It means you no longer have to give a college 50k a year to work a job that only pays $18 an hour.
Just get certified and know your shit; that will be enough to get you hired.
I've said this before and no one would listen. Degrees are becoming worthless unless you're in the medical or STEM field. Most people can be certified and still do the same damn job that someone with a degree in arts can do.
Personal story time. I got an undergrad in Exercise Science during my younger days. Wanted to do PT and it was a more appealing degree to younger me than something like Biology or Physics. I assumed, worst case scenario, I could hop into the medical tech field.
I don't want to shit on the school or program. It's a solid school with lots of awards, and the Exercise Science program there is well respected. However, my senior year, they bring in some people for a job fair kinda thing. And everyone of them is saying "this job requires a specialized tech degree". Long story short, after 4 years, we were then being told to go get a 2 year degree at a tech school for whatever field we wanted. Respiratory tech, X Ray tech, etc. And yes, we could've saved a lot of money and time and gone straight for the 2 year program. A 2 year program turned into fucking 6. My own fault, absolutely. But this is the bullshit that goes on in academia. It's a scam.
Edit and not to knock those tech fields, but they aren't exactly high paying jobs. Solid building block jobs that are stable while you get more credentials, but you don't make shit, generally.
It means you no longer have to give a college 50k a year to work a job that only pays $18 an hour.
Just get certified and know your shit; that will be enough to get you hired.
I've said this before and no one would listen. Degrees are becoming worthless unless you're in the medical or STEM field. Most people can be certified and still do the same damn job that someone with a degree in arts can do.
Personal story time. I got an undergrad in Exercise Science during my younger days. Wanted to do PT and it was a more appealing degree to younger me than something like Biology or Physics. I assumed, worst case scenario, I could hop into the medical tech field.
I don't want to shit on the school or program. It's a solid school with lots of awards, and the Exercise Science program there is well respected. However, my senior year, they bring in some people for a job fair kinda thing. And everyone of them is saying "this job requires a specialized tech degree". Long story short, after 4 years, we were then being told to go get a 2 year degree at a tech school for whatever field we wanted. Respiratory tech, X Ray tech, etc. And yes, we could've saved a lot of money and time and gone straight for the 2 year program. A 2 year program turned into fucking 6. My own fault, absolutely. But this is the bullshit that goes on in academia. It's a scam.
Edit and not to knock those tech fields, but they aren't exactly high paying jobs. Solid building block jobs that are stable while you get more credentials, but you don't make shit, generally.
Not anymore, LOL. Chinese virus put an end to that shit.