Uni
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Adoracion Ei, amor Já parou pra pensar Que viemos de um mesmo lugar Fe…
Anssi Kela Unessani polku johtaa minut tumman metsän luokse Seison sen…
Atlas No bones, no blood to bleed A barren soul, no…
Braxill You and i There is no you and i No You will not…
CatCat Niin kauan toivoin ettд olisin Sinulle aina sellainen Joka s…
Club for Five Kello näyttää jo kahtatoista Kaupunki on hiljainen Tuntuu si…
Ed Sheeran I found your hairband on my bedroom floor The only evidence…
Ed Sheeran (cover) I found your hairband on my bedroom floor The only evidence…

Huck Don′t run too fast Don't run too slow You need to hear…
Jore Marjaranta Itseni taas unohdin Kun mä uneksin Mitä ikinä mä teen Kuu…
Korpiklaani Uni ulkona kysyvi, Joko lapsi vuotehessa, Pieni peittojen …
Movetron Hengitä. (hengitä) Hengitä. (hengitä) Hengitän unta vain Ne …
N-CoRe You can't spell we girl without u and I Even when…
Olavi Uusivirta Nyt kun maailmanloppu ei tullutkaan Laitan lisää sitä jotain…
Popeda Yö oli kuin unelma, lämmin tuuli ja kuu Me rannoilla istutti…
Sech Yeah Yeah Yo te gusto pero te haces Soy el diablito de tu…
The Rocket Summer You and I Right now, you can't help, you get down To…
Varjo Joka yö mä nään painajaisia Ne tuli mun päähän ja…
Weeekly Na na na na na na na na Na na na…
Yö Puisto huojuu ja huokailee Kylmä sade mut kastelee Taas hiir…
위클리 Na na na na na na na na Na na na…

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All C Even if I live for a hundred more years Have a…
Back On That Grind You gave it away for a moment I could see it…
Cos Eventually I'm gonna stop Talking about this How Most days i…
Impossible Hmm I remember years ago Someone told me I should take Caut…
In Another World She calls out to the man on the street 'Sir, can…
In the Past There are ladies in my life Lovely ladies in these lazy…
On My Way There My sea was set for sail And then the lightning struck…
One Day Everyday, everyday I have the blues Everyday, everyday, eve…
One Way Is Another I told you my heart is a one way But every…
Rapture You don't even listen and my tires got me drifting Now…
Recovery I don't want to play this game no more I don't…
Saving A few years back It didn't matter what we did But we…
Scurvy Flout em and scout em and flout em and scout em thought is f…
Victory You got kicked out of a taco spot Fell asleep got…
what may may bring Maybe you remember Dreams when we were young The safety in k…

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Benjamin-Alexandre Orion

4y↑40

Still trying to figure out what you're doing there ? Just keep doing it, James. You come off as honest and sincere. That is a very good thing...

It hasn't always been just the young people of today that have faced this problem. It starts off in the lower years, when one is getting good marks or not, when they start ushering a youth towards or away from going to uni. The old worn out mantra about "get good marks, get a uni degree, get a "good" job..." has been used since at least the beginnings of the Cold War (it wasn't just America and the USSR engaging in that ; it was our 3rd World War, in a sense). My generation was indoctrinated that way too. Some of us came to the same conclusions : getting a degree is not a guarantee of a job in that field nor even a job that one will like. It certainly does not lead to fulfilment. Indeed, sometimes it is a sad realisation to look back to the optimism one held as a student compared to the frustration that one feels in active life nowadays. I feel that your warning to young people about the business aspects of universities is an apt one. It is also a fair warning to be very careful to choose a degree that is personally inspiring rather than one that is supposed to be better for getting a "good job".

The "gap year" can be more than a year. Indeed, it would be better to have two or three years to read, get some employment experience and see a bit of the world meeting people. Personally, I took about seven 'gap years', though not consecutive ones. It took me a while to shake off the feeling of needing to do something "practical" and pursue a degree in the Humanities. It was only once I did do that I was able to maintain an interest in the studies and get good marks. Yet, as we unfortunately come to realise, the big Humanities companies are not doing a lot of hiring right now.

