When I got out of High School forty years ago I went to college for a computer degree. I found out reallllllll quick that computers are not for me. But my grandfather and my dad instilled into me the ability to build and remodel houses. So, thirty five years later I robbed my 401k, every single penny, and sank it into the raw materials to build my own house. God was watching out for me because He allowed me to purchase a one acre "in the city" lake lot for $9K. Then I began buying all the building materials just before they exploded in price. I drug my wife and kid down to our build site every single day and together we built a 5000 sq/ft house, with our own hands. Sure we had some help with things like concrete flat work and laying a few cement blocks, but 90% of the labor was our own. Today my house is worth $850K. I don't think having a computer degree would have helped me in any way to get this house built. But common sense and a loving family certainly had more influence than a cold, money sucking university ever did.
AMEN. If everyone is a techie, who's going to repair the air conditioning, plumbing, circuit panel?
And some people like doing both. Working with their minds and their hands.
When I got out of High School forty years ago I went to college for a computer degree. I found out reallllllll quick that computers are not for me. But my grandfather and my dad instilled into me the ability to build and remodel houses. So, thirty five years later I robbed my 401k, every single penny, and sank it into the raw materials to build my own house. God was watching out for me because He allowed me to purchase a one acre "in the city" lake lot for $9K. Then I began buying all the building materials just before they exploded in price. I drug my wife and kid down to our build site every single day and together we built a 5000 sq/ft house, with our own hands. Sure we had some help with things like concrete flat work and laying a few cement blocks, but 90% of the labor was our own. Today my house is worth $850K. I don't think having a computer degree would have helped me in any way to get this house built. But common sense and a loving family certainly had more influence than a cold, money sucking university ever did.