&gt; I&#x27;d also like to point out, its <i>always</i> been tough for young kids to get into the job market without college degrees.<p>No it wasn&#x27;t, you&#x27;re just not going back far enough. The 2000s (when you said you went to school) isn&#x27;t far back enough. We&#x27;re talking 1950&#x27;s, 60&#x27;s, 70&#x27;s, 80&#x27;s it definitely wasn&#x27;t tough for a young person to get a job without a degree. 90&#x27;s is when that started to change.<p>My dad actually quit going to college in the late 70&#x27;s because grocery store jobs (cashier, stocking) were easy to get and were paying better than what he could expect with what he was studying in college. That&#x27;s definitely not true anymore.