In a previous comment, I mentioned my ex-(?)partner who did indeed do his gap year (worked in a sweets/tobacco shop), read some books, played a lot of video games, did a little travelling and then settled on a degree in Comparative Religion and Philosophy (I myself did Philosophy, Literature and Linguistics with a minor in History). He is also the one now who is all enthused by the Multi-level marketing milieu and is chasing the money rather than seeking to solve problems. My solution isn't any better : I settled down into a civil servant job and just became part of the problem (that is a sort of confession, I suppose).

Anyway, thank you for another enlightening video.

Sincerely,
Alexandre Orion, Dijon, France

Stellular Nebulla

3y↑1

It's good to hear this as I just made a comment of my own, which is the following:

Okay, great video so far but one thing I've come across that you're wrong about.

(The following assumes you don't know what to do with your life, as this guy does (sorry mate I've already forgotten your name).

That "gap year" you're talking about has no reason to be singular - take many, as many as you need to figure out what it is you want to do with your life.

Also, this whole idea of a "gap year" is just wrong. Like what tf are you taking a gap from?

The bullshit of modern education?

Well if that's the case then I'd argue that going travelling (home country or elsewhere, which is what I think is the best thing to do btw), is actually far more educational than going to some lectures in a uni hall.

So no, DON'T take a gap year. Take a year even before Year 13 (what it's called in NZ) in college (high-school) and go travelling (and work while doing so to sustain yourself), or do whatever else you might think will help you to figure out what you want to do with your life.

I'm 18 btw and have the privilege of knowing what I am doing and going to do with my life. But that's not by accident.
I have done a lot of "research" into things that interest me (a lot of YT, read articles online, etc). And eventually got talking to some career advisor people from school and they helped to show me some of the options I had.
From there I devised a plan.

Part of that plan includes going travelling in my home country, Aotearoa, NZ, which I'm actually right in the middle of preparations for right now lol.
I plan on working, generally exploring my country's backyard, and hopefully having some conversations with critical people about my options in going into a career in space. (Rocket Lab if anyone's interested).

After those crucial conversations I will decide where to go, and generally what the next step of my plan will be.

It's an exciting time to be alive.

That's all from me -
I hope everyone reading this has a splendid day / night :)

Steviebro

4y↑2

Thank you for the video!

I'm a Canadian in Quebec and I've been seriously struggling for the past 2 years to figure out what kind of career I want to get into and it's very discouraging to see how many job openings there are vs. how many qualified graduates there are per year. I'm on my third year towards getting a biology degree just because I love wildlife and biodiversity conservation. There's nothing that I enjoy and am passionate enough about to see past the high competition for jobs and strive to be the best and be that top 5%... I don't want to spend 3-5 years getting a degree that has a high chance of being useless for me. Unfortunately for me, universities are flooded with graduates nowadays and as an introvert, I have a hard time standing out in a meaningful way to future employers (aside from my above average academic standing, which I don't think they value very much).

On the other hand, I have been thinking about going to trade school (vocational skill training) to be an electrician for the added job security, but I can never really properly picture myself in those situations as a career. It could be because of my parents and due to my being highly drawn to analysis and problem solving. Grades-wise, I perform very well in school (3.79gpa) and I have this urge inside to pursue something intellectual. I consider myself kind of in this middle ground where I like using my brain but also my hands. I've been thinking about engineering but as I've mentioned before, there's a very low amount of job openings compared to graduates and it just appears too risky to me...

Anyways that's my story, I apologize for the long paragraph xD
(For anyone interested, I'm an INTP with holland code IRC)

TL;DR: I'm lost AF in my career path. I don't like the university system because of high competition and low job security. I don't like trade school because I feel like I don't belong there due to my ability to perform well in university.

