01-15-2013, 10:33 PM
Love this part: "No longer can you get a job at some company and expect to stay there for three decades. What you do for a living may not even exist in ten years.
Every young person is an entrepreneur now, in one way or another — they must forge their own unique career path, and they need to think five or 10 years ahead. There is no rulebook anymore for how to build a career. Certainly not the one your parents read in 1981."
It's worth reading twice. The job you earn your degree in may not even EXIST in 10 years. <gulp>
Reminds me of an episode of 30 Rock when Liz Lemon's ex-boyfriend owned a pager business in NYC and complained that sales were low. My town has 2 stores that fix tv's. Scary.
HAving a check the box degree is good as a baseline, but you still have to know how to do something- solve problems, build things, persuade people, follow directions, etc. My prediction is that even the guys that do build things will all end up having degrees as the new baseline. It's happened in my field (culinary) where every CC in any town has a culinary program. How many AAS and AOS programs exist? No less than 90% of these shouldn't exist- they are driving up the baseline of an otherwise apprentice-able career/trade occupation.
So, ready to take a CLEP?
Every young person is an entrepreneur now, in one way or another — they must forge their own unique career path, and they need to think five or 10 years ahead. There is no rulebook anymore for how to build a career. Certainly not the one your parents read in 1981."
It's worth reading twice. The job you earn your degree in may not even EXIST in 10 years. <gulp>
Reminds me of an episode of 30 Rock when Liz Lemon's ex-boyfriend owned a pager business in NYC and complained that sales were low. My town has 2 stores that fix tv's. Scary.
HAving a check the box degree is good as a baseline, but you still have to know how to do something- solve problems, build things, persuade people, follow directions, etc. My prediction is that even the guys that do build things will all end up having degrees as the new baseline. It's happened in my field (culinary) where every CC in any town has a culinary program. How many AAS and AOS programs exist? No less than 90% of these shouldn't exist- they are driving up the baseline of an otherwise apprentice-able career/trade occupation.
So, ready to take a CLEP?
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