Let’s say a year of college costs $30k for tuition. Let’s also say after year 1 you could make $35k/yr in a very entry level job, and that goes up $15k/yr. The true cost of the final 3 years of your degree is $90k tuition + $150k lost wages + 3 yrs work experience + interest.
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You founded your company, got lucky (yes, luck, 90% of businesses fail in 5 years or less) and want to claim that not having a degree didn’t matter to get your current job. You are the exception, not the norm. You’re beating your chest based on your singular experience.
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I worked at high salaries for years before founding a company
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Next you’re going to tell me your employees get $15k raises every year.
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I see people hired literally every day at high salaries with no degree
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That’s not the point you were making. The avg worker with a degree makes $59124 where those with a hs diploma make $38376. Math tells me you’re wrong, by a lot, and the fact that you make this claim means you stand to benefit from pushing it
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On a society where most competent people go to college of course that’s true. But is it because of the degree or massive selection bias?
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Or what if a degree consisted of one year of study and three years of tuition-free work study?
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What’s implied? Your scenario only works if you name a salary for having a degree, and few employers are going to require one and then pay you the same if you don’t have one. So for example the graduate may make closer to $50k and be on track for management. That matters
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