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

[Queentoshi]

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?

[Hydrogen]

There are no college courses devoted towards acquiring assets and building wealth. Which is a major focus for most hungry and ambitious youth. Most would benefit financially from abandoning higher education asap to pursue being licensed as a real estate broker. That appears to be the most popular entry level path for aspiring millionaires/billionaires who lack an engineering, vocational or science background. Of course there are always exceptions where some might need to complete their university branch study as an important and necessary life goal. Although it could a rarity in this day and age given how most high paying jobs have swung back towards skilled labor in tech and other industries. There isn't much point to university unless its to pursue a skilled labor degree.

Most would do better building a social media, onlyfans or youtube presence than they would pursuing a liberal arts major in college. There aren't many courses which cover this process. There is a question of how cost effective university courses can be considering there may not be much if any increase in salary that comes from most curriculum courses.

[Zlantann]

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?

Everybody would not have a Post Graduate Degree and not everybody would be an artisan or entrepreneur. Choosing a career is based on individual passion and interest. Each field of profession have their entry or employment requirements. It is important to identify the skills and qualification required for the career you want to pursue and get them. Like for those that have passion to lecture in the university, it is advisable for them to pursue a Masters Degree and even a PhD. But others that are interested in maybe blockchain technology might not need any form of certification because the only requirement might just be to acquire the skills.
 

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?

As long as they have interest and passion for the path they have chosen, I would advice them to continue pursuing their goals. The truth is that the focus shouldn't be about how much one can earn from a job, but how much fulfillment and impact one can get or make from that particular profession. Every skill or profession is important, therefore no one should discourage anybody from pursuing a particular career because we feel that it is not high paying or important.   



     

[noorman0]

All back to ambition. In my environment, people are pursuing a bachelor's degree only to participate in the selection to enter government agencies and as bonded workers in companies.

Considering today is a different era where people prefer to start a self-business or work as freelancers, academic degrees are starting to be less important for private companies especially if you have a good portfolio especially technology based. That is, the embedded capabilities are more future prospects.

[Plaguedeath]

There's nothing wrong to choose to take further degree from school or learn a new skill since it depends on the choice of each person, I wouldn't give any advice when it's talking about education because it's wrong if you choose your education based on people opinion. You're the one who will take further of your degree from school, not the person who give you advice. I think it will be better if your friend can learn time management and do both.

[Frankolala]

I will do both, so that I can have vast knowledge. Both of them are important. Furthering your education doesn't mean you can not learn a skill.

First of all,I will learn the skill which might last for 2yrs after that, I will further my education. This will help me when in school, I can also render services to people around or even my fellow students in the area that needs service in my skill field.

These days in my area,parents are sending their children to school,after school when they are back, they send the children to the place where they have already registered them to learn a skill. When schools are on vacation, these children learning skill will be fully engaged to their workshops

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

The question to first ask yourself is what have you done or achieved with the first degree you had? The world is just revolving round about the same axis because we have failed to set the right priority, a graduate will spend four to five years in the university without having a practical application of these acquired knowledge, we need to have skills to learn along with our academic qualifications in other to make a balance of it all, it has been found that graduates couldn't exercise the theoretical aspect of what they have learnt in school in real life, both having a blend of both educational qualification and skills acquisition is the best and will make available more open opportunities for graduates.

[bakasabo]

If I understand situation correctly, then I would choose to continue education after school and go to college to get a bachelor degree. This will be a minimum necessary to get a more or less good job. And only after receiving a real life experience from using skill that I've got from school and college (because what we study there is just information from books and other sources, while real life experience is much different), I would consider getting MBA or higher education. I consider having period of real life working experience is a must, because it helps to understand what person wants in future, what is demanded, which skills are necessary and which are not.

[Zaguru12]

It all bows down to everyone's determination. Although majority of the youths in this current generation value more wealth than status so acquiring skills like coding work for them. But for people looking to gain status they go further in there education persuit. They are also people who are determined to be the best in there field or are determined to study a specialized course which might either be lacking in there community and the specialized the course the higher the pay and the higher the position in a place of work.

Even if skilled people finally establish a work they still need people with knowledge to do some certain works. Clear example is contract works are given to notable Engineers (this are people with higher degrees) while Artesian's do the work.

So my advice everyone should prioritize his own ambition but having both isn't bad

[Majestic-milf]

The both choices are noble and very important. But its better to go for that which would make one valuable to economy. Those who are pursuing degrees, I'm not saying it's bad or something but looking at where I come from, they are looked down on and if there's no nepotism at work, there'd be scarcely any job available for them and as such, these individuals become what the government need to " settle".

 Skills put you on a pedestal and set you apart from the average individual and personally, I'd take learning a skill over getting a degree because I could still get that degree after having established something for myself.

