If being a graduate is the key to being wealthy, why are there poor graduates?

[poodle63]

Being a graduate is definitely the key, but it doesn't automatically make you wealthy. That key is more like a ticket, so you can open a door, and then you can join a certain competition that a non-graduate people can not join. The result of that competition whether you are winning or not will be determined by other factors, like your skills, ability, smartness, toughness, your effort, etc. Sure there is another key and door to join the competition, but it's so hidden and uncertain. Education, or being a graduate is the most certain way to get the key to join the competition of life.

definitely this, being a graduate is like the minimum requirements these days simply because there are many people that gained this degree and to have opportunity truly depends on ourselves.
I think the fact that there are people out there that could succeed starting out a business without graduating or with dropping themselves out is definitely admirable but we shouldn't swipe under the rug the fact that
there aren't many of them, the odd of us being one of them is slim, but there's definitely a chance.
but then again some people are just having that good of a connection and access to wealth that whether they get or not getting a degree doesn't matter that much.
i've seen plenty of people with such background, it depends on our own varying condition if we think we might need that advantage of getting into career that only graduates can enter
then I guess its worth to try. otherwise there are plenty ways to success but know that most of them gonna be tough and difficult way to take through.

[justdimin]

Being a graduate is definitely the key, but it doesn't automatically make you wealthy. That key is more like a ticket, so you can open a door, and then you can join a certain competition that a non-graduate people can not join. The result of that competition whether you are winning or not will be determined by other factors, like your skills, ability, smartness, toughness, your effort, etc. Sure there is another key and door to join the competition, but it's so hidden and uncertain. Education, or being a graduate is the most certain way to get the key to join the competition of life.

Education is very very important, but being educated and being graduate are not the same thing. If you studied and know what you are doing then you will definitely be good, that is how it happens and we should consider that as the most important part.

However, it is also important to remember that most people get a job with a diploma, unless it is totally unwanted one you will find a job even if it is not in your field because like that tv show once said you go to school not to learn it all, some people do, but you go there to show your potential employer that you have gone somewhere for 4 years, did tasks semi-ok enough to graduate and can be trusted. So that works for any business that doesn't require a diploma, but prefers one.

[Xcode7]

Being a graduate is definitely the key, but it doesn't automatically make you wealthy. That key is more like a ticket, so you can open a door, and then you can join a certain competition that a non-graduate people can not join. The result of that competition whether you are winning or not will be determined by other factors, like your skills, ability, smartness, toughness, your effort, etc. Sure there is another key and door to join the competition, but it's so hidden and uncertain. Education, or being a graduate is the most certain way to get the key to join the competition of life.

Education is very very important, but being educated and being graduate are not the same thing. If you studied and know what you are doing then you will definitely be good, that is how it happens and we should consider that as the most important part.

However, it is also important to remember that most people get a job with a diploma, unless it is totally unwanted one you will find a job even if it is not in your field because like that tv show once said you go to school not to learn it all, some people do, but you go there to show your potential employer that you have gone somewhere for 4 years, did tasks semi-ok enough to graduate and can be trusted. So that works for any business that doesn't require a diploma, but prefers one.

A diploma is legality or proof that we have studied or as proof that we already have knowledge.
It cannot be denied that in some countries, legality is quite necessary to get a job.
To compare people to be rich or poor based on the diploma or education they have completed is not fair, but what needs to be understood is that the percentage of people who get a job is much greater if they have a diploma.
I think that is enough to prove that education/diploma is important.

[sekalitas]

First off, I must say that Education is very good and i don't dispute the fact that it's very vital and necessary for human development, it can put you in a position to be successful no doubt but being a graduate is not a 100% guarantee for one to be very wealthy, one can be very sound academically but lack some basic skills of acquiring wealth. Also one can still have some good knowledge of certain skills but if there's no zeal or self confidence in earning a living through it then your education on those skills can be said to be a waste since you ain't making effort to earn from it.

 Also I've heard several people complain about having good grades, being 1st class graduates but find it difficult to secure good paying jobs, imagine someone struggling to achieve good grades in the university but find it difficult to earn a living and at the end settle for minor jobs while there are many dropouts with good skillsets as well as being creative and think outside the box, and are bosses of big organisations and companies.

 Well it's not basically about being educated or graduating with the best grades that makes you wealthy, it's about determination, being consistent and also persistent cause success and wealth are not achieved in one day or immediately after graduating. In as much as you have good grades, you must still improve your skills, not only job skills, marketing or management skills but your critical thinking and problem solving skills.