David Marjason

I would personally go into trade because it's rather useful to get a job that's in constant demand, rather than a job that doesnt provide good job security. A degree no longer worth shite anymore because of the increase supply of them. If you are an introvert, an electrician or plumber will be a great fit for you because keep in mind, if you were to do domestic work, you would require you to work alone, so you dont need to deal with all the bullshite when it comes to people, all you had to deal with are the customers and perhaps your boss if you are employed, but if you were self employed, you are your own boss. A trade is a service after all. What is great about trade is that its challenging. The best electrician require good understanding of the theory and good skill when it comes to your handling of cables and such. Since you are good academically, you will be a good fit for it. Moreover, electricians actually require you to used your brain alot and because of the technology advances, you are required to stay up to date when it comes to theory.

Furthermore, because alot of people are going into university, there will be less supply of people going into construction, so the demand are high and the wages are good for construction workers and tradesmen. Why do you feel with your emotion that you don't belong there? its your mindset that is creating you conflict.

I'm also thinking about doing a trade myself, I'm thinking bricklaying for me or carpentry ;) both of these trades can earn you over 40k pounds per year if experience, especially bricklaying because oh my god, bricklaying will earn you big money here in the uk. :)

Finally, work on your confidence a bit more. Becuase when I hear you say 'I cant picture myself doing that' just imply that you are self conscious about yourself, like you care about what society think of you. Personally screw society, if you want to become an electrician, do it. If you like working with your hands, then just do it. Rather than being a sheep that follows the shepherd who follows what society says.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with a blue collar herry and nothing wrong with a white collar Blake. Without blue collars workers, there will be no white collar workers because blue collars is what is running our infrastructure and our society. You just need to used your own initiative and think for yourself mate. I would personally do a job that has a high demand for it, but less supply, I'm all in it for the survival. It's also best to live less than your means because you will have more money save up and you can used it as a backup plan to perhaps invest in other qualifications or job prospects. Anyways Best of luck to you!

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4y↑192

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Ruben Laracuente

2y↑1

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S3ntry Plays

3y↑1

I'm getting my Bachelor's in Business Administration for free through my work while getting paid.

Se Perfecto

3y↑1

Imagine know how much they’ve scaled their business with their online courses

jackman4500

3y↑1

There's Adam Curtis and There's You..
Not selling selling entertainment but telling truth..

Alex Yurkevich

5:57 you meant "accruing debt"?

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pureholyz10

4y↑2.9K

A degree is like a passport which opens up opportunities. It's not a ticket to Success. Many students get the wrong idea thinking that getting a degree is the final goal. It's just the beginning.

Г.Анхбаяр

It's always the fkin beginning.

Adrian Solorzano

3y↑2

Can be if you have the right connections which boils down to who you know instead of what you know. There's a lot of brainwashing with these kinds "feel-good claims". Don't forget the financial rape that students get. When one decides to get educated and learn. That's the beginning not choosing institutions that will cripple you financially. Defenders of the current education system are like people in abusive relationships, they don't know how to get out so they stay and say it's all there is.

Many students or all have to speak up so change can happen.

Vincent Mangal

Nice metaphor never thought of it like that but the premise was there

David Luong

@ʙɪʟᴀʟ_ᵇᵉᵃˢᵗʸ22 one reason to go to school is to make some connections. It’ll be easy to rub shoulders with real estate developers/investors when you have the knowledge, credentials, and someone who can vouch for you.

ʙɪʟᴀʟ_ᵇᵉᵃˢᵗʸ22

3y↑1

I'm planing on not going the college way I'm not waiting them to stuff my brain with useless info i won't need in a million years so I'm looking to become a real estste agent and work my ass off till i start living the lifestyle big💪🏾

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Finance Simply Explained

4y↑1.2K

Please don't change as you get bigger. Your content is a gem in a space of fakeness and agendas.

