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most college degrees are useless, and they sell students on the idea that they can easily get a job doing theoretical physics or some other bullshit when they graduate.
if your degree isn't in STEM, law, or medicine, it's 100% useless from a career standpoint. especially business degrees, the biggest lesson you learn in business school is that you got conned. If your degree is in one of the aforementioned categories, you are entering an oversaturated market and your piece of paper likely comes from a degree mill that leaves you out to dry when you graduate. more than likely, you will not get a job in the field you studied, or any close equivalent.
combine this with the sheer amount of useless classes they force you to take to extend your tuition, and it's easy to see how bullshit college really is in today's day and age.
I don't know what to tell people to do then. Something useful I guess.
to be honest, these are the things I think give the highest odds of getting ahead in life:
get lucky, but seize the opportunity when it happens.
finish high school. be able to read, write, and apply mathematics at an adult level.
seek education with a specific career in mind. Don't fall for "once you finish our education, the jobs will come to you!", that's a scam. rather, seek opportunities that have some kind of job placement, be they apprenticeships, trade schools, or internships.
network. keep your friends and professional acquaintances in contact. associate with people who are both intelligent and have the drive to get ahead in life when you can. the more people you know, the higher the odds of getting lucky with an opportunity.
make your colleagues successful. it is not enough to just do a job, you have to make sure everyone you work with is doing their job well, and if they don't, train them until they do. uplifting your team increases your own success, and also reduces the chances of layoffs.
Invest in the people who invest in you. if a superior or subordinate shows you loyalty, reward them with loyalty. at the same time, do not give loyalty to people who demonstrably don't give it back.
none of this is cut and dry. It's a lot more complicated than "just get a degree!", but so is life.