Originally Posted by
billsaw
So at what point are we going to start looking at those who didn't blow 50-100k as the "smart ones" and hire them over the dummies that blew the money for a good old classic indoctrination
I mean it's a serious question. Soooo Mr prospective new hire you spent how much for your liberal arts degree? And you wanna be a pilot?
Next...
So Mr prospective new hire I see you didn't go to college?
Nope.
Why not?
I wanted to fly airplanes so I went to flight school and didn't feel like saddling my grandchildren with debt so I skipped that whole deal. Are you hiring pilots or people that like to burn money and waste time?
I strategicly went into 55k worth of college debt. I did so for the time value of money argument..I made my decision so I would appear more attractive to my future employer sooner. I'm 10 years younger than the average new hire and have already paid that debt off with and will have a massive return on that initial investment. (That ten year gap will garner well over 1.5 million before interest and tax free retirement savings and before profit sharing).That's the way students of any degree concerned about making money should approach financing college. What is the average/potential ROI on this investment (my education)...maybe the recruiters see a quality in an applicant for forward thinking manifesting itself in investing wisely in oneself...just a guess....I don't really know