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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Unfairly or not, education opens doors. Yes, street smarts utimately gets further than book smarts. But you have to be in an actual job to be able to show off those street smarts.
It seems to me like our society is trending towards everyone having some sort of post secondary education. I've noticed that post secondary is the new high school diploma, and designations and MBAs are the new university degrees. Kids coming out of high school are facing more and more competition from every direction. It really is important to equip yourself the best you can with all the tools to be successful, and I think education is one of the most important tools you can give yourself.
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Yup, 100% agree. If were not for street smarts, I would be working at 7-11 or a gas station probably. I am blessed to be as well off as I am for a grade 11 dropout, and am definitely a dying breed. I had to put in 7 hard years on the sales floor, stick it out, and wait for a chance which comes up maybe every 5 years in a dealership to move to finance. When it finally came along, I had to basically BEG to get a chance as there was probably 15 applicants ahead of me more qualified. I offered to work for free for 6 months to prove I could do it...thankfully, they didn't take me up on that offer. It really is the one time being loyal to an employer truly paid off. Even at that, I was still on a 12 month probationary period.
Now the people they hire for my position are University Grads. They hire them right out of school. As scary as it is, I could probably teach these young folks better than any school could on our discipline of finance, and could probably run a loan/mgtg department at a bank. My experience now, would likely trump a degree, as I am 11 years total in the business now, with 4 in finance, but had the opportunity come up today, I would have been out of luck. It has changed that much in the last 4 years.
Kids... GO TO SCHOOL!