Sarduron de Sarges

No, please change! You have to - as you also may have wounds to heal and want to grow as we all. But keep the core values of honesty, truthfullness and clarity obvious and stand for them <3 thank you for you videos so far!

a confused sapien

@esakki raj wtf

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Kristina S

I find he appeals to whiners and inherently negative people a lot. "They" aren't out to get you.

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2y↑136

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Sherylann Ramsaran

4y↑54

Hi James, I am a University Lecturer for 15 years now and I agree with you 100%. University is the biggest rip off ever. Students are paying huge amount of money and are getting NOTHING!! Sometimes I ask myself how the hell did this student get into University because they can't us the computer, they can't write, can't spell. OMG I can go on and on and then their are those lecturers who secretly get paid money to give a student a higher grade. OMG I honestly hate how dishonest this industry is.

Horror Radio

2y↑2

I saw the beginnings of this 20 years ago and made a conscious decision to get out of Academia ... and quickly!

Chuck Garrido

3y↑1

NO WAY YOU TAUGHT IN UNI. And maybe students entering as freshmen probably knew how to use a computer and if the students do poorly well then

Tee Jay

4y↑733

YOUNG PEOPLE 16-18 who have the privilege of viewing this video in your youth, LISTEN to this guy. I wish I had this objective guidance when I was a clueless 17 year old. I would have done a cadetship, or apprenticeship that paid me to get qualified. I spent several thousands to reference Harvard and write useless essays

eww

Thanks to you I got an idea to join such things, like apprentice and so on, thank you!

Tyto Alba

I'm still 16 Yo, but I'm still cluless lol...

Research Writing at eliteonlywriters©gmailcom

It's awful. But not useless

ʙɪʟᴀʟ_ᵇᵉᵃˢᵗʸ22

3y↑1

@Stellular Nebulla thank uuuu😁😊cheers!!

Stellular Nebulla

3y↑1

@ʙɪʟᴀʟ_ᵇᵉᵃˢᵗʸ22 Good on you bro, I don't know your situation exactly, but if you've got a plan and you can show your parents that plan (show them that you're capable of achieving the plan, show them you've got good goals for your future etc), then they'll probably be really supportive. Good luck my bro, cheers from all the way here in NZ 👍

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Sarah Hukill

4y↑158

I did a year at Uni, accumulated between $15k and $20k in debt for JUST that year, and now I'm in the predicament of not being able to afford college and the cost of living. Every time I ask someone for advise, they tell me to "take out more loans." I feel like the worst part is the stigma, for sure. That if you're not in Uni or toting around a degree, you're lesser than your peers or old high school classmates who were more successful. I really hope there's a shift in society where we realise the College-Scandal and acknowledge that you don't need a degree to prove your worth.

Yummy Food

3y↑6

In the Usa I would never complete my degree . It's a waste of money. And honestly the world needs to shift now and change to accepting people with skills

borek772

4y↑1

Would going to an uni in Asia or Europe be a problem for you? Lot of them are free or almost free (yay socialism ;p), have some form of English curriculum, and you would also get a chance to learn a foreign language + all the benefits of doing a gap year. Some of the universities in western EU and Asia are also world class, with Nobel laureate professors and research programs that can give Harvard or MIT a run for its money.

Cost of living would be similar or less, flights to US cost peanuts nowadays (300-400$ return EU<>US if you are a bit savvy with booking), so it wouldn't be as if you are completely separating from your family. And, to drive a final nail in the coffin - what would those local schmucks who only went to 3rd class uni in Bumfuck, Nowhere think, when you came back with MA from Singapore, Paris, or Munich?:)

Let me know what you think!

seneca

4y↑3

Go to a cheap public university near you and pay as you go. Persevere and it will be worth it. Get a useful degree. Look at your 20k debt as life experience and live with it. Pay it off and don’t get into more debt.

Merri Frusti

4y↑8

Dont take out more loans!!

Kehinde Adebimpe

4y↑15

Do not pull out more loans. I would advice you take a break and accumulate cash to pay for your education in cash this will eliminate interest.

