you can't do that now

you used to tho

no more than like 40 years ago

But where is the line drawn?

people could get a job and pay there way through college

Oh yes.

You CANNOT do that now.

now you need a college degree to pay for college to get the college degree

And boomers don't even fucking know it...

It's the most enraging thing in the whole wide goddamn world.

I got lucky

how does a college degree now cost more than then, yet mean less?

I entered the workforce right before a degree was 100% mandatory for my job

Sheer apathy.

now my resume speaks for itself

and I work for a huge tech company and basically could get hired anywhere

but I fear that option is limited now

I hate how I'm lectured to get a job, and denied the time to rebut them.

@ExceptionalFeather i'd say college should probably be closer to 10% of what is its today, yes. because it used to be like that.

"Can I explain how everything you just said was inapplicab-- Oh you're just gonna talk over me? Okay."

well, maybe not that much

but you get my point

So who is the one perpetrating the problem though?

The colleges.

basically everyone

I hope Mike Rowe's initiative actually makes waves.

They shouldn't be that expensive.

Mike Rowe is literally the only one talking about this right now

But they can charge more and get away with it.

Ultimately who is the one not hiring people without college degrees and why

a culture of pushing people to go to college, which lead to a shift away from why college was valuable

Okay. The colleges raise their tuition. Again.

if everyone has a college degree, no one has a college degree 😛

which lead to state involvement more than ever

The colleges raise their tuition, and WHAT CAN STOP THEM?

nothing

not going to college

seriously and I dont' want to sound like a defeatist

people can't afford it

but literally nothing

Why don;t companies just stop requiring college degrees?