OT: Will Future College Grads Be Prepared?

[flyer]

With the BLS predicting fewer careers will require a college degree, and futurists predicting the following, it will be interesting to see how college grads will fare going forward. . .

http://www.fastcompany.com/3046277/the-new-rules-of-work/the-top-jobs-in-10-years-might-not-be-what-you-expect

[flyer]

My wife researches this type of info all the time wrt
the film business. She shared it with me, so I thought I’d pass it along.

It’s clear that the lightening pace at which career demands in the world are changing may present a real challenge for future grads.

[Anonymous]

Anybody who doesn’t have the skills to match the current economy can always become a futurist.

[NotCranky]

I think there is nothing wrong with hedging your bets. Very pro-education and professional achievement, but keeping a farm suitable for several families and self sufficiency too. If you are barely going to squeak by, do it while having a reasonably good life rather than a slave in the stultifying “service economy” or someone equally shutdown on welfare.

[no_such_reality]

I agree with the farm thing and getting away from the stupefying service economy which is the bulk of the futurist list. The one or two on there that could pay well are the kind that pay really well of the handful of stellar creatives that make it and the other 999 in 1000 marginally better off than McDonald’s cashier kind of like acting. Actually acting is probably a great analogy for the entire list struggling with sporadic gigs.

IMHO pretty much the entire white collar office and professional services (lawyers, routine medical, etc) is going to get rolled in the near future with a few key positions and the rest outsourced to the 3 billion people around the globe willing to push e-paper, enter data or grind a line of code for the least

[scaredyclassic]

Smart kids are avoiding law. Lsat scores and bar passage rates are way down.

Law is shrinking. Not a good idea. No bueno.

[dumbrenter]

[quote=flyer]With the BLS predicting fewer careers will require a college degree, and futurists predicting the following, it will be interesting to see how college grads will fare going forward. . .

http://www.fastcompany.com/3046277/the-new-rules-of-work/the-top-jobs-in-10-years-might-not-be-what-you-expect%5B/quote%5D

Biggest miss in the list in the link is the salesman job. That is one job that will never ever go away.
No matter what technology, gizmo stuff is used, robots will never be able to sell used cars.

[FlyerInHi]

We are becoming a gig economy. If You’re street smart, you can build a business. But it takes discipline.

The construction trade is an example. Labor is not cheap, but a lot of guys have fucked up lives. They drink and pass out, and don’t show up to work, or have family problems.

I have a drywall guy that I have to pickup because he doesn’t drive nor own a car. He’s a white guy who does good work and could apply himself if he wanted to.

There are lots of things to do is you apply yourself.

Few college degrees guarantee a good income. Science and medicine are the exceptions. But most Americans can’t really do math.

[mixxalot]

I think that a BS degree in a hard science or business discipline like Accounting or Finance is very useful! However, unless one plans a career in law or medicine, most advanced degrees are super expensive, time consuming and waste of time with little pay off. I have my BA degree and do not see the value of an MS/MBA after 20 years of working in the tech world. Tons of CTO, SVP in big companies only have BS or BA degrees.

[NotCranky]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Smart kids are avoiding law. Lsat scores and bar passage rates are way down.

Law is shrinking. Not a good idea. No bueno.[/quote]
Unbundled services rock! Law needs a good smack down. Lawyers priced themselves out. Use sparingly.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=Blogstar][quote=scaredyclassic]Smart kids are avoiding law. Lsat scores and bar passage rates are way down.

Law is shrinking. Not a good idea. No bueno.[/quote]
Unbundled services rock! Law needs a good smack down. Lawyers priced themselves out. Use sparingly.[/quote]

Just no middle class to pay them and no insyrance. Think about it. In the absence of med. Insurance, docs would be screwed too.

[FlyerInHi]

Scaredy, your posts are always so smart.
I think some legal education is good for business. You can’t easily be intimidated.

Lawyers have a so what attitude. So what’s the realistic penalty or remedy.

[scaredyclassic]

Do not let your kids go to law school without
googling LAW SCHOOL SCAM and reading http://www.jdunderground.com*

* ignore only if going to Harvard Yale or stanford.

[NotCranky]

[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Blogstar][quote=scaredyclassic]Smart kids are avoiding law. Lsat scores and bar passage rates are way down.

Law is shrinking. Not a good idea. No bueno.[/quote]
Unbundled services rock! Law needs a good smack down. Lawyers priced themselves out. Use sparingly.[/quote]

Just no middle class to pay them and no insyrance. Think about it. In the absence of med. Insurance, docs would be screwed too.[/quote]

So how to you feel about that fact that cost effective or timely access to the justice system doesn’t exist for so many citizens, unless as perpetrators of bloody crimes or as the victims? Even those last issues are kind of a long shots for many.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=scaredyclassic]Do not let your kids go to law school without
googling LAW SCHOOL SCAM and reading http://www.jdunderground.com*

* ignore only if going to Harvard Yale or stanford.[/quote]

Even if you can afford to pay and your kids will graduate without debt? I think a law degree is better than an MBA, all else being equal.

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