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Jack Wolp

3y↑68

A year or two worth of work experience has taught me more than my degree. Also with the rise of the internet, you can learn everything these schools have to offer for free or cheaper online.

lazy pea

3y↑2

True

Tridian

4y↑64

TAKE A GAP YEAR! For the love god listen to this guy. I made the mistake of going to uni right after. Ended up dropping out and working for 4 years, shitty jobs granted, but I learned so much about myself and becoming an adult. When I did decide to study again, I knew what I wanted, I had a plan and I was motivated.

Dominique Harris

3y↑5

Yeah I've been thinking about doing that but I have a year left before I graduate so I'm kinda of stuck on what I really want to do

Russ Lea

4y↑378

"The school system is outdated globally. The Internet made it outdated because information is a commodity and the school system was built on the memorization of information." ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

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Sweet Memes Alabama

3y↑3

@Bruno C. It's ok if you have spent money on your degree. but you can't sell it to people. I've spent on it too. It's like you pay for 10 year old crap. It doesn't mean anything IF YOU KNOW HOW THE WORLD FUNCTIONS. (It means a lot of you are a zombie/slave worker. With a degree, you are a "better" worker lol. The illusion)

Danny Kyle

3y↑5

This is true for general information. But if you get specified at all you will quickly realize that the internet doesn't actually contain all information. And in the few cases it does contain all information on a subject, good luck understanding those research papers without having a real education in the subjuct.

David Chavez

Okay but are you gonna self teach yourself enough? They use to have libraries too back in the day but it didn't end universities

JUSTGIB

3y↑3

This comment needs more respect

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Satat

2y↑11

“University is a business, a degree is a consumer product”

What a way to look at it

William Chapple

3y↑14

I did an apprenticeship instead of going to uni (even after much pressure from my sixth form to attend) and have 0 regrets. I completed my course in 2 years and am now doing a job I adore every day whilst my friends who did go to uni worry and panic about assignments and exams. I totally respect that degrees are essential for some people/roles e.g. the health profession, but overall they shouldn’t be promoted as the only way forward, there are so many other options out there nowadays

Mrs.Potato Head

What kind of apprenticeship did you do?

The Modding Prodigy

4y↑43

One of the biggest problem, is that the university courses, of course not all of them, are outdated, and the syllabus just doesn't work in real life, so the companies hiring you need to train you anyways and 80% of what you learn at uni turns out to be useless. I am saying this after spending 5 years at college and university. One should really find out what they're good at and why, before proceeding.

Sexy Mary

So true ..

Ahmad Jamal Mughal

3y↑34

I wish I had known all that before I pursued my bachelors degree. Yes there was a gap of 3 years in my education but it wasn't gap year per se. I was in a non traditional school learning... something else. I was disappointed in university if you ask me. And it wasn't just my university, this culture is normalized throughout the country. Guess I was naive enough to assume that they genuinely care about education. Uni is no different from college, or school. They assign you questions, assignments, projects and we are supposed to duly submit them. Honestly, if you ask my honestly opinion, I genuinely believe school is child abuse. And NO I'm not exaggerating. And I hate institutionalized education (ps not the education). Schools, colleges and universities just exploit the concept of "education."
And congratulations on a new subscriber buddy your videos are so good. Something tells me much of this video was improvised wasn't it?

Musical Melody

3y↑4

I am sorry to hear that. I believe every school is different. I learned a lot from my University however, others did not. I think it depends on the career maybe? I got my masters degree in Computer science and learned a lot during my time in school. The first day of my Associates my teacher told us" What you put in is what you get out". Most students did not read the book and just skimmed through it and wrote assignments. I am not sure your situation but for me...I read, binge watched youtube video on Information technology, ask questions, studied like crazy, and had no social life. I would study more than 5 hours a day. I really loved learning because I love Technology and wanted to know more. But I know everyone is different. Again I am sorry you had a bad experience

Elizabeth Bennett

4y↑82

I joined the military, but when I got out on a medical discharge it took a year for me to adjust to civi life. During that time, I realized I really didn't want to be any of the things I intended to go to college for. I wanted to be a writer. In hindsight it was the obvious choice all along, but in high school they really encourage you to pick stuff that you knew was a sure way to make money. Being a professional writer just felt like, idk, out of my reach.

