Spent all that time and money for a college degree just to work at Starbucks?

Nemesis · 2022-09-23T12:14:52.124Z

Outliers can always be found. He is not necessarily representative of all. Plus he is on Tik-Tok! Nuff said.

Mountain_Soldier · 2022-09-23T12:25:54.894Z

JimmyC:

Maybe we could save us taxpayers money by eliminating a year or two of high school. I don’t use algebra, history, or biology in my job so those were unnecessary for me. A plumber or a mechanic doesn’t need to know geography or how to diagram a sentence.

Electives are just a way to make people stay in college longer and pay more money to the school.

SixFoot · 2022-09-23T12:29:15.029Z

Nemesis:

Outliers can always be found. He is not necessarily representative of all. Plus he is on Tik-Tok! Nuff said.

He’s not an outlier, he’s typical of people my age.

SixFoot · 2022-09-23T12:30:59.288Z

Mountain_Soldier:

Electives are just a way to make people stay in college longer and pay more money to the school.

I myself majored in mathematics. At no point did I need or desire any other class, but colleges are a for-profit business, after all.

Camp · 2022-09-23T12:32:55.414Z

You beat me to it.

Marketed properly a BS in biology can be very rewarding. This is a tough degree to earn.

To the poster that worked full time and earned degree part time. I did this also and so did my wife who I met while studying.

Another clue that student debt forgiveness is tax money lottery. If you don’t have the money for tuition… work for it.

Camp · 2022-09-23T12:36:39.478Z

It keeps kids of wealthy families busy for decades chasing advanced degrees and temporary post doc positions at universities around the world.

Camp · 2022-09-23T12:39:37.611Z

The person comes across as whiny and needy in the article.

A place holder job at Starbucks is something to be grateful for.

Must come across in an interview too.

Nemesis · 2022-09-23T12:40:18.006Z

SixFoot:

Nemesis:

Outliers can always be found. He is not necessarily representative of all. Plus he is on Tik-Tok! Nuff said.

He’s not an outlier, he’s typical of people my age.

And cos I am not of that age I will defer to you.

SixFoot · 2022-09-23T12:41:59.892Z

Two things define the American Millennial:

Eating ass
Earning useless degrees

TheRedComet · 2022-09-23T12:53:26.455Z

We are a very unimpressive generation.

Janet_Miller · 2022-09-23T12:55:27.594Z

Doesn’t Starbucks offer tuition assistance through the online program of a particular university?

Maybe the Tik Tok poster in the original post can use it to earn an MBA.

Liberty323 · 2022-09-23T13:01:24.714Z

thinkingman:

Samm:

Eagle-Keeper:

A BS/BA is Biology is almost as useless as a BA in Psychology.

Yes, the hard sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, etc., generally require an advanced degree to find good employment right out of college.

He shoulda majored in Civil or Mechanical Engineering where not even a Masters is needed to find a good job as long as one becomes Registered as a PE.

good choice

and the PE may not even be necessary. depends on the company or if contracting etc

For a lot of places you can be an “engineering tech” until you pass the PE.

Janet_Miller · 2022-09-23T13:02:34.574Z

I don’t think so.

And of those who fit that description, some have some overly indulgent parents.

I have a second cousin who, last I heard, lived in NoCal but may be living in Washington now. This kid was pampered growing up in not just private school, but French language immersion private school.

He earned a degree in something like Sports Marketing only to discover that’s a very competitive field.

I’m not even sure he has a job at Starbucks now, hey, that’s better than nothing. His indulgent parents want him to “get a graduate degree in something more marketable “, which is total nonsense.

This kid is outgoing & speaks several languages. He could easily get real estate broker licensure or work as a travel agent or flight attendant, but his donors would rather have a kept man.

Oh well. There are some young people doing the best they can, I think most are, really.

WuWei · 2022-09-23T13:07:41.423Z

Camp:

It keeps kids of wealthy families busy for decades chasing advanced degrees and temporary post doc positions at universities around the world.

Self-licking ice cream cone.

WuWei · 2022-09-23T13:08:44.283Z

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SixFoot · 2022-09-23T13:09:17.234Z

Yeah, you’re telling me!

WuWei · 2022-09-23T13:09:41.689Z

Do we really believe this numbnuts has a degree in biology?

SixFoot · 2022-09-23T13:12:16.543Z

TheRedComet:

We are a very unimpressive generation.

Very unimpressive, although that’s going to be key when our generation is raising its grandchildren.

About 1 in 3 are as efficient as the word gets.

WuWei · 2022-09-23T21:11:31.261Z

Organic intellectual baristas

AmusedObserver · 2022-09-23T22:02:34.573Z

thinkingman:

maybe major in something useful instead of some feel-good virtue-signalling lefty ass woke stupid horsecrap

Biology is “feel-good virtue-signalling lefty ass woke stupid horsecrap”? Congratulations, that’s probably the stupidest thing to be posted on the internet today. Not just this forum, the entire Internet.