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I did a 4-year degree after high school but if I went straight into trade school and straight into working I would be literally 3, if not 4 years ahead of where I am now.... maybe.

My degree didn't get me a single job in my career, BUT college was a huge source of strong connections, both personal and professional, which have led me to my current job (6-figure salary at 25 #humblebrag #fakerich). I don't know if I would have known how to acquire those connections without college. I am pretty good at it now (i.e. when going to a new city and such) so it's definitely a learnable skill. But is it worth 4 years and $100k of learning (well $0 for me since I also leeched off the government).

I think it's pretty obvious that if you have any sense of networking and connections, trade schools and focused education is by far the way to go. If you don't, then you should learn those skills, or just be content with having less success than your skills deserve, which is also fine for many people.

This will also be super important in the next 50 years, when technological advances mean that those classes you took when you were a drunk 19 year old can't keep you floating until you're 65. You WILL have to relearn and do more focused education, 1 or 2 years or part time or whatever, several times before you retire.
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