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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Additionally, with undergrad, it is "almost all" garbage education you can teach yourself using resources online or at local libraries. College is good for one thing and it is when you are young, developing a network and using the brand name of the college to get a job. After 5 years, no one cares where you went to school it is just a check box for the hiring department.[/quote]

I wouldn't underestimate the "check box for the hiring department" aspect.  My uncle worked his way up without a degree in a company to have a good reputation and seniority.  He got up to management, but unfortunately, any time the company sold/merged/his boss changed, it came up that he didn't have a degree and it was a barrier to being promoted or even maintaining his current position, even though his work experience made him more qualified for many who did get promoted.  He just didn't fly through HR.  He said even if he had a non-name bachelors degree with a 2.0 GPA, it would have still worked out better in terms of checking off boxes for the HR department.

He ended up quitting because he got so much crap and career stagnation from the new management, and realized that re-entering his field, even with decades of experience was nearly impossible due to competing with others who had a degree.  He's pulling in some freelancing consulting income and his wife works full time, and he's near enough retirement that he doesn't think it's worth it to go back to school.  But he's hell bent on his kids getting a bachelors, even the one kid who wants to drop out and has never been academically oriented.[/quote]

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