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sneed-oil | 2 years ago

The same is true for me, but I could have learned those things without going to college and without wasting time studying subjects that have never been useful in my work.

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mock-possum|2 years ago

Yeah I know I could have, but to be honest, outside of a classroom setting, and perhaps especially lacking enthusiastic peers to engage with and co-operate with - I am really not confident that I could have done a better job learning on my own terms in 4 years than I did at college.

I suppose, one nuance might be - I wasn't 'just going to college to get a degree' - I was there specifically to learn skills that would make me hireable. It helped that I liked the subject matter, undoubtedly.

Also that I had to borrow all the money to pay for it myself.