I am really beginning to think the age of the degree is over. We have grown up in the age where people went to school just to decide what they wanted to do with their lives. School was a place to find oneself and to try out different majors. When one graduated, one had one’s life planned and would work in one’s field throughout most of one’s life. In the last ten years or so, it’s been more common to change professions after one no longer enjoys fulfillment from a job, sometimes this translating to going back to school for a master’s degree. Those days seem to be over. Our job market is so full of people with degrees and people with years of experience.
In order to get noticed by an employer, one has to make an AMAZING impression. Our country is run by small businesses; more than ninety-six percent of people work for small businesses and small businesses want to hire
people not resumes. Business owners work around a family atmosphere and want to find a person who will mesh with their company; you’re a name, not a number. Don’t get me wrong, I still want doctors to go to school, but, really, who NEEDS to sit in a classroom and “learn”. From my experience, the people who need to be “educated” should never hold a high paying job. I’m amazed they have a house to live in or that they have figured out how to pay their bills. If you’re talented, then you want to be good at your job, and school is not going to be your primary source of learning. We have the internet now. You can get information on anything you want, whenever you want, where ever you are. If you need to change you oil, you can. If you want to paint your house, you can. If you want to design your own website, you can. If you have an interest in something there is nothing holing you back from being truly amazing at your job.
Why then are we spending tens of thousands on school? I don’t really know, is it because that’s what you do if you want a good job? If so that needs to change. The state of Florida is paying for my school so I’m going through the system, but do I feel like it’s going to get me a job? I don’t plan on working for anyone after I graduate, but I would love to work with people as an independent contractor. I really feel like the age of the college educated corporate tie is coming to an end and the self-taught talented freelancer is just around the coroner.
