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2. It depends on what you want do for a living. No?

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 09:58 PM

Jan 2013

For me, it was the school of hard knocks. I am in construction. For my daughter it is college (engineering).

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Real World Experience vs. College: Which is more useful? [View all] Brigid Jan 2013 OP

depends on the person and the life situation you are in loli phabay Jan 2013 #1

It depends on what you want do for a living. No? panader0 Jan 2013 #2

In STEM fields, few are without a degree of some sort ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #5

School of hard knocks here too. RebelOne Jan 2013 #7

I have both...they are both useful in seperate ways tjwash Jan 2013 #3

I think it's more who you know! MinneapolisMatt Jan 2013 #4

Depends on the field ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #6

This ^ Blecht Jan 2013 #10

As for college it really depends on the field. white_wolf Jan 2013 #9

Odd, I thought my college was one part of the real world? Recursion Jan 2013 #11

Experience enriched by sense of history reteachinwi Jan 2013 #12

(d.) None of the above. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #13