Dropped out of university

Might be a point. What we're seeing is the second generation, retards taught by retards.

I disagree that they are ungovernable, tho: you need a bigger daddy government with a bigger fascist boot, quite clearly. And I can't help but notice a certain sector of the campus populace is calling for exactly that.

Here's the thing guys, while I can't speak for everyone, I'm light-years ahead of the people that didn't go to college that I know. So based on my own experience and witnessing the experience of others, getting a degree does give you at least some edge. Maybe it may have to do with the fact if you can see through a degree, than you probably just have what it takes to make it in other endeavors regardless.

No doubt it is possible to make a lot working a job with your hands in a trade. But often they don't have pensions, 401ks, and healthcare/dental/optical. Or if they do it is probably bare minimum.

My uncle for example is the most successful person I know without a degree, he dropped out too. He makes 6 figures, but doesn't have those benefits, and has to pay big money for private insurance. Despite his success he always advocated for getting a formal education. Because he knows he's the exception to the rule.

Nevertheless, I also attribute my success to the fact that I am hard working, punctual, honest, and demonstrate my commitment on the job. My degree only got my foot in the door.

But if I focused specifically in what I majored in, I would not be in the position I'm in. There's also the fact that some people get too much education. Meaning they get expensive post graduate degrees in non-lucrative fields. Then incur massive debt. Like I said before, an undergraduate degree is high school. But getting more than that really should only be considered if you're going for something that's going to pay off , i.e. stem, corporate law, finance.

Nevertheless, it's horse shit to pretend there's zero value to getting a degree. Like I said, it helps get your foot in the door. But a successful person is going to be successful based on their intellegence, work ethic and determination to succeed, for 90% of the endeavor.

All of that being said, while I advocate for people to get degrees to at least get their foot in the door professionally; if you want to learn, pick up a book and read it. Most of my learning has come from reading, and doing my own research in my free time. I genuinely have a thrust for knowledge, and that has been a characteristic of me since I was a child.

People need to be more mercenary-like and less sentimental when it comes to professional life. Don't go to college simply to learn, you can do that on your own for free. Go to college to hone a professional skill-set. Professors will probably tell you to do the opposite, but don't listen to them, because a lot of them are professional-losers (not all).

Certs, and Experience > Degrees.

EDIT: But not finishing college with a degree after investing so much I understand how that's gotta suck.   I would try to still finish with something to show for it.   I finished but I hated college and school altogether, and now they're a lot worse and even more full of shit than when I went.   I wish I went to vo-tech in high school.   College sucked but the friends I made and the absolutely insane combination of martial arts I learned are invaluable.   I've seen someone go back and finish after a while.   Just try not to run up too much debt.   I had no debt from cheap county community college and I eventually payed off the 18K I racked up at a university after that.   I think you're doubting your ability to write a thesis.   I didn't have to write one, but they're definitely accepting a lot of crap and giving degrees to retards.   You're smarter than those retards.

Do I look like some treehugger hippie ƒaggot to you? My dad's well-known and successful in the field. I hate ecology otherwise. I couldn't name three species of plants right now if you asked me.

your alchemy build sucks then, best change specialization and become a stealth archer.

I do often think about what it'd be like if I reloaded a save state from ten years ago, and what it'd be like if I were to respec into other parts of the skill tree.

I mean, I could've gone into the furry porn business instead of pursuing an expensive comp-sci/math degree. What did it even do for me? unlock secrets of the universe? make me into a wizard with divine understanding of and feel for the abstract weave of reality? make it a little easier to get a tech job in a now oversaturated industry? turn me into an alcoholic? And, as an autodidact, did I even need to spend five years and a crap-ton of money on this anyways just for a piece of paper with clout attached to it?

Pfft. I could've been drawing boobs and dicks instead! I could be manifesting into media people's darkest, twisted desires. I could be conjuring and erecting otherworldly things that their puny mortal minds aren't even capable of realizing nor fathoming yet, and then selling them.

But yah, I bet we all have "grass is always greener on the other side" thoughts sometimes. Best not to let the ruminations eat at you. Make the best of what you got the best you can, but where-ever we find ourselves, it is what it is - don't sweat it too much, etc. Blah-blah.

Happens to the best of us mate.. I sunk soo many years into things that are useless now since I went by the sunken cost fallacy without actually knowing what the term meant! Even without the ticket, atleast I'm sure you learned some new things through the course and about yourself.. Best wishes from my side of the world!