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

[Davidvictorson]

Learning a new skill could entail going back to college to further your education. Anyways this is dependent on the personal and professional goals of the individual. Some of these goals may require one to return to the four walls of a tertiary institution while some others may require the individual not to...both requires discipline, time and dedication. So like I said, it all depends on what the goal(s) of the individual may be.

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[KingsDen]

If any of your friends want to study professional courses that will make them become lawyer, doctor, pilot, engineer etc. They should further their education to achieve that. But if they are studying any other random courses like mass communication, business administration, computer science etc. They should go for in demand skill instead. Someone can learn programming in code camps, some mass communicators did go to tertiary institutions but they are making big money.

Finally, my advice is highly subjective to the country you are and how effective is education in the country.

[Silberman]

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.

Everyone has their own views about how to live their lives, but at least to me when it comes to their education people need to really think about what kind of job they can get once they are done with it, after all education is not only time consuming but very expensive in many countries, so more than anything your college education is no longer about what you may like to do for the rest of your life but what kind of salary you can get out of it.

[crwth]

It depends on the person's future wants and plans because that would be regarding the path he is creating for himself. It will be a hard decision if they don't know what he wants in the future. I hope it will be fruitful for your friends because that's their future. It is making sure to know what will happen or what he will do.

I'm always going to be a go for education, whether it's related to the track they had in college, as long as it's going to be beneficial and suitable for them.

[sulendra12]

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 skill are we talking about here?

If that means going to college again but with another degree to actually learn that skill then it's a bit waste IMO. I'd prefer the second person just work after graduating from college to build up the experience for better job in the future. Most of the job requires you to have 2 or more years for skill that is required for that job so it's just better to go to work for that matter and then go to another "skill" if you want to for better job and pays.

[Maidak]

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.

Not really, it depends on the job and the goals you are pursuing. It is true that there are some jobs that sometimes will not be able to apply the knowledge taught in school. But there are also jobs, people with extensive knowledge will always grasp and absorb faster than those without basic or theoretical knowledge. And if you work in a state-owned company, then to get to the top positions of the company, they not only ask for your skills, but they also require higher qualifications such as masters and doctorates. Both girls in this case are right, there is no mistake in choosing because their goals are different.

[Inwestour]

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.

At work, it is your skills and experience that will be valued, but without a higher education, they will not want to hire you. It may even be a higher education not in the specialty, but it should still be. I looked at a lot of vacancies and if you want to get a good salary, then higher education in this case will be mandatory. Perhaps there are some exceptions, but I do not know of such examples.

[Taskford]

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?

Tell your friends that never explore risky things if you are not sure about your future, use your degree first to get a job which can give you a convenient life then after you get enough savings then you could choose to learn new skill and test out what new things you learned if this will work for you because if you succeed on it then this will give you a huge success to get out on stressful 9-5 jobs. But if you fail you still have safety net since your job will help you not to get broke.

[Agbe]

In Nigeria, the government and the lecturers are even doubting the education given to the students in the school system. When they, the students are University, there is a general course called, entrepreneur where different skills and skill acquisitions are taught and learned. Then after school that is when you have graduated from University, you used one year to serve the country as a corps member, even in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) they still taught you still acquisitions again, yet the youths can not use all these training to do anything, that means there is some wrong in the whole system, that had to addressed first before the youth can utilize those skills in a meaningful way.
Upon all that, skill is more preferable to further the education because after all the degrees you will acquired in the country, you will see no where to work. 

[bitgolden]

I agree that it’s a personal thing for each person and not one set answer. Some people would be great learning by themselves and using them accordingly, some people would be a great academic and they would shine in a school situation. I have a friend who is a professor right now and he is doing amazingly, put him in a business situation and he would fail miserably, I also know many business people who failed at school as well.

So, this is not really a question that could be answered in a single situation, it would require you to end up with something much better. I know that it’s not that simple yet, but it should be a bit of a trouble in the long run if you pick the wrong thing.

[romero121]

Completely personal choice, but having a degree and more other skills seems to be good and paves path in getting a job with ease. These days every employer looks for the person with the required skills, however the degree stands as the eligibility criteria and the skills serve as the requirements. Learning and keeping ourselves updated to the development happening around is good, but degree adds more value to what you've learnt.

[_BlackStar]

I like the field of economics for the study program in my education at school. I continued my studies for this course of study but unfortunately it was not for long. The family's economic limitations forced me to give up and couldn't finish my studies for an economics study program, but since I'm still relatively young for a student, I have plans to continue again when my economy is ready.

