This video is a business school graduate's perspective on whether or not college is worth in 2017. I'll break down three categories of colleges, what they do for you, and provide a couple alternatives to college.
The decision to go to college or not is a lot harder to make today than it was in the past. College used to guarantee that you'd get a good job, but today that's not exactly the case anymore.
There are so many cheap online courses out there that, in many cases, provide a better education than traditional college. Unfortunately, if you'r trying to go down a traditional career path, free or relatively inexpensive courses don't hold any weight with HR managers.
My hope in this video is that you takeaway a perspective that College is not the only answer. College give you options in an extremely competitive job market.
So Is College worth it? Check out a couple resources below to get you started.
Here are some resources to help get you started:
Trade School Directories:
http://www.tradevocationalschools.com/
http://www.trade-schools.net/
Top paying Trade school grad jobs 2016
http://www.trade-schools.net/articles/highest-paying-jobs-without-degree.asp
Top 3 highest paying Trade school jobs:
Dental Hygienist -
Median pay—$72,330
Top pay—$98,440 or more
Job growth—19 percent
Diagnostic Medical Songrapher
Median pay—$68,970
Top pay—$97,390 or more
Job growth—26 percent
Registered Nurse
Median pay—$67,490
Top pay—$101,630 or more
Job growth—16 percent
Software Development bootcamps:
http://www.galvanize.com/ (This is the dev school I went to)
Many of the students I graduated with got AWESOME JOBS ($80K-$90K +) and a few of them hadn't even graduated college!
If you want to go to a dev bootcamp call the school you are interested in and ask to speak with a couple graduates. Also Ask what the placement rate is after graduation and where students are landing jobs.
This is a list of some of the top dev bootcamps across the country
https://www.switchup.org/research/best-coding-bootcamps
Articles on College Graduate Median Salary:
http://time.com/money/3829776/heres-what-the-average-grad-makes-right-out-of-college/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/12/college-grad-starting-salary_n_7265090.html
Equipment that I use in my videos:
Camera: Canon T6i with 18-55mm kit lens
http://tinyurl.com/zpw4t2t
Lighting Kit
http://tinyurl.com/hj3jdem
Rode Video Mic Me
What program I use to edit videos?
• Adobe Illustrator CC
• Adobe Premier Pro CC
I have a subscription to Adobe Creative cloud. (Student/teacher pricing is $19.99 a month and a regular monthly subscription is $49.99 a month). I highly recommend the creative cloud because you get access to all the adobe creative programs as well as all the latest updates)
https://creative.adobe.com/creative-cloud
