Will you further your degree from school, or learn a new skill after college?

[Wexnident]

I'd only continue furthering my education if I was chasing a major degree. If not then I'd be better off working and studying new skills both at the same time so that I can one, increase my investment portfolio if possible and two, increase the possible sources of income one can have. That doesn't mean that in the first case you can't stop studying though, just that a major degree can bring you bigger job opportunities in the long run.

It ultimately depends on what you want to do though, efficiency would only come once you have a solid idea or goal of what you want to be in the future. Both paths lead to you being able to build up your wealth anw as long as done properly, it's just a matter of "how".

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[bittraffic]

Two college degree means the person really multiple interests. Some people discover thier passion late like 10 years after graduating from Business they suddenly have an interest in becoming a doctor. If he just learned his passion for curing and nursing patients, he likely wouldn't take a business degree.

It really is not a problem also if after graduating in business, he pursues a master of business administration (MBA).

But having multiple degrees and then starting again with another degree, then this guy will end up as a MASTER OF NONE.

[Dickiy]

What will be your advice to two friends who have just finished from college, one is considering furthering her education in the degree she has gotten from college, the other says she has learnt enough from school and rather than looking to further her education in the degree she has gotten from school, she is considering learning a good skill that she considers will be highly sort after. If it will cost roughly the same amount of money for the both of them to go with what they like and both choices are prospective, who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

If asked who do you support among them? Of course, I answered that I would support both of them because judging by the decisions they made for their own development, they both aim to develop themselves in different ways and maybe they have studied and analyzed what things they will go through to achieve their goals, especially in the learning stage. The advice that I give whatever their decision on the path of life they take, I hope they are consistent and disciplined in achieving their goals.

[Mauser]

It's a bit hard to give a detailed recommendation without knowing more about them, their field of studies and where their interest are. Let's say you really like the college atmosphere, studying a lot and writing papers, than I would recommend you go for a higher eduction. Getting a PhD only makes sense if you have a passion in the field and like to study. Getting a higher qualification only with the goal to get a better job later than it's not the best move in my opinion. There is only a small fraction of jobs where a PhD is really necessary to get the job, in most fields getting work experience is much better. You can be the best qualified and educated person, if you have 0 work experience it's going to be hard to get a good job. My advice would be to find the area you want to work in later in life and work towards that goal. Get the necessary work experience when you are young and don't be afraid to switch career paths if it helps your long term goal.

[Ultegra134]

This will depend on your goal and dreams in life, many still push to learn more and that’s good for them while the others are already contented and don’t want to spend another years in school, they tend to try something new and many succeed on this as well.

Agree. Further education is the right choice if you want to get a job that requires more education. For example, once you want to be a lecturer, it mostly requires a master's degree. So, it is not enough if you only pass a bachelor's degree, you must continue further education. But if you feel bored educating at university and eager to get a direct job after finishing a bachelor's degree, it is better to learn some skills that can ease you to finding a job. So, both are the right options, depending on the ambition/goal.

Depending on your country of residence, a bachelor's degree isn't enough. I don't know the situation in the USA for instance, but here chances are that a bachelor's degree is likely to provide you with a slightly above minimum wage job in your field. Education has no limit, technology is rapidly evolving, and we need to constantly be on the move. I'm now finishing a master's in digital transformation, but I'm also planning on completing a data analyst course.

What I realize in life is that, you can a learn a lot of things outside the school so better to explore it more and have a determination to succeed, many billionaires today didn’t even finish their college so I guess this is not all about your school education, but more on experiences.

Don't get inspired by success stories, because there are thousand others that have failed following that path.

[Flexystar]

I think higher education is very important in the current era. The world revolves around talent and skills these days but they need to be higher forms to overcome the competitions and also stand out of the crowd.

The problem with school skills is little off the track. School isn’t the place where they teach specialised subjects or give skill set viable to sustain the career in private sector or even government sectors. Schools are mostly basics and also mixture of various topics and subjects.

However, higher education can prosper the knowledge to such level it gives us tactics to specialised experimentation to survive in the real work environment.

The only exception case would be if they are highly talented to grasp surrounding quickly and are going into the business right after the school. Not everyone can do that easily. So better think twice for any diversions.

