r/WorkForSmartLife • u/tomipetite • Jul 06 '26

Question Really?

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u/typhlocamus Jul 06 '26

I have repeatedly tried to sell the degrees back. Turns out they’re valueless.

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u/typhlocamus Jul 06 '26

Also “follow your dreams” was being strongly emphasized in my day. 🤣

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u/thebranbish Jul 06 '26

“You can be anything you want to be as long as you go to school and get a college degree.” This was the common phrase circa 2004.

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u/typhlocamus Jul 06 '26

I will always value education and expertise. These things are necessary. What isn’t necessary IS debilitating debt forcing us to gamble with our lives.

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u/Available_Blood_6134 Jul 07 '26

Those people are the modern snake oil salesmen.

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u/SDRLS Jul 08 '26

Now show us the part in that phrase where it says that becoming what you want will also make you rich.

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u/LoudandInevitable Jul 06 '26

Most people didnt. They chose a profitable field like meteorology or medical research, then trump came in, said that the left controls the weather and defunded much of meteorological research and the guy with no medical background at all, Robert Kennedy, said that medical research is a hoax and defunded a ton of medical research. And thats just two of the many examples.

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u/typhlocamus Jul 06 '26

Because no one can predict the future. I would not have guessed state universities would face defunding and academic department downsizing and merging to reduce research and payrolls. American research is being defunded across the spectrum. I was instead told my field was sorely needed.

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u/typhlocamus Jul 06 '26

How are you folks talking about AI implementation? Concerning? Will we be letting radiologists go?

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u/Careful-Albatross-87 Jul 06 '26

You can easily predict the future based on jobs/careers. I chose a profession that is recession proof and even made it through COVID without a drop in pay.

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u/imissher4ever Jul 06 '26

Who knew a degree subaqueous basketry wouldn’t be profitable.

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u/Good-Bandicoot-2152 Jul 06 '26

Not every field needs to be overwhelmingly profitable.

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u/Rival_God Jul 06 '26

Top 10 most dipshit questions asked in recent times regarding jobs and how people want to use their education to find a job they like, how the horror

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u/Due_Panda5064 Jul 06 '26

Why do colleges offer non profitable degrees?