Education

Are college degrees losing their value in todays world?

For

Experience and skills often matter more in today’s job market.

Against

Higher education still opens doors and builds long-term opportunities.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • It feels like my degree only qualified me to start the struggle of finding "experience," rather than actually getting hired.
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  • Unless you want to go into IT management I don’t think the degree is worth it.
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Against

  • How i see it, the degree opens the doors, but you alone have to convince them WHY you should be allowed through that door.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • For most professions, your degree will NOT get you jobs, but it will get you more interviews, which will get you jobs.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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