[Pokapoka124]

It depends on whether the person has found purpose in that career or field his/her college education has prepared them for. Bagging a dozen degrees doesn’t guarantee success in life  In my country, the field of study is usually decided by parents even before the child is born, the choice is already made for you and it’s always one of these three options; A doctor, lawyer, or Engineer…anything else is considered a disappointment. People who go through this route end up working at a job they hate and feel miserable doing it because they have no passion for it. It takes guts to defy the status quo and do what you love. My advice to anyone choosing a career path is look inward and find your “WHY”, when you do that, you will find a career that suits your God given gift.

[Lizzylove1]

Let the one that want to continue with her education do so, and not be discouraged, maybe it's her destiny, and let the one that want to learn a skill not be discouraged to doing so. As for me, I will rather learn a skill than going back to school. I learned every necessary skill I am now using to make money from my home with just my computer. I should have started learning skill earlier.

[Cryptomultiplier]

If I had the chance to go back to college, and read the course I read all over again, am very sure i would opt to learn a new skill after graduation. The economy right now doesn't favor those that have studied a non-professional course. Wherebeit, one has to relearn a job description inorder to fit into a field or office.
On the other hand, those that have a skill have the advantage of working for themselves while having the ability yo increase their income as they gain more experience with a seeming easy progression.

[chaser15]

What will be your advice to two friends who have just finished from college, one is considering furthering her education in the degree she has gotten from college, the other says she has learnt enough from school and rather than looking to further her education in the degree she has gotten from school, she is considering learning a good skill that she considers will be highly sort after. If it will cost roughly the same amount of money for the both of them to go with what they like and both choices are prospective, who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

Why should we give them advice? Let them decide on their own what path they will choose.

We are not in a place to give advice or suggestions but rather support them in what will they do because either of the options is both good depending on how they will work on it on the way.

Just give them a nice saying of good luck and show them some support on their respective decision.

[Findingnemo]

What will be your advice to two friends who have just finished from college, one is considering furthering her education in the degree she has gotten from college, the other says she has learnt enough from school and rather than looking to further her education in the degree she has gotten from school, she is considering learning a good skill that she considers will be highly sort after. If it will cost roughly the same amount of money for the both of them to go with what they like and both choices are prospective, who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

I will say NO, don't waste your time on getting those degrees because its actually useless probably can give a job if you are from a high grade college in decent company but you only persist in the job only with the skills and honestly the degrees aren't giving the knowledge they just teach something which we don't really apply anywhere in the real world. So better focus on learning a new skill or related to the degree you completed so it will help getting the job as well as excell in it.

[Hamphser]

What will be your advice to two friends who have just finished from college, one is considering furthering her education in the degree she has gotten from college, the other says she has learnt enough from school and rather than looking to further her education in the degree she has gotten from school, she is considering learning a good skill that she considers will be highly sort after. If it will cost roughly the same amount of money for the both of them to go with what they like and both choices are prospective, who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

They are the ones who do really need to make up such decision because they are the ones who do need to choose on whats best for them.If one of them had decided to get further courses then its his/here choice

and if someone do choose on getting other skills then its his choice.But the thing which others been mentioning earlier that having a degree or skills cant guarantee success ahead.

It would always matter on how you do make use of your intellect and knowledge on various things which we do know that it could not really give out that kind of assurance.
There's no way that we could see on whats our future but at least we do have the idea on which path we would go.

[isaac_clarke22]

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For your #1 friend, it really depends actually such as the industry that she will be working on. Here in my country, pushing through Master's Degree would be beneficial to some courses like IT where it would lead to a more "higher" position especially in the government jobs. Other industries might be or might be not.

For your #2 friend, if she would pursue to be a freelancer, then it would be a great help plus the cost would be a bit lower since resources for learning skills out there are almost free. If we would put web dev skills for example, you could just watch plenty of tutorials and do your own project then google the rest for almost free of charge.

Both of your friends are already fine in the first place since they are both degree holder, now it all just depends on "what" are they going to pursue.

[Gozie51]

who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

I will advise both of them. For the one that is wanting to further her education from the degree she had, I would ask her if the field is a lucrative field because that is to be considered. This time around the economy is thriving from certain field and so studying courses related to that field will be beneficial. And for the other that want to learn skill, this is a superb thinking and if the background you have is a lucrative field then learn skill related to it so that you will have advantage and learn faster.

