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Postby Purp » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:53 pm

Degrees in non technical fields are basically worthless. Engineering/math/science are the only ones worth getting basically.
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Postby DarthStabber » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:54 pm

Degrees in non technical fields are basically worthless. Engineering/math/science are the only ones worth getting basically.
Not exactly. Having a degree has some level of value just by being a degree, regardless of major. The difference is that STEM degrees lead to better paying jobs that have something to with what learned in college.

And some of it is in the fact that it is a socially acceptable to engage in knowledge porn, IE the dedicated acquisition of knowledge for knowledge's sake.
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Postby Kaitscralt » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:56 pm

Yeah I wouldn't wish a law degree on anyone.
yourself especially
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Postby zemanjaski » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:04 am

Definitely made a poor choice right years ago.
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Postby Kazekirimaru » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:10 am

Chest pain ended up being severe inflammation in the rib cartilage. So, still alive. :thumbsup:
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Postby Kaitscralt » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:24 am

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Postby DroppinSuga » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:28 am

Stick it out and get your degree, Khaos. You will be happy you did it. I guarantee it.
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Postby Kazekirimaru » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:32 am

they sure hand out painkillers on a whim these days

btw, if you're ever stuck in a clinic that looks like it'll take hours to queue, telling the triage nurse you have chest pains really speeds that up.

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Postby Kazekirimaru » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:32 am

whoever's dropping out needs to not do that
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Postby hamfactorial » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:41 am

We've all been giving Khaos advice through Kaze

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Postby DocLawless » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:42 am

The mackerel has spoken.
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Postby Dechs Kaison » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:44 am

Has anyone ever seen that list of things you could have bought instead of going to college?

Going to college is essentially the same as driving a Mercedes off a cliff every year for four years.

Unless you're getting an engineering degree, it's rarely worth it.
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:46 am

I am led to believe that I'm probably the only one here without a college degree.

And that everyone else with a degree is really just Pennywise the Clown telling me to come down into the sewers because down there everyone floats.
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Postby DroppinSuga » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:50 am

I don't have a degree either, Khaos. I'm going back in the fall though and I'm going to finish my psych degree
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Postby Dechs Kaison » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:56 am

Why?
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Postby DroppinSuga » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:57 am

Because you can't be a psychologist without one?
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:57 am

Because he wants a balloon. From Pennywise. Cuz down here, we all float.
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:59 am

What do you do, Maverick?
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:59 am

Besides fly into...the daaaaaaaaanger zone!
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Postby Dechs Kaison » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:03 am

Because you can't be a psychologist without one?
You can't be a psychologist with one. You'd need a masters at a minimum.

I have a better idea. Be an astrologer. You don't need a degree for that and you get to use all the stuff you learned in your psych classes already. It's basically cold reading, some bullshit and some buzzwords. You get to make people feel better about their lives and you can charge a couple hundred bucks a session. You'll get repeat customers and referrals all the time.

So basically it's the same thing.
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:05 am

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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:05 am

Because you can't be a psychologist without one?
You can't be a psychologist with one. You'd need a masters at a minimum.

I have a better idea. Be an astrologer. You don't need a degree for that and you get to use all the stuff you learned in your psych classes already. It's basically cold reading, some bullshit and some buzzwords. You get to make people feel better about their lives and you can charge a couple hundred bucks a session. You'll get repeat customers and referrals all the time.

So basically it's the same thing.
With this kind of plan, you cant go wrong.

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Postby DroppinSuga » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:05 am

Because you can't be a psychologist without one?
You can't be a psychologist with one. You'd need a masters at a minimum.

I have a better idea. Be an astrologer. You don't need a degree for that and you get to use all the stuff you learned in your psych classes already. It's basically cold reading, some bullshit and some buzzwords. You get to make people feel better about their lives and you can charge a couple hundred bucks a session. You'll get repeat customers and referrals all the time.

So basically it's the same thing.
I should have clarified, you
can't be a "counselor" without a bachelors. It depends on the state you live in, of course.
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Postby Kaitscralt » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:15 am

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Postby LP, of the Fires » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:16 am

I don't have a degree.

Then again, I live with my father so...
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Postby Dechs Kaison » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:17 am

I don't have a degree.

Then again, I live with my father so...
I live with my mother in law.

Well, more accurately, she lives with us.

I really don't know which of us is in the better position.
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Postby Jack » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:19 am

Has anyone ever seen that list of things you could have bought instead of going to college?

Going to college is essentially the same as driving a Mercedes off a cliff every year for four years.

Unless you're getting an engineering degree, it's rarely worth it.
My tuition was something like $3.5k/year/community college and $7k/year/university.
I'm pretty sure this isn't possible in America.
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Postby hamfactorial » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:23 am

The tuition at Cal Poly SLO was about $8k/year from 2001-2007, the really nasty costs were the books and rent.

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Postby TubeHunter » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:29 am

I don't have a degree either khaos! :thumbsup:


College is expensive, but i have a full ride scholarship lined up so......
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Postby Lightning_Dolt » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:34 am

I went to uni for five years. In that time tuition nearly doubled.

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Postby DerWille » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:50 am

Khaos, I'm a little late to this, but I'm not going to tell you to get your degree because degrees open doors or whatever. I've got 2 of them and they're completely worthless. Actually, they're worse than that. They actually hinder me from getting jobs because I'm somewhere between "overqualified" and "not experienced enough" even though I did exactly what you're suppose to do, graduate from high school and then get a college degree.

But there's a caveat to this. If you're not going to get a degree (and I doubt you'll have my problem because of your work experience) and follow the typical life plan everyone follows, you better know what the hell you want to do. You're entering the wilderness in the hopes you can get the white stag or find the city of gold. The wilderness will eat you if you fuck up. Even if you make it out alive after fucking up, you'll have nothing but failure to show for
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I think you should figure out what you want to do first and then seriously contemplate if you want to put your entire future on the line for it. If there's any hesitation, don't do it. If you fail, you will be worse off than when you started.

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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:21 am

I just drank some of this stuff called Sleepytime Tea. This shit don't fuck around.
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:22 am

Is this real life?
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:28 am

I don't have a degree either khaos! :thumbsup:


College is expensive, but i have a full ride scholarship lined up so......
Dude, if you have a free ride, take it. :smileup: I have a feeling you'll do a lot better me than me. :)
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Postby Lightning_Dolt » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:36 am

I've got 2 of them and they're completely worthless. Actually, they're worse than that. They actually hinder me from getting jobs because I'm somewhere between "overqualified" and "not experienced enough" even though I did exactly what you're suppose to do, graduate from high school and then get a college degree.
This. So much this. Makes me depressed and angry just thinking about it.

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Postby Dechs Kaison » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:40 am

So, the lesson we should all take away from this last page of discussion:

Get an engineering degree or become an astrologer.
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Postby DroppinSuga » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:40 am

or become a drug lord
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Postby Khaospawn » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:42 am

I can't be a drug lord. I tried it and failed. I just like to get high more than I like making money.

Guess I'd better start studying my star signs...
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