Discounts for getting a useful degree.

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Which, of course, brings us back to the Mike Rowe argument in which we all agree that we have to get rid of the stigma associated with blue collar jobs and training/apprenticeship in that direction. (yet it still hasn't happened)

When I went into college, everyone was saying that electronics and computers were the way to go. You could write your own ticket. That worked for me because it's what I'd wanted to do since I was about 5 years old, unlike the vast majority of people in the programme.

When I came out, the job market had dried up. I was offered a machinist apprenticeship but turned it down because, by God, I'd gone to school for what I wanted to do and was going to do it. I'd have been better off going for the apprenticeship, given how long my career was stalled.