But living in the real world and realizing I have a real undying passion for the science behind story telling made me come to terms with the truth. I'm a writer. I was always a writer and I have something to write so I NEED to write it. And the thing is, there's so much opportunity online to learn that profession that I just didn't see all the extra stuff in college as worth it. My sister, who is going to college, described English 101 to me, and wow, so much of that is stuff I could learn on my own or already knew, and the rest just sounded unnecessary.

If I went to college, maybe in the long run I'd pick up skills quicker because I'd be forced to write more, learn more, and have a teacher there for help, but for now, I'm self teaching. Maybe if I get the money, I'll take a couple select classes, if that's possible. But right now, I just don't think college is worth it. I'm going to work a regular job and on the side, read and write and learn as much as I can on my own. If that doesn't work out, I'll look into other options.

Nicolas Dufour

Thinking about it you already succeeded because you found your way

Nicolas Dufour

It doesn't matter if you succeed (writing best selling book would be my perception of that). What's important in my opinion is that you are passionate and love what you do!

Emanuel Villa

3y↑3

Na bro dont care about what these people are saying, you are a writer, so go and write, you got this!

Ghost Samaritan

I second teaching writing. You could possibly make a little money writing plays, movie scripts, and music, but those industries are already oversaturated.

intelligentcomputing

Do you have a blog or a website?

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Tim Spinks

4y↑49

Really high level storytelling here! Brilliant pacing, suspense and rhythm. Excellent clarity, concision and compression of complex ideas. You can tell he knows what he's talking about, because he breaks it down so simply. He's either a natural, or had a lot practice - or both!

xhixhi j

3y↑11

Exactly one year ago you started this channel and posted this first video. Congratulations James on reaching this milestone with 600K subscribers! Your dedication and hard work shines through and through. Keep being this wonderful human being and authentic. Your audience will follow you all the way to becoming the next generation Netflix of YouTube. Salute!

Rai Key

4y↑9

Graduating in a university these days is pretty much just a boost of self-confidence for me whether during a job interview or interacting with other people. It won't guarantee that you'll get a job easily/right away even if you're a college graduate these days especially if you're just a newly graduate. Most companies are looking for a higher position staff/years of experience and mostly hire newly graduates if they are cutting their budget. A lot of competitions with new graduates coming every year. The measurement of success these days is how much your net worth is and not how high your masteral degree is.

Sam

4y↑38

As someone who is currently at uni and has decided that I want to study for the rest of my life (as in becoming a researcher) I’m telling you, do take the gap year! Or gap years. You may know what you’re interested in, but you don’t know what it’s like to spend all your working hours doing that thing. Take at least a year to find out what working full time is like before you decide what you’ll be doing with that time for the rest of your life.

ayyub ayyyub

4y↑111

Not going to college only works with some people, and those people are the ones that knows how utilize their skills, and wanting to learn anything by themselves without the need of college like Google is your friend.

Ghost Samaritan

@Lumpy Stilskin There are several.

Lumpy Stilskin

@Anqry so there's a university for singing?

Ghost Samaritan

3y↑18

@Emma Rose That entirely depends on you as an individual. I learn way better at my own pace without time constraints and external pressure.

Emma Rose

3y↑7

@Anqry
College is simpler to deal with as it has pressures and deadlines. When you're on your own, you tend to get distracted and lazy.

Ghost Samaritan

4y↑13

Bruh universities literally give you a list of books to read and the lectures are basically meaningless bloat.

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Pavel Adamec

4y↑13

Went to university. Left after first semester.
After just one semester, during which I also had to have a full time job to support myself, I realized that even though some of the stuff were good to know about, I by no means wanted to know them in the depth required to pass onto next semesters. So I did not even tried to pass the second semester and with that realization I left the university.

