Originally Posted by
Fpmx772
I don't think going to college makes you any better of a person/pilot. People with true life experience (military, ex law enforcement, firefighter etc) are a far well rounded person than some 22 year old who went straight to a 4 year college and is now flying at a regional. I sure do know who I would hire!
I have a B.A. in a worthless field, have yet to make use of it. I agree with you, life experience is a cruel teacher, and no one survives it.
Every young 20 something year old thinks they will make 70 to 80k first year out of college, only to be crushed to find out that they need to swallow their pride, work for far less to gain real world experience before they would ever be considered for a job in their chosen field at the pay rates they expected to make.
Computer programming is an exception to this, only because so few people can do it, but also doesn't require anything other than a computer to learn. All the material is free on the internet, and even ivy league colleges offer classes for free online. To say that the industry is crying, begging for people in this field, would be an understatement. Many companies don't care if you went to college for it. Can you guess what my plan B is? Although I have to admit, my ego REALLY wants to replace that BA with a BS engineering degree...