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A Boring Dystopia

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Students borrowing from the federal government this fall will face the highest interest rate in more than a decade (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] franklin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The insane part is that college has a good chance to have no effect on your overall earning potential. Polymatter did an excellent video on it recently.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a MSc from a state university and can't even get an interview.

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sadly all too common, one of my friends has a master's of structural engineering and he drives an Uber for a living

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have a link to said video.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it really only comes down to whether you're at an ivy and networking for future connections. Source: did not attain a college degree, ended up among CS grads.