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by lolinder 1402 days ago
Like a sibling comment, I find my degree to have been well worth it. I did know everything I needed to find work before I even started—I got a job in my second semester that I held all four years. But college gave me perspective on just how much there is that I don't know, in computing and in every other field. Most of those things are things I will never learn and use, and that's okay. It's valuable to me to know what's out there, and there have been many times where I've come across a problem and known what to research to solve it because of a college class I've taken.

So, yes, college isn't about career training. But life isn't about career. I know it's not everyone's experience, but for me, college made me better at life.