And good that I did, because after some reflection later I realized what a mistake it would have been to stay. As the degree had absolutely nothing to do with what I enjoyed and wanted.

Benjamin-Alexandre Orion

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Paul S

4y↑936

I can say now, 25 years later, that the most formative experience in my life was not the years I spent at Uni, but the three years I spent backpacking (&working) around the world. It taught me about friendship. About women. About entrepreneurship. About surviving adversity. About adapting. It was a degree with a major in “character building”. 😉

Adrian Solorzano

Makes sense, the real world of experiences.

Stellular Nebulla

3y↑1

M M

@Ross Macandie digital marketing/ digital nomad

Bekindto1another

@SUBHAN MIRZA I want to go to community college.

Bekindto1another

@SUBHAN MIRZA hehehe! please explain more why you think that...

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Andy Tsang

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it puzzles me how we spend tax dollars on paying human beings to teach the same lesson multiple times a day without recording any of it

Geegee Poo

Although I do get your point- you pay thousands and there’s no record of the quality of teaching.

Geegee Poo

Watch Jordan Peterson’s lectures

Kliman Khmeron

@Ghost Samaritan or because to much partying, or working night before school, or just smoking stuff, personally never felt sleepy.

~A guy with 3 degrees.

Lisa Culton

@Andy Tsang What's your main point?

Andy Tsang

3y↑1

@Lisa Culton you are missing the main point of the comment like many of the other replies to this comment.

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Yl Nyk

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I couldn't agree more with the gap year point. However, it is not applicable for my country.
If you can not enter a uni right after you finish high school, you have to go to military for 18 months. I was very successful student, still didn't know what I want to study; but it is very hard to pass entrance exam after being a soldier for 18 months, so I went to the university: best university, one of the hottest degrees, but I absolutely hated it. It was not only because of avoiding military, but I would be called crazy if I chose going to military instead of university with the grades and scores I had.
After graduating university, you are given 2 choices: To serve in military for 12 months, or to go to study master's degree. I graduated last year, but thought that I am not emotionally or mentally fit to be a soldier, so I will go to study master's degree. I got a hype in my senior year that I love my degree so didn't mind doing masters; but right after I started master's it turned out to be false.
I will graduate from master's next year this time, and will have 2 choice: either to go to the military for 12 months, or to do a phd and be exempted from military service.
I won't do a phd in a subject which my hatred grows(btw, it is CS) just for the sake of avoiding military. I will do my service, and after that I will do something else, nothing IT related.
So, 7 years(1 year of english foundation included) of studying and spending tons of family money just for the sake of avoiding military, pleasing people around me and end result is that: I hate my profession and won't do it for living.
If I had a gap year, everything could be soo different.

Hank From Montgomery

Same in Russia

Yl Nyk

@Jørgen Fornes it is one of the post-Soviet countries. No, I will join as regular soldier, but only difference is I will serve 6 months less than the folks who don't have degree.
And there is no money involved - all the sacrifices for motherland :)
Conditions of the Army isn't that bad in my country. But you should still be a soldier and get isolated from the normal life for a year. That's bad.
P.S I could join as an officer who gets paid but it requires additional training time and I have no desire to be an officer or to spend more time there.

Jørgen Fornes

Yl Nyk hi, dont know witch country you come from, but if you have a degree, then you could likely join the military as an officer instead of joining as a conscript. You will have to serve longer but you avoid all the bullshit that the conscripts have to go trough, and you will get a leadership position with good pay.

Muhammad Umer

4y↑510

Mark my comment.This man will cross over 1 million subscribers in 2020

Edit: It didn't happen but his content is fire🔥. Hopefully, one day he will have millions of subscribers✨

It’s not 2019 any more

2y↑1

We’re very close now

Worthy

3y↑1

Yep

Abu Layt

When I was 29 I came to know what I want.