In my experience, there often exists a gap between the skills companies seek and those possessed by recent graduates. This can contribute to higher unemployment rates, especially in countries with a high graduate supply and fierce competition. Fresh graduates who lack relevant internship experience or job-specific skills can face significant challenges in finding employment.

This validates your earlier point: strong academic performance alone no longer guarantees success in the job market. The ability to identify and seize opportunities, regardless of educational background, is increasingly crucial for achieving career goals and financial stability.

[Z390]

Schooling is essential but knowledge is like no other, skills will always lead in everything, with skills you will triumph where others are failing,  it's so good to be educated, but making money is a different thing entirely,  having their degrees doesn't make you a millionaire automatically, you need to do something.

Bill gates and other billionaires are dropouts, they bring something new to the table, that's why you at the time of schooling it's better to be building something for yourself too, something that you have some much passion for, something the world could embrace.

Those who are making it big today are all builders, Elon musk, Mark, Bill and so on, they build something new and proceed from there, working under a company could do you good but there is nothing better than creativity on your own, build something new and hope that the world accepts it, then you are going to be on every billboards in the world.

[Mahanton]

Being a graduate is definitely the key, but it doesn't automatically make you wealthy. That key is more like a ticket, so you can open a door, and then you can join a certain competition that a non-graduate people can not join. The result of that competition whether you are winning or not will be determined by other factors, like your skills, ability, smartness, toughness, your effort, etc. Sure there is another key and door to join the competition, but it's so hidden and uncertain. Education, or being a graduate is the most certain way to get the key to join the competition of life.

Education is very very important, but being educated and being graduate are not the same thing. If you studied and know what you are doing then you will definitely be good, that is how it happens and we should consider that as the most important part.

However, it is also important to remember that most people get a job with a diploma, unless it is totally unwanted one you will find a job even if it is not in your field because like that tv show once said you go to school not to learn it all, some people do, but you go there to show your potential employer that you have gone somewhere for 4 years, did tasks semi-ok enough to graduate and can be trusted. So that works for any business that doesn't require a diploma, but prefers one.

A diploma is legality or proof that we have studied or as proof that we already have knowledge.
It cannot be denied that in some countries, legality is quite necessary to get a job.
To compare people to be rich or poor based on the diploma or education they have completed is not fair, but what needs to be understood is that the percentage of people who get a job is much greater if they have a diploma.
I think that is enough to prove that education/diploma is important.

It would really be your weapon on making yourself having at least the advantage compared to those who doesnt have the diploma if we do speak on getting those day job that everyone is really that diving into.
We do know that once we do make ourselves graduate then our first priority would really be getting a job and would be buying on the things that we are wishing for. Some might be having those early realizations that they
should really be getting a job and save up for the future. Some could be able to do so and some arent been able to secure out because they arent minding about the future and just making those acts on the time
that they are suffering on some problems.

Having a degree and diploma doesnt guarantee success, it would always be that depending on how well you do make yourself that handle on such condition on which
there are ones who do be able to build their financial status on the moment they have realized that investment and business would be the key
and there are some who cant think off such thing.

[wiss19]

We need to understand one thing that graduate degree doesn't automatically qualifies you for job and it's actually skills which makes one qualify for the job and I wouldn't like to share the examples Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg as even though they couldn't complete the education still they being successful but if you look at job post shared by these people for their organisation you will find they prefer graduates and

I think it depends on our school and the course that we get, as I also heard that some students can get a job immediately right after they graduate. This sounds great but unfortunately not all course are supported and maybe the school is not that good enough or their standards are too high. Anyway, the rest works like this > you need to apply for a job first, ensuring that you are qualified for their requirements and then you need to take an exam.

The higher the position the harder the exams will be and most of it can based on our knowledge. So, don't say that skills are only needed. It is, if we are talking something like a business because it's self-service.

[mindrust]

Having a college degree doesn't guarantee you anything. Many people get rich not because they graduated, it is because they are smarter than the others. If you are smart, you will quickly notice that they don't teach us anything about finance during our education. It is you who should show an effort to learn finance. Without knowing finance, you can't start a successful business and starting a good business is pretty much the best way to get rich. Smart business owners know how to evade their taxes legally, they know when to invest and when the liquidate assets. You can't learn any of these from the public education system. Not every student who studied finance is rich too and it is because even if you study finance at the college, they still don't teach you the critical information. They just want you to be smart enough to understand orders and dumb enough to stay an employee.

[hyudien]

Having a college degree doesn't guarantee you anything. Many people get rich not because they graduated, it is because they are smarter than the others. If you are smart, you will quickly notice that they don't teach us anything about finance during our education. It is you who should show an effort to learn finance. Without knowing finance, you can't start a successful business and starting a good business is pretty much the best way to get rich. Smart business owners know how to evade their taxes legally, they know when to invest and when the liquidate assets. You can't learn any of these from the public education system. Not every student who studied finance is rich too and it is because even if you study finance at the college, they still don't teach you the critical information. They just want you to be smart enough to understand orders and dumb enough to stay an employee.

