Have you ever thought who started this propaganda, "Colleges don't teach us anything"? Was it done by normal people like you and me, or was it done by industrialists?

During the boomer era (1960s to early 1990s), schools and colleges taught different subjects and motive of almost every subject was, "How to Think". This still happens in most schools and colleges today. But yes, some may argue that there useless degrees added after this era, and yes, those are a waste of money, but that's a totally different topic. The question is, does schools and colleges teach you how to think in basic sense in every subject you take? Think about that.

During the boomer era, people would study the degrees that they thought were useful or they were actually interested in them and think they could work and earn money from it. Now during that time, schools and colleges just taught them theoretical things, and no practical based knowledge, and industry would see if they did well in college or not and if they did, chances were they would be called for interview, would be asked a few questions about their lives and then they would be taken in. They would be trained on latest industry standards. Latest industry technology. And that's how, they would live.

But what happens today? Why situation is so messy? First entered internet. That made learning many things online without needing for college possible. They would teach practical course, which was a good thing. Second was colleges added some useless degrees, to just get in more students, because not all students all around the world did college. In India still, colleges haven't added those useless degrees, as you might see in US colleges. Because people still here would like to learn something they like but won't waste their money on it if that degree isn't going to give them a living.

Due to these slight changes, industries thought, "Hmm, why just not let our expenditures down by not training interns?" And that was a good idea for them, because in name of internship+job, you can trap anyone for a year or two (in India atleast) and that too without teaching him a single thing. They would learn everything by themselves, work hard, won't take your (in case you are an industry then) money in the form of training from expert people, and in case they would ask for raise you could say, "Oh actually your performance is low, so we can't give raise or promotion". Doesn't matter who you are or how hard you work, this is the situation happening in almost every industry right now.

And to make people not raise questions on industry for unemployment, these people started to feed the propaganda, "Colleges don't teach students essential skills necessary for industry" or "Colleges teach an old syllabus, doesn't update it.", oh yeah? You seriously give in to that propaganda?

It might be true to some extent no doubts on that, but people don't see this pattern which is happening most industries nowadays. They won't teach new hires anything. Either they would learn it by themselves after quite a long hard time of going through lower wages or job rejections or they would just quite and think they aren't intelligent enough.

Lemme tell you, unless you aren't in a mental asylum, you are intelligent enough. You may be slow to understand something, or because you haven't learnt something enough number of times, you might be slow to react.

If someone tells you work hard and you will be welcomed in the industry because of your skills, yup, work hard and sharpen your skills, you will be welcomed with open arms. But always ask for higher wages, because you had hard time learning the stuff by yourself. Even after practical courses you learnt from online, you still need to practice a lot, since most of the practical courses these days either teach basic things, or teach so much so that it cripples your thinking abilities. So learn hard by yourself, take the course if you think, but don't stop learning by yourself, and always ask for higher wages.

Atleast your wage should be 20-30% higher than what the current inflation and your household expenditure is. Because afterall, it is you, who has worked hard for it, and it is your right. And yes, don't slop or course through (Google it if udk what that means) in the industry once you get a job, because things are moving faster these days, who knows what's useful tomorrow? Who knows if you will get same wages as you are getting today (if the wages are good today doesn't mean it can be good tomorrow).

He used personal laptop for office work once, now the company says it's their property. 'Asking me for proof' - The Economic Times
https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/he-used-personal-laptop-for-office-work-once-now-the-company-says-its-their-property-asking-me-for-proof/articleshow/126307018.cms

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https://youtube.com/shorts/HSiiBbEO_PA?si=LRniABpwPC-b5wQY

So Ig that's where they got inspiration to write for Roadrunner show....