America’s Student Debt Machine
In France, I did apprenticeship (3 days works, 2 days school) as Software developer, meaning that I did not payed for school, I was actually payed to go to school. And it was full salary, I did that for 3 years. 
Got my bachelor, quite a lot of money and 3 years of experience. 
So I &quot;began&quot; my life with money, experience and diploma.<p>It was not prestigious school, nor prestigious diploma, I could have continued for a master, but IMO, I value experience far more than diploma, and where I worked&#x2F;work also.<p>So my question is Americans? What&#x27;s the deal. Same for France too, I guess our profession as developers allow that, I can understand that for some other fields you need prestigious schools and requirements to get hired for a good salary.