I agree with you, indeed having a bachelor's degree cannot guarantee that we can get a decent job with a large amount of income because in my opinion smart companies are those that prioritize skills not background names or degrees. The same thing with having a diploma, in my opinion it is only a sign that we have studied, the rest after graduating from education we just start a real life, there are some who can indeed work because they have a degree or last name obtained from college, but according to having a job by relying on a degree it is the same if we do not have skills. If I have my own job opportunities, I will recruit people with skills, not degrees. Sometimes people with degrees even have a bad point of view from other people, honestly in my opinion school does not fully teach us how to make money, but teaches the material so that we can be smart, in my environment there are many high schools that guarantee after graduation will get a decent job, but the reality is good, for example from one school there are 100 students and those who work directly after graduation are not all just a small part, if based on intelligence it may be true that everyone will not be smart in the same field, but the certainty that the school provides sometimes becomes a community conflict when their children have graduated from school.

It's true what you said, the main problem in most people is finance, while school does not fully teach about finance, to be able to become rich it depends on ourselves, not depending on the degree we have. In my opinion, having a degree is only our additional surname which indicates that we have studied in college and seems to make us authoritative. But it doesn't guarantee to make us rich, of course to achieve wealth or financial freedom it depends on our hard work, if we don't work hard then it will be difficult to achieve wealth or financial freedom. I agree with you about being stupid enough to remain an employee.

[Sarah_Jannat42]

Graduating is not the key to getting rich from my point of view. You will observe around you that there are many rich people who may have not passed the stage of primary education. Again in society, it is also seen that the person who gets the first rank in graduation could not become rich or successful in life, on the other hand, the person who is last in graduation succeeds and becomes very rich. But why is it that you are a graduate or first in graduation, you have a lot of knowledge and yet you are not rich. It stands to reason that to be rich you have to be skilled. That is, whatever path you take to get rich, you must have some basic skills in that path, otherwise it is not possible to get rich. So it is not understood that a high degree is not enough to be rich what can make you rich is skill.

[dunfida]

Graduating is not the key to getting rich from my point of view. You will observe around you that there are many rich people who may have not passed the stage of primary education. Again in society, it is also seen that the person who gets the first rank in graduation could not become rich or successful in life, on the other hand, the person who is last in graduation succeeds and becomes very rich. But why is it that you are a graduate or first in graduation, you have a lot of knowledge and yet you are not rich. It stands to reason that to be rich you have to be skilled. That is, whatever path you take to get rich, you must have some basic skills in that path, otherwise it is not possible to get rich. So it is not understood that a high degree is not enough to be rich what can make you rich is skill.

Graduating or finishing up your studies is really just that the first step for you to make your move to be a successful person on which we do know that getting a day job nowadays is never been simple.
Competition is high in with those other graduates as well, you arent the only ones who do look for a job on which if we do consider on how many people been graduating in every year plus having those limited slots
when it comes to job vacancies then you would really be able to expect that there would really be overflowing of those people who do find or look for a job. So the competition is really that high
and it would really be that survival of the fittest for you to be chosen or would really be hired.

So it is really that a wrong to have that kind of mindset that finishing up studies would be the end line and you wont really be doing something more.
You are wrong. Sooner or later you would really be able to realize those things along the way and tell to yourself that you should really be making such action for you to be better.

[icalical]

Being a graduate is definitely the key, but it doesn't automatically make you wealthy. That key is more like a ticket, so you can open a door, and then you can join a certain competition that a non-graduate people can not join. The result of that competition whether you are winning or not will be determined by other factors, like your skills, ability, smartness, toughness, your effort, etc. Sure there is another key and door to join the competition, but it's so hidden and uncertain. Education, or being a graduate is the most certain way to get the key to join the competition of life.

Education is very very important, but being educated and being graduate are not the same thing. If you studied and know what you are doing then you will definitely be good, that is how it happens and we should consider that as the most important part.

However, it is also important to remember that most people get a job with a diploma, unless it is totally unwanted one you will find a job even if it is not in your field because like that tv show once said you go to school not to learn it all, some people do, but you go there to show your potential employer that you have gone somewhere for 4 years, did tasks semi-ok enough to graduate and can be trusted. So that works for any business that doesn't require a diploma, but prefers one.

