Is a University Degree Still Worth Anything?

[AgriTrack]

The world is developing, so along with the development of technology, the percentage of people in the world who are employed is also decreasing. Nowadays, many people are not getting jobs even after obtaining the highest degree from the university. This is really a sad fact because in various big companies, AI or robots are doing various jobs. Moreover, I think that the people of the current generation prefer to avoid working in other companies, they learn various types of work on online platforms and work there to improve their lives. However, I think that those who are currently in the world must study from school and later they have to gradually increase their knowledge. However, I think there are some people who have become successful in business without studying, but it is better to start a business after studying. Every person is skilled and if they are educated, they have spiritual knowledge. According to the way students are given knowledge on various subjects in schools and universities, they can manage their lives and they can be more successful.

In today's era, university education is given great importance because university education is considered a higher education, after completing which a person can work in a good position, but nowadays sometimes people do not get a job even after a university degree, so they should start online jobs along with education. It is also difficult to get a job today because the current era is the era of computers, due to which we have to face some difficulties, but through university education we can give people a sense of education by obtaining degrees in different subjects, so we should get a university degree that can be useful for us tomorrow.

[DrBeer]

Has anyone else noticed that these days, having a university degree does not seem to guarantee a good job anymore? In the US, more than 40% of new graduates are working in jobs that don’t even need a degree! In the UK and Canada, youth unemployment is even higher, and entry-level jobs are much harder to get. Now, for each job, there are more than 100 people applying

A lot of people blame technology (especially AI, robots and automation) for stealing jobs. But the truth is more complicated. Companies are using AI to get rid of simple tasks, yes, but they’re also sending jobs to cheaper countries. And when there are jobs, many companies do not care about your university name anymore. They want to see if you really have the skills or special training for that job. That means people have to pay even more to get extra “certificates” after graduating

Meanwhile, graduates are stuck with debt and stress. Many young people feel lost, frustrated, and even angry, like society promised them something it can’t deliver. In the past, too many frustrated young people has led to big changes. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Do you think the old way of working (one job, one company, climbing step by step) is over? Now, I see many young people having several jobs, working on short projects, or even starting small businesses on the side. In a recent report, more than half of workers noticed more people working two or more jobs

Is university still worth it today? Are “extra skills” and certificates just another money-making trick? Has anyone here found success without a degree, or by learning something new outside of school? Is this the start of a new way of working, or just a big mess?

I'm not ready to say that a diploma is synonymous with a guaranteed job and a happy life, but under certain conditions, it can be a really useful piece of paper
- Field of education. If you have become a specialist in a field that is just developing and has great prospects for the future, that's a plus for success.
- If you studied, absorbed, and systematized KNOWLEDGE - another + towards success
- If, after graduating from an educational institution, you have a basic job where you can start using your knowledge and developing it - + towards success
- If all of the above is true and you also like this field - that's great!

[AmoreJaz]

The world is developing, so along with the development of technology, the percentage of people in the world who are employed is also decreasing. Nowadays, many people are not getting jobs even after obtaining the highest degree from the university. This is really a sad fact because in various big companies, AI or robots are doing various jobs. Moreover, I think that the people of the current generation prefer to avoid working in other companies, they learn various types of work on online platforms and work there to improve their lives. However, I think that those who are currently in the world must study from school and later they have to gradually increase their knowledge. However, I think there are some people who have become successful in business without studying, but it is better to start a business after studying. Every person is skilled and if they are educated, they have spiritual knowledge. According to the way students are given knowledge on various subjects in schools and universities, they can manage their lives and they can be more successful.

In today's era, university education is given great importance because university education is considered a higher education, after completing which a person can work in a good position, but nowadays sometimes people do not get a job even after a university degree, so they should start online jobs along with education. It is also difficult to get a job today because the current era is the era of computers, due to which we have to face some difficulties, but through university education we can give people a sense of education by obtaining degrees in different subjects, so we should get a university degree that can be useful for us tomorrow.

It is still relevant today and for me, it is still an edge over your competitors for the same job that you are applying for. But it doesn't mean, it is the ultimate reference for you to become successful in life. It is just a tool that you can use to possibly uplift your economic status. But for others, resilience and strategies will be another angle that you can use to improve your economic life conditions. So for me, university education can help but it is not the absolute way for you to make good in life.

[HyperCodexV]

Has anyone else noticed that these days, having a university degree does not seem to guarantee a good job anymore? In the US, more than 40% of new graduates are working in jobs that don’t even need a degree! In the UK and Canada, youth unemployment is even higher, and entry-level jobs are much harder to get. Now, for each job, there are more than 100 people applying

A lot of people blame technology (especially AI, robots and automation) for stealing jobs. But the truth is more complicated. Companies are using AI to get rid of simple tasks, yes, but they’re also sending jobs to cheaper countries. And when there are jobs, many companies do not care about your university name anymore. They want to see if you really have the skills or special training for that job. That means people have to pay even more to get extra “certificates” after graduating

Meanwhile, graduates are stuck with debt and stress. Many young people feel lost, frustrated, and even angry, like society promised them something it can’t deliver. In the past, too many frustrated young people has led to big changes. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Do you think the old way of working (one job, one company, climbing step by step) is over? Now, I see many young people having several jobs, working on short projects, or even starting small businesses on the side. In a recent report, more than half of workers noticed more people working two or more jobs

Is university still worth it today? Are “extra skills” and certificates just another money-making trick? Has anyone here found success without a degree, or by learning something new outside of school? Is this the start of a new way of working, or just a big mess?

I'm not ready to say that a diploma is synonymous with a guaranteed job and a happy life, but under certain conditions, it can be a really useful piece of paper
- Field of education. If you have become a specialist in a field that is just developing and has great prospects for the future, that's a plus for success.
- If you studied, absorbed, and systematized KNOWLEDGE - another + towards success
- If, after graduating from an educational institution, you have a basic job where you can start using your knowledge and developing it - + towards success
- If all of the above is true and you also like this field - that's great!

A university degree by itself no longer guarantees a good job or an easy life. The job market has changed drastically and employers care more about productive skills and what you can actually do, not just the paper you hold. but a degree can still be useful if it is in the right field, if you truly learned something valuable and if you use it as a foundation to build skills and experience.

[tam31]

Yep, a university degree still matters, especially in professions that cannot exist without formal education, like medicine, law, and other regulated fields where certification and good training are compulsory..

While the other professions can be done with a hustle and learn from it. There are just some examples of these degrees that people still need to take when they're aiming for some specific professions. Like in the premed and other professional degrees that requires studies, like what you've said it's regulated and there's a need for requisites for it to be done. The training and certifications are required but then, a graduate studies from universities is the usual requirement for it.

Yes, law, medical, and few others are still requiring you to have something like this and do not really need anything else, that's the most important part. I think it's clear that we are not going to see things change all that much with the way it's moving at the moment because all other places are changing jobs.

I watched a video recently, top graduates from "philosophy" majors ended up meeting again 5 years later, some were doing influencer marketing, some were doing purchasing for a company, some were doing software engineering which made me shock, but I guess they learned it afterwards, basically how could "philosophy" major do anything? Either you stay in the academia, or you just do something else.