In the 80s college degrees meant a lot. Now everyone wants to dismiss your degree and they attempt to tell you how it doesn’t mean much. Everyone has a story about some dumbass at their company who has a Masters degree who can’t do the job they can while they only have a high school diploma or GED.
Frequently, you can’t get through the job hiring process without doing some assessment test.
For example:
Your co-worker Martin notices his paycheck is short so he steals some product to compensate for the shortage. He thinks his actions are justified.
Do you:
- Strongly Disagree
- Disagree
- Have no opinion
- Agree
- Strongly Agree
Those tests are worth more than four years of college? Try to refuse to do one and see if you can get the job. Write an email to HR and point out the degree on your resume and see how far you get.
I believe the degradation of the college degree is a conspiracy that corporations have used to pay lower wages. And just like with taxes and politics they get the average worker to repeat their talking points so that now if you try to tell someone you have a degree you are immediately hit with all those “I know a guy with a Masters who is a dumbass…” anecdotes.
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At least, from what I’ve read, a college degree is still valuable.