[dothebeats]

I already have a degree and a masters, and would still love to earn one for a different field that I can use to integrate on what I want to do later down the line. I don't learn that much when it comes to solo learning, so I guess it'll be hard for me to pick up a new skill that I can make money off. True that is way cheaper and more flexible than going back to college, but not everyone is capable of learning things by themselves. Also, I am quite okay financially so I think I can fund my college degree if I want to. Luckily, I do not live in the US where college is extremely expensive, and so I think I'll go back to college if given the chance (and time).

[TimeTeller]

who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

I will advise both of them. For the one that is wanting to further her education from the degree she had, I would ask her if the field is a lucrative field because that is to be considered. This time around the economy is thriving from certain field and so studying courses related to that field will be beneficial. And for the other that want to learn skill, this is a superb thinking and if the background you have is a lucrative field then learn skill related to it so that you will have advantage and learn faster.

It depends on the goal of the person himself. But in my case, I would further get masters or doctorate degree.
The chances are different but if you want to hone your skills, you can always opt to this path.
There is no absolute answer to this anyway, because it depends on your ultimate mission in life.
Where do you think you can find your passion? Because finding your passion will give you better satisfaction in life.
Because everyone has their own calling, and so this aspect varies from person to person.

[nurilham]

I will say NO, don't waste your time on getting those degrees because its actually useless probably can give a job if you are from a high grade college in decent company but you only persist in the job only with the skills and honestly the degrees aren't giving the knowledge they just teach something which we don't really apply anywhere in the real world. So better focus on learning a new skill or related to the degree you completed so it will help getting the job as well as excell in it.

People who continue their education to get a higher degree should have a strong reason. It is surely about the job that they want to pursue after graduation. Some jobs/professions require a higher degree, sometimes it becomes the main requirement. In my country, you usually need to get a master's degree to get a specific job such as lecturer, consultant, cyber security, or software engineering. But I don't know in other countries, the job requirements can be different. I know a country like Japan doesn't really care about degree but they more focus on the skills, but in my country the degree is still necessary too.

[odunybiz]

What will be your advice to two friends who have just finished from college, one is considering furthering her education in the degree she has gotten from college, the other says she has learnt enough from school and rather than looking to further her education in the degree she has gotten from school, she is considering learning a good skill that she considers will be highly sort after. If it will cost roughly the same amount of money for the both of them to go with what they like and both choices are prospective, who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

Learning a skill along side with ones education seems to be better. This will serve as a plan B for someone especially in a developing country like Nigeria. Alot of people survive after school here in Nigeria with the skills they have previously learnt.

[BitcoinPanther]

I will say NO, don't waste your time on getting those degrees because its actually useless probably can give a job if you are from a high grade college in decent company but you only persist in the job only with the skills and honestly the degrees aren't giving the knowledge they just teach something which we don't really apply anywhere in the real world. So better focus on learning a new skill or related to the degree you completed so it will help getting the job as well as excell in it.

People who continue their education to get a higher degree should have a strong reason. It is surely about the job that they want to pursue after graduation. Some jobs/professions require a higher degree, sometimes it becomes the main requirement. In my country, you usually need to get a master's degree to get a specific job such as lecturer, consultant, cyber security, or software engineering. But I don't know in other countries, the job requirements can be different.

True master's degree and PHD is needed for higher position.  So most graduates plan to get a master's degree in order to improve their career and have a better chance to be hired in high paying positions.  And those who look for another degree seems to have given up on their current education probably because they know they have little chance of success on that field.  So for them getting a new set of education will give them more option to get hired.

I know a country like Japan doesn't really care about degree but they more focus on the skills, but in my country the degree is still necessary too.

My country is also giving high salary to those who have high education such as master's degree and Phd.  Our country gives more priority to education than skills.  The worst thing is, education plus backer is more prioritized than education + skill.  So in my country as long a person have good backer, he will get the job or promotion than the person with high skills and education but no backer at all.

[agustina2]

What will be your advice to two friends who have just finished from college, one is considering furthering her education in the degree she has gotten from college, the other says she has learnt enough from school and rather than looking to further her education in the degree she has gotten from school, she is considering learning a good skill that she considers will be highly sort after. If it will cost roughly the same amount of money for the both of them to go with what they like and both choices are prospective, who would you advice to reconsider, and who would you encourage to continue?

What they believed is right, what they believed is the best thing to do, what they believed they will grow their careers, - push on that goal.

We don't actually have to give them what to choose from. Only they know what to choose because they know their own capabilities.

It's always good to learn new skills after college but sometimes, there is a person that truly wants to pursue their original goals why in the first place, they choose that said course during their college days.