Have you checked into the cost of a college education lately?

Worse yet, have you seen what people are getting degrees in nowadays?

I see it like this. If you are going to get a degree in studies of laugh lines from failed '80s movies, you should realize you aren't likely going to be able to get a job using your degree to pay off your student loan.

For that matter, there are plenty of people getting useful degrees who can't find a job either.

Hopefully if you are reading this blog, you are already considering what the degree is worth in the real world compared to what it costs before you sign the dotten line.

A lot of people automatically associate a university degree with getting a good job. I see that as a big mistake. Jobs can be gotten without degrees and degrees can be gotten without jobs. Degrees can be useful to get jobs and for self improvement, but it should only be a portion of a anyone's plan for job success.

I like Dan Miller's take on this subject, namely that you should see yourself as self employed. If you happen to be working for someone else, then you have one customer.

College or no college, learning and work experience should be priorities. Figure out what makes you tick and make it connect so things go "boom." That is, boom in a good sort of way.

There's life after school,
Luke Townsley
SaltMakers.com