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There’s a strange truth-in-irony about this. The way trends seem to be shaping up the next couple of decades, may suggest that the smartest students look at their future and think the cost won’t justify their education. And so they decide not to participate and go to college. The existing paradigm has been those that attend university and graduate earn considerably more during their lifetimes. There’s no really denying that. But that may not be the case in 10-20-30 years time.
I think the educational landscape is going to become a bigger political issue in the future. And technology is also changing the pace and is far ahead of the conversation than public policymakers are. If you look at a field like cybersecurity for instance, some statistics I saw awhile back indicated that the field had a 0% unemployment rate. Meaning it’s in incredibly high demand. I forget where I read that, so don’t ask for a source. But I know of a large pool of people who work in cybersecurity and didn’t go to college at all or have a degree. Granted, people have suggested places like GitHub are the best way to get your ‘resume’ of sorts out there and demonstrate your skills. But the field definitely hasn’t crystallized and cast itself in the traditional mould to obtaining a career in that field.
Who knows if it’ll capitulate to the same dynamic we have currently, or if it'll disrupt the path to an education and signal a sign of broader things to come.
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