A diploma is legality or proof that we have studied or as proof that we already have knowledge.
It cannot be denied that in some countries, legality is quite necessary to get a job.
To compare people to be rich or poor based on the diploma or education they have completed is not fair, but what needs to be understood is that the percentage of people who get a job is much greater if they have a diploma.
I think that is enough to prove that education/diploma is important.

So true, and I live in one of those country that still needs a diploma to get a job. I partly regret my decision to take English major and now all I get is quite useless English literature diploma, I took several courses of digital design and I have been working as graphic designer for years now, I have a lot of portfolios but still I cannot get a full-time job here, (I could but I will be paid a lot less that people who have related degree) . I only work as a freelancer and most of my freelance employer is from other countries, so yes having a diploma is still important part of getting a job in here and some other countries, it allows us to join in a certain competition.

[snowpega]

Because those graduated students have no skills that they can implement and earn money. I am also a graduate student and have done bachelor's science computer science and what I have learned so far is that until we don't have good skills we can not change our life or we will not see ourselves becoming rich. Learning skills are very important well I am not saying study is not important, but along with study focus on learning some skills that will help you to survive easily in real life. Through these skills you can make money.

If we see some rich people including Bill Gates who did also not get good grades in his studies but his interests made him the world's richest person he used to focus on his coding skills when his friends were playing around him but ignored all of them because he know he has to achieve his goals and today you can see him where he is how much he has earned from his skills. So focus on the skill more and less on study rather you can say study on your skills. That's my point.

[Maslate]

Having a college degree doesn't guarantee you anything. Many people get rich not because they graduated, it is because they are smarter than the others. If you are smart, you will quickly notice that they don't teach us anything about finance during our education. It is you who should show an effort to learn finance. Without knowing finance, you can't start a successful business and starting a good business is pretty much the best way to get rich. Smart business owners know how to evade their taxes legally, they know when to invest and when the liquidate assets. You can't learn any of these from the public education system. Not every student who studied finance is rich too and it is because even if you study finance at the college, they still don't teach you the critical information. They just want you to be smart enough to understand orders and dumb enough to stay an employee.

Having a college degree guarantees only that you will get a good job after schooling, but when it comes to managing your finances and becoming wealthy, that’s already within your potentials and of course skills in finances that makes you smarter and wiser in managing your business. However, even if you are not a graduate, these things can still be learned and developed if you have the eagerness to learn the process, but it will certainly take time and will definitely test your patience many times before you end up successful in your own business.

[Cookdata]

Also I've heard several people complain about having good grades, being 1st class graduates but find it difficult to secure good paying jobs, imagine someone struggling to achieve good grades in the university but find it difficult to earn a living and at the end settle for minor jobs while there are many dropouts with good skillsets as well as being creative and think outside the box, and are bosses of big organisations and companies.

 Well it's not basically about being educated or graduating with the best grades that makes you wealthy, it's about determination, being consistent and also persistent cause success and wealth are not achieved in one day or immediately after graduating. In as much as you have good grades, you must still improve your skills, not only job skills, marketing or management skills but your critical thinking and problem solving skills.

There is different between education and school and what we all went to is school because it's only school that tell you to work hard to become someone in the future and yet not guaranteed.
Education can be from formal way or informal way. You are in this platform for sometimes now and you understand one or two things about bitcoin through this forum, that's how you get educated about something you are ignorant of and not necessarily you have to go to school, I hope you get my point right now. You can get educated in school from your teacher and you can also get educated at home from your parent or guidance and even your friends.

School is designed in a such a way that you read a discipline and then you are offer an opportunity to work in your field but this are 80s and 90s formality of the society. Now, the protocol has been change and you know why? That's because we have thousand and millions of graduates and specialists chasing after 5-10 jobs, we are having more and more qualified graduates of a particular descipline where the society can only provide for few people and this why we have so many poor graduates, going to school doesn't owe you a job though and that's why they advise everyone to get as skill that you can use for husle while waiting for a that big dream job.

[Issa56]

First off, I must say that Education is very good and i don't dispute the fact that it's very vital and necessary for human development, it can put you in a position to be successful no doubt but being a graduate is not a 100% guarantee for one to be very wealthy

Lots of graduates are here in my country, and they are not rich. Most of them are finding it difficult to feed themselves, and where some of them are getting it wrong is that they are relying on the government to give them jobs, but sometimes you have to establish yourself, you don’t have to wait for anyone to employ you. Education does not guarantee being rich, there are some people in rural areas with little education, and they are fucking rich. If you are educated but not smart or hardworking, you will still be poor. If you are educated, you will be able to utilise the opportunity you have.

