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Jolly

From a couple of months ago, still pertinent... College bang for the buck:

Mik

What people don't realize is that a degree does two things - it gets you the initial interview and perhaps gives you a social network that may help more than the degree. Past that it's all what you do with it. You can look at the statistics, but it is still ultimately individual effort.

Horace

I suppose a computer science degree from a local state college is still a better investment than a social work degree from Harvard.

jon-nyc

I have a friend who was out here giving acting a go then had kids, moved back to Chicago, and got an MSW at U of C. Can’t imagine the debt load.

Her husband is a public school teacher. They actually live in Oak Park.

Mik

@jon-nyc said in Comments are also interesting...:

I have a friend who was out here giving acting a go then had kids, moved back to Chicago, and got an MSW at U of C. Can’t imagine the debt load.

Her husband is a public school teacher. They actually live in Oak Park.

In her parents' basement?

jon-nyc

Ha they have a house. I assume a rental. But I think her dad does well, he takes all the kids and grands to Disney every year, which must run 50k+.

He might have helped.

Mik

Someone had to have. Otherwise, they defy the laws of financial physics.

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