Akpabio olaniyan
Stay focused and never give up.
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I am not telling anyone to drop out. I am saying stop pretending the system...
I am not telling anyone to drop out. I am saying stop pretending the system works the way the brochure says it does. Your degree is not your education. Your education is what you do with the hours the degree does not fill. Agree or disagree? I genuinely want to hear your experience. #Notes #Education #Careers #HonestConversation
The smartest people I work with fall into two camps:
The smartest people I work with fall into two camps: 1. People with degrees who succeeded despite their education, not because of it 2. People without degrees who built skills while everyone else was in a lecture hall Both groups learned the same lesson - just on different timelines.
Now before the angry comments start. I am not saying education is worthless....
Now before the angry comments start. I am not saying education is worthless. I am saying the system we built around it is dishonest. It promises employment and delivers a certificate. It charges you for knowledge and gives you information. Those are not the same thing.
Everything I actually use in my career I learned from:
Everything I actually use in my career I learned from: - A YouTube channel run by a guy in his bedroom - A mentor who never went to university - Getting fired from my first job and having to figure things out fast - Three books I found in a second-hand store Not a single lecture hall.
The degree was not about learning. It was about signaling. It was a...
The degree was not about learning. It was about signaling. It was a four-year audition to prove to employers that I could show up, follow instructions, and tolerate boredom without quitting. That is literally what it tested. Not intelligence. Endurance.
Four years of lectures. Hundreds of assignments. Thousands of hours sitting...
Four years of lectures. Hundreds of assignments. Thousands of hours sitting in rooms being told things I could have Googled in four minutes. But here is the part nobody says out loud.
I have a university degree and I am going to say something that might make...
I have a university degree and I am going to say something that might make my parents stop speaking to me. My degree did not prepare me for a single thing I do for a living today. Not one thing. And I do not think mine is the exception. #Notes #Education
Look, I think it depends entirely on what you want to do and how you learn....
Look, I think it depends entirely on what you want to do and how you learn. I went the trades route right out of high school, got an electrical apprenticeship, and by 22 I was making more than most of my friends with degrees. No debt, and I own a house now. But I also saw my cousin get a degree in nursing and she walked into a 70k job right after grad. She needed that piece of paper to even apply. A degree is a tool, not a golden ticket. If your field legally requires it, like medicine or engin...
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