Also I've heard several people complain about having good grades, being 1st class graduates but find it difficult to secure good paying jobs

I have once heard it that some companies don’t really like to employ first class graduates because they believe most of them are good in theoretical aspects and not in practical aspects. Most of them do assimilate easily when reading, but they have little knowledge about the practical aspects, and most companies want people who are really good in practical aspects. So graduating with a first class degree doesn’t guarantee a good paying job.
 
The advise I do give people in school is that, whenever you are in school, always learn a skill. If you graduate from school and you don’t have a good paying job, then you can just establish yourself, and gradually you will be able to grow.

[Finestream]

Because those graduated students have no skills that they can implement and earn money. I am also a graduate student and have done bachelor's science computer science and what I have learned so far is that until we don't have good skills we can not change our life or we will not see ourselves becoming rich. Learning skills are very important well I am not saying study is not important, but along with study focus on learning some skills that will help you to survive easily in real life. Through these skills you can make money.

If we see some rich people including Bill Gates who did also not get good grades in his studies but his interests made him the world's richest person he used to focus on his coding skills when his friends were playing around him but ignored all of them because he know he has to achieve his goals and today you can see him where he is how much he has earned from his skills. So focus on the skill more and less on study rather you can say study on your skills. That's my point.

Being educated is your first step towards reaching your goals in life. If you are not knowledgeable, you will never learn about skills and how to develop them as your potentials to succeed in life. So we should still make it a point to finish our studies first as highly as possible.

However, I also believe that in order to be wealthy, one should possess exceptional skills in life, not only one but multi skills so you can take advantage every opportunity that comes. If you have enhanced your own skills, you can make it as your source of income without being employed in a big company. Indulge in business and investments because those are the keys to accumulate wealth faster than being employed for life.

[el kaka22]

Because being a graduate is not the key to being wealthy? Majority of the richest people in the world did not even finish college, and the ones who did usually did not finish anything major neither. Education teaches you how to be a great worker, not how to be a great business owner, it doesn't teach you how to lead, it teaches you how to follow. That is why education exists, to give you a guaranteed path, and if you follow it, you will find a good decent job and live a mediocre life.

If you do not study though, you could technically be like Mark Zuckerberg, or you could be the homeless guy around the corner as well, who knows. People study, to have a certain minimum, but it doesn't give you a key to wealth at all, that's not even the purpose of it.

[pusaka]

Because being a graduate is not the key to being wealthy? Majority of the richest people in the world did not even finish college, and the ones who did usually did not finish anything major neither. Education teaches you how to be a great worker, not how to be a great business owner, it doesn't teach you how to lead, it teaches you how to follow. That is why education exists, to give you a guaranteed path, and if you follow it, you will find a good decent job and live a mediocre life.

If you do not study though, you could technically be like Mark Zuckerberg, or you could be the homeless guy around the corner as well, who knows. People study, to have a certain minimum, but it doesn't give you a key to wealth at all, that's not even the purpose of it.

I think many people have misinterpreted the true meaning of education. Education is not to make someone rich, but education is a process for someone to expand or deepen their knowledge. It may be possible to become rich by pursuing higher education, but it is one of the thousands of paths available and I think it depends on the person.
I see many people who pursue higher education just for the degree, while their knowledge does not increase at all because they prefer to be outside the classroom when there are subjects/courses. But can we condemn them to never be rich? I don't think so. There are also those who are very diligent, but will that guarantee they will be rich? Not really. Once again I would say it depends on how hard the person works and dares to take risks.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Also I've heard several people complain about having good grades, being 1st class graduates but find it difficult to secure good paying jobs, imagine someone struggling to achieve good grades in the university but find it difficult to earn a living and at the end settle for minor jobs while there are many dropouts with good skillsets as well as being creative and think outside the box, and are bosses of big organisations and companies.

Do we have to see education as a step to getting a job with a good salary? The meaning of education should not be as narrow as the thinking of people who want to get a decent job and a big salary. There are many best graduates with cum laude honors at universities who do not have decent jobs and they even receive salary offers according to the regional minimum effort. Meanwhile, people who did not continue their education at university have become successful businesspeople and I feel that is because they previously preferred continuing their education rather than building a business.

Well it's not basically about being educated or graduating with the best grades that makes you wealthy, it's about determination, being consistent and also persistent cause success and wealth are not achieved in one day or immediately after graduating. In as much as you have good grades, you must still improve your skills, not only job skills, marketing or management skills but your critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Becoming rich is everyone's desire, but not all of us are destined to be rich. Whether we are educated or not really depends on how we can develop our potential because working in the government sector will not make us richer. On the other hand, those who dare to get out of their comfort zone will build businesses or other jobs to make more money and they will enjoy success and not have to work harder when they have achieved everything.