as someone who is the son of two college professors, the statement about professors “sometimes not caring” is - the vast majority of the time - not true. My mother is the most dedicated person I have ever seen in her field, and while my dad died before I was born, the stories I have heard about him show the same. i’m not currently a college student, I am a high school senior in the midst of applying to college, so I don’t know what it’s like from a students perspective. but as someone who’s been entrenched in a college atmosphere for most of my life, college most certainly is worth it, especially considering the fact that quite a few schools (including every single one that my friends and I are applying to) meet 100% of need-based financial aid.
While this is beautiful and I’m glad you feel this way, there are a LOT of professors out there. Consider that you’ve had a very fortunate experience with the ones who have been role models for you :)
Its very easy to go in debt for these degrees too. If Sallie Mae would allow you to take out a low interest loan to learn to play guitar or get a certificate maybe things would look different. We've got to update the education model-it's not working.
What about professional credentials and certifications in the IT field? The successful and smartest people I know who work in field don't have degrees at all. What are the major certs and what are some streamlined approaches to obtaining them?
Definitely! Well said. The right certs for a certain position will vary based on industry, but usually it’s not hard to find them by doing some LinkedIn stalking 🔎
If you are trying to get into the industry then I highly recommend the CompTIA A+. Most entry level IT jobs are requiring this now because it demonstrates that you have the baseline knowledge needed to perform the job. They're also many branches of IT so which certs you want to get depend on what branch you want to go down
as someone who is the son of two college professors, the statement about professors “sometimes not caring” is - the vast majority of the time - not true. My mother is the most dedicated person I have ever seen in her field, and while my dad died before I was born, the stories I have heard about him show the same.
i’m not currently a college student, I am a high school senior in the midst of applying to college, so I don’t know what it’s like from a students perspective. but as someone who’s been entrenched in a college atmosphere for most of my life, college most certainly is worth it, especially considering the fact that quite a few schools (including every single one that my friends and I are applying to) meet 100% of need-based financial aid.
While this is beautiful and I’m glad you feel this way, there are a LOT of professors out there. Consider that you’ve had a very fortunate experience with the ones who have been role models for you :)
Its very easy to go in debt for these degrees too. If Sallie Mae would allow you to take out a low interest loan to learn to play guitar or get a certificate maybe things would look different.
We've got to update the education model-it's not working.
What about professional credentials and certifications in the IT field? The successful and smartest people I know who work in field don't have degrees at all. What are the major certs and what are some streamlined approaches to obtaining them?
Definitely! Well said. The right certs for a certain position will vary based on industry, but usually it’s not hard to find them by doing some LinkedIn stalking 🔎
If you are trying to get into the industry then I highly recommend the CompTIA A+. Most entry level IT jobs are requiring this now because it demonstrates that you have the baseline knowledge needed to perform the job. They're also many branches of IT so which certs you want to get depend on what branch you want to go down
I agree. Gov is full of degreed people who have no idea what they are doing.
You misspelled World
With 50-100k you could move to another country, live, study and eat easily
I spent 3k canada. You don't need to go to Yale
Nobody goes to college to learn (kinda but you know what I mean)