Educational background is very helpful to have formal job, but I don't think this will always matter because formal jobs tend not to pay wages commensurate with the consequences of the work and the demands of the rules. I thought it would be good to have bachelor's degree, but the lack of job opportunities made me start to hesitate to continue this education. Maybe will think some good things about the business and gain some skills for my online activities including content creator or crypto trading and investing. Now this option is more promising than formal job with all kinds of centralized rules.

[2stout]

I believe it all depends on where you land after college.  If you are making a decent salary in your field, enjoy it, and getting an advanced degree will significantly increase your earning potential, then yes, I could see one further their degree from school.  If you aren't making money in your field and hate it, then I could see one learning a new skill.

[CageMabok]

I believe it all depends on where you land after college.  If you are making a decent salary in your field, enjoy it, and getting an advanced degree will significantly increase your earning potential, then yes, I could see one further their degree from school.  If you aren't making money in your field and hate it, then I could see one learning a new skill.

What I have seen so far in my place is very few people who hate the field of lectures or schools they take when they want to go to college or school. Because it has been carefully considered the field they will take and they like before they apply to a particular campus or university or to a particular school. So there is no hate when someone has graduated in the field they have applied for before, although not all of them can immediately get a job after graduating from university or school.

[gantez]

Sometimes real work after school can be different from what we learn at school, skills development or other things, of course we must always do it, do not just focus on the fields or things we learn at school because I think many things we learn at school are only 10% or less than what is needed when working or business.

Our field of study don't determine what we finally decide doing in future. Experience of the life of many show this to us like I see many medical doctors not doing the health job but going to be doing other kind of jobs. Also the people studied art courses have ended up to diversify themselves into different kinds of work. What matters is two things and one is the passion we have. This passion sometimes is discovered in the middle of our lives that cause the switching to different area of work. Another is the reality of life or frustration if I can say that way. When the life expectation is not coming with the way that we have planned it, it can also change our work plans.

[mu_enrico]

If after college people still ask this kind of question, then our education especially higher education has failed us. After college, you should always try to implement your skills in the real world, yes by working. There's no point to be an expert in your school and getting trolled in the real world. From my experience, the sooner you get your hands dirty, the faster your progression in the real world. Also, it's easier to get employed if you have lesser education since the "overqualified" problem is real. Employers will be hesitant to accept highly educated people since (1) they usually demand higher salaries and (2) still have no practical skills. In other words, garbage

[nara1892]

I agree that it’s a personal thing for each person and not one set answer. Some people would be great learning by themselves and using them accordingly, some people would be a great academic and they would shine in a school situation. I have a friend who is a professor right now and he is doing amazingly, put him in a business situation and he would fail miserably, I also know many business people who failed at school as well.

So, this is not really a question that could be answered in a single situation, it would require you to end up with something much better. I know that it’s not that simple yet, but it should be a bit of a trouble in the long run if you pick the wrong thing.

Yes, this is indeed the choice of each individual, because according to them it is the path they prefer and they must take. They already have their own way of thinking and I'm afraid that any suggestions that come in will shake their beliefs and have a negative impact on the path they choose. They will definitely consider what they decide later. If I might be more supportive of his decision than having to advise on which path to choose, because that's basically what they need when making a decision. And I will give more advice to be more serious about what he chooses.

[Gozie51]

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.

It is just like the idea that I raised. Passion where it is not lucrative may also bring frustration at the end of the day. But passion in a lucrative field is already a plus. It is much as someone doing a job he has passion for already and getting paid for it. There are people who enjoy writing naturally and they working and getting paid in a media house where it is majorly about writing. An engineer that likes mathematics will see more joy doing mathematical works. So learning skills or furthering education in the area of interest and passion is a plus to success already.

[rahmad2nd]

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?

First of all, I'd like to ask him what he wants to do with the degree he currently has. after that, what does he want to do after getting a higher degree. what plans he wants to do in the future, if it's to pursue his brighter future with the degree he has and equal to his abilities. then I will encourage him, to continue his studies at a higher level.

For the second, I will not prevent him if he does not want to continue his studies. chances are, I'll ask him. what skills does he want and what are the prospects for the future, whether after getting the skills it gives him high space and opportunity to create decent jobs or can bring in income that is equivalent to the skills he gets. furthermore, the choice is theirs.

[Accardo]

Life is about decisions and every body has a unique dream and goal in life. However, the best idea is having a good skill then furthering your studies for another degree to back the skill. Students, infact, forget that school is not all about degree, building networks in school shouldn't be neglected.

Anybody, anywhere, in any school can gain a master's degree but the difference is the kind of network they gained in the school, if networking is forsaked the degree may not worth it. Many a persons further their studies to reach out to other like-minded students about their skills and ideas such that after the program they'll have projects to handle together and build wealth.

A person with a PHD in a particular skill who pursues a business will make good connections than a person without a PhD in the same business.