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Originally Posted by Tom
degrees are worthless unless you choose to work in that particular field, and most people end up with a silly degree they're never going to do anything with and £20k debt to go with it
I've worked in HR and currently a sub-manager dealing with a million xmas temp applications and interviews, I don't care about qualifications apart from the basics, don't know many people who do, experience, work ethic and potential is where it all counts. Its a misconception that crap qualifications = crap job and vice versa
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I agree that it's shouldnt be seen as obligatory to go to University. You end up with a load of people desperately trying to scrape any grades at A-Level just so they can get in somewhere, and then 3 years down the line they're unemployed with a sh*t load of debt.
However, statistically graduates do get paid a lot more over the course of their lives than non-graduates do. If you want to end up in a high-end job than you will, in the majority of cases, need a degree to get there.
Degrees aren't the best option for everyone, but they're not worthless