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I went to college for art, got a BFA in illustration while teaching myself how to do 3d animation, and that was in 2002 before all the 3D schools.  Till this day, any parent that asks me about sending their kid to a college for what I do I discourage them from doing it.  My education cost 70K, I went into game development and was able to pay that off before 30.  
With the resources available now to teach yourself practically anything, why would you waste near 6 figures of debt to go to a university?  No one cares after that first job.
To give people that went to college for stupid shit some hope…..
I needed a degree for my programming career.  Didn’t matter in what - just needed to be any degree.  It’s a hard requirement some places, even if the degree doesn’t align with the position.  Got rejected when I was 2 courses shy of my psych BA.  I now have that BA, reapplied and got my programming job.
Stupid degrees are handy, too >

hell yeah! and the “experience” as corny as it sounds…
and I don’t mean partying, I mean demonstrating to yourself that you have the discipline and consistency to stick with something that’s hard >

People who say it, don't go to college.
People who take those bad majors say like "I can't get a job" >

I studied computer science and mathematics, have a good career as a result of my education, and still think college is a bad idea for most students. 
If you dig into the numbers university tends to disproportionately benefit the top ~10% of students who go to college. 50% of students never graduate and don't get much benefit from their education. Of the 50% of graduates about half graduate from programs that are not valued in the economy. Even among the graduates from valued programs, the bottom half of students struggle to find employment out of school and may end up underemployed. >

thanks for bringing the numbers but I think we’re saying similar things mate
most people go into school without any planning
they all just feel entitled to a job “because they went to college”, but it’s even more baffling when people study things without looking at projected job markets… since college is for yknow… a job