RE: The Old Dog Asks: Is College or University The Only, The Better Way? What About Apprenticeships?
Great post! I reside in the USA and the environment here seems to be that a degree is becoming more important for a larger percentage of jobs. The most interesting thing about this is that I was predict that there are many more job opportunities than prior that simply require a degree, but not necessarily in that specific feild. Of course for many jobs such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, ect. a college study of that subject is important, but for Fields such as sales, management, general business the nature of the study in college is much less important.
One of the biggest thriving industries within the US is computer engineering, programming, and general computer related fields, and friends have expressed that these fields are much more interested in an individuals skills and abilities rather than their education. In my opinion, unless an individual is planning to enter into a computer field a degree of some form is still very important for securing many jobs.
There is also still a relatively high demand for manual labor and trade workers, which can turn out to be high paying and steady jobs. Trade school is still currently a viable option, but with the advancement of robotic and AI technology, I predict that the demand for trade labor will steeply fall in the upcoming years.
Great comment thanks for the input.
I have a friend who is at the highest level as an accountant and he did it through an apprenticeship and then some evening courses. My nephew has the equivalent title through University and night school courses. I think that perhaps here are a few more options.
The interesting thing is that after an apprenticeship program one can still go to college. Different roads to choose from.
Thanks for chiming in!
This is an interesting misunderstanding: "One of the biggest thriving industries within the US is computer engineering, programming, and general computer related fields".
What is happening is just that information technology is entering almost any field of industry, so you need that skills almost everywhere. But is not that this is the new industry: this is just being part of the common skills required in almost all jobs.
In the very near future, to say "I don't speak computers" could be like saying "I don't know how to power the light in my room".
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