fuck this job.com

college grads now are offered jobs for $9-$10/hr. You are fucking lucky had extra 4 years of making $10/hr. Now college grads make that shit and OWE about $30K in fucking student loans. You are lightyears ahead of these fucks coming out of schools right now. College education is shit these days. Worthless in the job market. I'm sure it doesn't hurt, but it sure as fuck does not help as much as you think. The key today is to get a good skill set, whether it be computers, truck driving or whatever. Fuck the degree. I found out the hard way after being stuck in the fucking school for years and spending shitload of money(which I still owe, and will probably pay for the next few years ONLY, I'm one of the lucky ones. The dumb ones go to schools costing $20K or more per year and graduate with a shit degree being $100K or more in debt). Good luck paying off $100K fucking school loans at 6% or higher rate, and that shit is not dischargeable in bankruptcy any more. A fucking virutal mortgage. You'll be lucky making $10-$12 gross income, that is PRE TAX my friend. The system is all fucked up, it matters not if you have a degree but who you meet while you're in school(who you do coke with and get wasted with) and who's ass you kiss. That is how it really works. Not many people get jobs these days because they are smart, that is the biggest bunch of bullshit I have ever heard of.

Wally

Well I have to agree with a lot of what was said; however, its still possible to get a good job these days believe it or not. What does that entail. Well let you tell you my little story. Yes, I went to college and got a shit degree that I use absolutely nothing of it. In fact, I could argue my high school diploma is worthless. I think one of the biggest misconceptions about educations these days is that your going to get a job or job title with that compliments your degree or study of background. Probably only true if you truck driving school and you now drive trucks. Higher education should teach you to think and how to be a continued learner. For most people that obtain a degree should prepare you to learn to adapt and change keep your self marketable in the job market. Now when I went to school/college, I already knew that it didn't fuckin matter what degree I got. I knew I was going to be working for medium to large sized business more then likely. So I took all the bullshit classes they offered got all A's for the most part and a B or two. Then when I graduated I made the mistake a lot people make, I took the first job that offered a living wage (FYI, $10 an hour is not a living wage) and good benefits. I got smart and woke up to the fact that this company was bullshit. I did not do my homework when I took this first job of mine and up and quite. I then decided to polish up the resume, and do real research and work for a company that I could match with per company culture wise, pays good, and had awesome benefits. It took me 5 months of doing nothing but job hunting to find this job that I am in now.

Jobs suck now. Anyone telling you that the job market is great is in LalaLand. Maybe you can get lucky and land a decent job, but only if you're well liked enough. I made the mistake of actually thinking that the PTB gave a hoot about the young people. Now, I realize that most of my generation will get its clock reamed. I don't carry any college debt anymore, thankfully.

As for anyone going to school, you'd better not pay more than $10K / year tops. You need to be able to obtain a salary in your first year OUT that pays an annual salary equal to what you spent on your whole degree. Problem is, most jobs nowadays don't pay more than 30K and that's if you're lucky. I've heard of accountants (not CPAs) who are being asked to work for $8/hour in the Los Angeles area! That's right, $8/hour! No wonder no one takes college seriously anymore. This is the reality you are running against. Most college degrees nowadays don't have any payoff to them. You (collectively, no one in particular here) can regurgitate everything you hear from the 'experts' and the media and your neighbors, you can bury your head in the sand and pretend it's okay, but that is reality.

Right here in the USA...major corp. Paying SHIT wages. Do you know how many stupid continuing education classes you have to take from HR Block each year? It's just cheap. They are fucking cheapest scum company I have ever worked for. $7/hr my friends to prepare tax returns they charge minimum $120 and take 30min to do. Lots of times with all the fees and shit they charge well over $200-$300 for stupid tax return, many times even more. Fucking dicks. I still don't understand why dumb ass people go there to do their taxes. It's not like it's that hard. I took all the classes I could for free while I was there and I said fuck it. Not worth the gas money to go to the office.
This is how you really get rich, charge customers up the ass and pay workers shit. The capitalist fucked up way.
Wally