[quote=AN][quote=flu]There comes a time when you get sufficiently old enough, you just don’t give a shit what other people think anymore.
I think that usually sets in when you’re 40 (at least it did for me). Because statistically, your life is already 1/2 over.[/quote]I came to that conclusion around 30. But I agree with you. I used to care, but after awhile, I ask myself why, and since I can’t seem to come up with a good answer for myself, I stopped caring what other people think.[/quote]
I think this is because at 30, I assume you had a stable g/f or were already married and your job was stable as well. For men, if you are married with kids, why do you need to care what other people think anymore? You don’t have a need or any reason to impress anyone anymore. Even if you get the hot girl now, will you toss your kids away and mess up your family? Guys really don’t care how you act and most guys don’t care about what other guys think. One reason why Al Bundy says “I’m married, with children!”
All your success was probably through savings and hard work, but for people who are single who don’t want to be, they care very much what other people think and spend money, act accordingly.
Also, I think most people would agree that a degree at an Ivy with a worthless degree and not really networking or anything is probably not going to be a great ROI, especially for men…but there are some jobs which require a Ph.D and I know some tech chip design and researchers who do have/need those degrees.
If you want to graduate and open a hot dog cart, yes, probably a law degree or any degree is not going to help and a waste of money.
Bottom line in all this is that it does depend on what you want to do with said degree or ivy or whatever. It’s not always a slam dunk and connections are worth a lot more, but it’s easy to see a few very wealthy business people and think biz owners are the way to go…if business was so easy, I think EVERYONE will do it since we talk to many people and everyone is ENVIOUS that we are self employed…I tell everyone to keep their day jobs and for the ones who do try, they eventually always go back to their day jobs as well. Not so easy for everyone.
I do know some biz folks myself who are just college grads, couldn’t find regular eng work and had some LUCK being in the right field/timing and made millions able to afford nice house, ferraris, etc…but I bet you will find more who didn’t make it. I also know some finance folks who had to shut down their firm and “work” for low pay at some banks because their “bizness” didn’t work.
People always look at the few successful people like Jobs, Zuck (wealthy parents I presume since both him and older sister got into Harvard), Gates (wealthy attorny dad), GoPro guy (UCSD, wealthy family) and think that it’s better without a college degree…but in reality, most people are better off having the basic degree since business is HARD and extremely cutthroat and more competitive than most jobs are. Get the best degree you can afford.
University is not that black and white and having a degree from a “better” or more highly rated university is a much safer bet in life in terms of earnings, success, married life, etc…
Is that ROI worth it? Again, it will depend…but I’d say for most people, having a Stanford or Harvard or MIT undergrad isn’t going to hurt you from getting hired while if you come out of SDSU, trying to get hired by top tech firms of the past would be easier…
