adelina

I avoided the whole university/college thing, partly because I didn't want to be dependant on my parents. I've been debating going finally, though it would be such a long road and barely seems worth it. I'd have more choice of jobs I suppose.

I'm sure most employers would like it if education were all profession-oriented (like computer science, business, law, medicine...) but then a great deal of our culture would die and lots of amazing people would be out of work.

I agree: it's like a cake without icing. If you don't have a degree, it will trip you up, sooner or later. It doesn't mean much once you have it, but it does mean something if you don't have it at all.

After I got my degree, I spent several years working at bullshit jobs simply acquiring skills. I learned how to make a good resume, how to interview, how to get my resume to the right person (always key) and learned that it was often more a matter of who I knew than what I knew. Very depressing, that.

I'm glad I did my degree. I enjoyed taking the time to read, and ponder, and think, and write my ass off. But I went through a long period of disillusionment right after I graduated where I felt like, "What the @#$@# did I spend all that time for this worthless @#$@#ing degree?"