You do realize that STEM fields (and yes; I include Tech) represent the highest number of graduate and undergrad degrees now, right? You do realize that despite all the lies your engineering teacher told you, or at least the lies he told me, you are not getting the valuable $100k degree you think you are getting, right?
We are in an adjustment period, but by the time things stabilize, bachelor's degrees in engineering, medical, or whatever will be worthless trash even IF you get grants and scholarships. They talk it up like it isn't trash, but they are going off old information and stereotypes.
The reality is anyone and their grandma can get a degree in engineering if "they work hard". It won't be people who are truly talented that graduate at high levels, but rather the people who kill themselves the most.
Most of the skills you learned will not be usable and you'll effectively be no smarter than a repairguy.
You will go into a shitty, stressful work field full of mindless corporate shills. Smarts and creativity will be worthless in the face of your ability to manage stress (or be "enthusiastic") without becoming a "stress casualty". Then, if and as you progress, someday a mistake in your engineering skills will lead to someone fucking dying and you will lose what remainder of prestige and dignity you may feel after getting fucked over by some corporate asshole. You won't pay your loans, you'll be replacable, you will waste your adult life only to be treated as a lowly cubicle nerd for the upper management to order around. You'll make less than you think, but at least you waste 40+ hours of your life breaking back for some megacorp. And that's IF you get employed.
Or go cram for a master's instead and lose more time, health, and money out of your life only to find that you can't get research funding unless it helps some rich ass and even then they'll pick some other project, leaving you with massive debt.
Funny that associates used to mean something.
We are in an adjustment period, but by the time things stabilize, bachelor's degrees in engineering, medical, or whatever will be worthless trash even IF you get grants and scholarships. They talk it up like it isn't trash, but they are going off old information and stereotypes.
The reality is anyone and their grandma can get a degree in engineering if "they work hard". It won't be people who are truly talented that graduate at high levels, but rather the people who kill themselves the most.
Most of the skills you learned will not be usable and you'll effectively be no smarter than a repairguy.
You will go into a shitty, stressful work field full of mindless corporate shills. Smarts and creativity will be worthless in the face of your ability to manage stress (or be "enthusiastic") without becoming a "stress casualty". Then, if and as you progress, someday a mistake in your engineering skills will lead to someone fucking dying and you will lose what remainder of prestige and dignity you may feel after getting fucked over by some corporate asshole. You won't pay your loans, you'll be replacable, you will waste your adult life only to be treated as a lowly cubicle nerd for the upper management to order around. You'll make less than you think, but at least you waste 40+ hours of your life breaking back for some megacorp. And that's IF you get employed.
Or go cram for a master's instead and lose more time, health, and money out of your life only to find that you can't get research funding unless it helps some rich ass and even then they'll pick some other project, leaving you with massive debt.
Funny that associates used to mean something.
