I definitely get young people, who want to forgo college right now, to make money trying to establish themselves and be independent.
However, from personal experience, having graduated hs during the great recession life, has taught me otherwise.
I remember when I first started college shyt was bad. Everyone and they momma was going back to school. I went to a community college. And I mean, I saw people in my building who were in their 40's attending CC, when the recession started. Not that attending school is bad or anything, but I mean these were people who I never saw work. This was before remote work was really a thing. Online classes weren't even really utilized quite yet.
I remember people couldnt even add classes. It was bad. I'm talking 40 people were trying add, an already full class.
A lot of my cohort got frustrated trying navigate the unusual dynamics then dropped out. It took a lot of my peers like 2-3 years before they could even find any type of work. I was considered lucky at the time to be working at a grocery store making $8/hr at the time.
Employers used to always threaten to fire you. Customers would always come up ask while I was working, if they were hiring. It was rough man. This encouraged me to stay in school more than anything because I didnt want to be 30+ having to resort to starting over at a minimum wage position, like I saw happen.
I say this to say, I get making $21 an hour at 18-21 seems like good money. With a college degree, an individual's earning potential goes a lot higher, quicker.
Within 2-5 years a college graduate can double or triple their entry level income, the same can't necessarily be said for working at target, walmart or kroger after the same time period.
/rant.
...I grad from my masters program in I/O Psych next year...current job market is promising, so I hope it sustains...would love to get in with these tech companies as an outside consultant on human capital management and leadership dev...tryna develop more brehs into leadership positions in these tech spaces...
I think a lot of college educated remote workers will be losing their jobs in the future (maybe near) to people oversees. Companies are figuring out they don't need people in the office. They can shift these jobs overseas, not worry about work visas, and save money on taxes and benefits alone. We've already seen it with customer service call center jobs.