[xSkylarx]

It depends, that is what I could say because only some of the time do we need a degree, and not all the time do we need new skills. I belong to a third-world country. I would say that degree is important here because most job here requires a degree from a school, that is why I am having difficulty applying for a job in my own country, now let's go for skills, it is known here that in other countries mostly first world they don't care about your school background or you have a degree (but still its a plus to them if you have it) as long as you possess the skills that they need to improve their company. Let's take an example, let's say a programmer job, you have a degree on it and still stay on old languages (I will not mention what language this is), then couldn't hire you because you don't possess the new language or skills that can compete in today's technology; otherwise, if you have skills on it, you will be getting hired even if you haven't had a degree. Overall I will still say still it depends on the situation and place; if you want to get into government, then go for a degree but if you want to proceed to other stacks like NGOs or private sectors or other companies, then go for skill but still takes a lot of time on you and patience.

[JoyMarsha]

With what the world is turning into education is no longer enough to survive in a given country. Having a skill is what people are using to survive. Every one of us has ambitions in life. People are just doing what will favour and be of help to them in the future

Graduates are learning skills after they must graduate from school, and undergraduates going back to school after they must have learned a skill first. There is no late time for someone to be educated or learn a skill.

[Inwestour]

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?

Everything is very individual, and it will be right if everyone chooses for himself what is best for her. Education is very important for getting a good job, but if a person feels that she has the strength to invest her time in a cause that can turn into something more, then this is the choice of each person. You need to believe in yourself and achieve your goals, this is important and possible.

[kro55]

Advice is that both should continue with their choice and passion, no one is wrong here. If your job requires a higher degree, then it is absolutely right for you to continue your studies at the school, if your job does not require a degree but requires a different skill, then you cannot choose like your friend, you must equip yourself with the right skills for your job.

Many people say that today's degree is not so important, this is also true but not entirely true, there are still many companies that require a degree when applying for a job, and especially for high positions such as director, manager...If you have the conditions, studying is necessary, but if your finances are limited, you should find another more suitable solution.

[Iroh]

Acquiring a skill cannot be overemphasized. The world we live in is changing quickly and drastically. A college degree is good and furthering your education is also great.
But in this ever changing times we live in today, a college education will only get you so far. And that’s why we need to acquire a basic skill to add to your degree.

A skill is an added advantage when applying for any job and employees look out for applicants with skills. Having a relevant skill would greatly increase your chances when applying for jobs and there’s no loss in acquiring a skill.

[el kaka22]

I would definitely suggest learning another skill after college, in fact keep on learning something new every few years. How could you do that? They say in order to be masters of a thing you need to spend 10 thousand hours on it, if we spend 5 hours per day (give or take there will be some days missing) on something that means 2000 days which is about over 5 years to be master, and I mean literally be a master at it. That means if you spend about 6-7 years, you will become a master in that field.

If you graduate at 22, and start learning something at 23, you will be a master at it when you are 30, and you can learn another thing and be a master at 37, and another right after makes it 44 and another at 50. So by the time you are 50 years old, you are not just "I know how to do it" but literally "I am an expert at it and very few people are better than me" on 4 things + whatever you learned in college. That will make you rich for sure, not many people are masters at that many things.

[gabbie2010]

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 is better after her college program companies are searching for skill based employees especially programming skill jobs which is one of the most sought after job globally, once she acquires any of those skills coupled with her college certificate she would be gainfully employed within the shortest period of time starting from an Intern to a Junior developer before becoming an expert which comes with time and experience, though furthering her education might afford her the opportunity to become a lecturer or other post graduate based career, however the opportunities in former option outweigh that of the latter.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

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?

It's really hard to answer though: but from what I have learn from my parents, and this is there advise,

"invest in yourself"

So it means you should go to college and learn things theoretically and then learn form life experiences. Easy choice for me, here, just to go to school. And if you have something, then no one can take that away from you.

[darkangel11]

It depends on whether your friends would like to work in the field that their college education prepared them for.
If I spend 3 years studying to be a lawyer and liked it, I'd continue in the same field for another few years and try to become better, but if my dream was to be a mechanic, I'd go and learn that.
What you learn should first and foremost be what you really like, not what you can find a job at. If you work in a place that you hate it's going to destroy you. It's much better to do a job that requires not much skill like mowing lawns but study what you love in the meantime than get a well paid job that you hate.

[Rengga Jati]

It would depend on what he would do afterward. He should have had various plans after graduation, whether to continue school or not. We in this group don't really understand his condition and what he really wants. If he himself was still confused, then it would be better to rethink the good and the bad.
If indeed he has a goal and it requires a higher degree, then he may need to continue to a higher level. Besides, can't he upgrade his skills as well, right? Even though this is a bit of a hassle, it can still be managed. However, if he doesn't have a definite goal after continuing the course, why would he do it? Wouldn't it be better to save money for other things? So, this will depend on what goals he actually wants in the future.

I can't say if continuing is better, or upgrading knowledge and skills is better. Because I'm not in his position and I don't know what his real goal is.