auto magically receive a high paying
job and you have learned all that you will need to succeed in life. This is definitely not true. I have worked as a software developer for
several years now (non traditional education). Mostly from what I have observed is that college graduates tend to demand some sort of
restitution for there hard labors (cough, cough) of 4+ years of school and refuse to learn anything new. As opposed to a non college graduate
that is willing to do what it takes and learn whatever is needed to in order to get the job done. Also the one thing that college does not
teach you is mere survival skills in the work place. In order to get ahead you have to constantly want to learn. That is the key. Maybe some
colleges teach this but most don't. I actually picked that up from a non standard school when I was in kindergarten (Montessori). By the way
I was reading at a college level when I was 7.
Also in the software industry things do change dramatically at times. It is not a traditional industry any more. It used to be you did one
thing and that was it you only needed to know one language (maybe two depending on what you where doing). You had an analysis that told
you where the problem was and you just coded away worked your 40 hours and collected your restitution. Well guess what it's not like that
any more. If you want to make a case for college you are going to have to do better than chicks, beer, socializing, (which by the way most
computer geeks are bad at this later any ways), and seeing how many marshmallows you can stick up your ass. I see the self motivated
willing to learn non college graduate as the best bet. Why because they want to learn and excel. Instead of demanding restitution for
learning outdated and useless algorithms, languages, operating systems.