Harvard and MIT - sure.  But what about the millions of people who went to schools that no one has ever heard of, or for-profit schools like University of Phoenix?<p>In addition to that.  Do you see the broad concept of conspicuous consumption increasing or decreasing?  All of the signals I see show it decreasing thanks to the great recession and the new generation coming into the market.  Dave Ramsey, MMM, et al have started to make it trendy to be frugal.  Once it starts to become trendy to go to vocational training or straight into the job market a cultural shift can happen quickly.<p>Because of its combination of white collar income&#x2F;career attributes and vocational like self-training nature, I think Computer Science will be at the forefront of this trend.  Note how few people advise &#x27;&#x27;go back to school and get a degree in computer science&#x27;&#x27; and rather &#x27;&#x27;learn how to code&#x27;&#x27; (boot camp, self taught, however possible).