Did this happen to you in your career????

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Re: Did this happen to you in your career???

@psyah

Perhaps not often given much thought … But my personal opinion is that getting a good degree measures how:

A) indoctrinated you are
B) predictable

Such people do not challenge authority as much and put more hours in to produce the work. They follow and are more organised ..

However, they are less likely to think out of the box …

Richard Branson quit his degree when he saw something better …

While there are some examples of people who did not finish formal education to go and kick butt,
the vast majority of people who are successful have completed formal training/education in their field, and the better the institution, the better their prospects.

Not everyone without a degree is a richard branson, and everyone with a degree some automaton paper pusher.
if broader trends are observed, people with formal education credentials do better as a whole than those without.

if we look at US unemployment right now, the difference between ppl with just high school diplomas, vs those with college degrees vs those with advanced degrees is very telling.

furthermore, even these very unique people surround themselves with people who supplement their own gaps in knowledge. hiring the best accountants, finance, marketing and operations people. Feel free to look up Virgin leadership teams for the last two decades, count the degrees and the credentials, and from which institutions.

Point being, unless you are a richard branson…its better to be equipped properly to be on his A-team.