Hamad Mohammed

@productivitygod he said 2020, not 2021

Marko

3y↑1

@bearded cat same!

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Diego Arteaga

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I'm really grateful for having basically free (25 cents a semester) universities at my country. We would be way worse without them.

I'm from Mexico, and seeing videos like this ones blow my mind, since overall countries like UK or USA have a better life quality and wealth, and still, something so basic as education tends to be just a big money making business, truly sad.

Royy

@You Ain't Got No Tegridy Boi nah its just a developing country, the best public universities usually can be almost free w/scholarships. Without em you pay like $150usd per semester, privates can run up to $3000 at least the ones I know of.

Anqry

4y↑2

@You Ain't Got No Tegridy Boi I don't think a pay barrier would help the situation. You'll just end up with rich idiots getting degrees and poor geniuses not getting them, which still leads to the degree not being a good indication of understanding in a field.

No, putting a big pay barrier doesn't mean that "those who really want it will get it", it means that those who are best suited for that path get denied it because of circumstances that may be beyond their control.

The solution here is to remove that pay barrier, but also actively encourage other alternatives such as apprenticeships or learning a trade. There's no shame in doing those options, but a big part of the reason we have such a bloated number of graduates is that we're shamed for NOT getting a degree.

Leave it open to all as an option... the keyword there being OPTION. Those who truly want to go down that path will do so without a monetary barrier, and those who don't need that path to be successful aren't getting worthless degrees that just inflate the stats.

Diego Arteaga

4y↑1

@You Ain't Got No Tegridy Boi Some can barely survive month to month and you want them to get into debt?

I don't think we should restrict access to knowledge and education to those in worse situations, that way they'd never be able to get out of there by themselves. That's the reasoning behind free education here.
You are speaking from a privileged position when you only talk about devaluating degrees, so try to put yourself in the shoes of people that have it way harder.

You Ain't Got No Tegridy Boi

@Diego Arteaga I ain't elitist, those people can take out loans, scholarships can be given to those who can't afford it but are talented enough for it. University degrees being oversaturated devalues them. That's the point this guy was making in this video FFS pay attention.

Diego Arteaga

4y↑4

@You Ain't Got No Tegridy Boi Sounds elitist af. What about people who want it but can't pay? We just give almost anyone an opportunity to study, regardless of their income, can't see anything bad with that.

Plus, not anyone can get in, you have to take an exam to enter. And you don't get a degree just by entering, and that's for any university, you need to pass first, and then you need to make a thesis or social service in order to get your degree.

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DollieDreams

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Awesome advice - after 2 years of college, I left - and I feel like that's when I really started learning. Now, after more than 30 years of what feels like cramming for finals, I'm pretty happy with the state of my education and our entrepreneurial life. :) Keep up the videos - they're great!

Ariane Dushime

4y↑4

That is quite amazing. I hope young people like me can see this video before it's too late for them. I am in a period of indecisiveness and this is my senior year. Thank you, James Jani

RevMatchTV

4y↑3

Love what you’ve been doing with this channels and watching your progress! I have multiple degrees and I used to promote getting a degree. Now I don’t think you need one. It’s great that in the UK you’re not saddled with massive student debt like here in the US.

Simply ButterflyGirl

4y↑2

I’m so glad I found your channel here. Part 5 applies to me since I chose a wrong subject to study and wasted 5 years of my life. I don’t even use it. As soon as I graduated, I left my country to travel. I admire your honesty and down to earth approach. Funny enough, you remind me of an actor from Beverly Hills 90210 - Jason Priestly!😊👌🏻

Vir Rawlley

4y↑2

Thank you for your video, James. You have figured out a lot of good stuff it has taken me a life time to do. Networking, problem-solving, and letting go (not second guessing oneself). I believe these help.

nnunnrak

3y↑2

For those thinking about getting a degree: go out of your home and work first. Get a degree on the side like studying at night or on the weekends, or dont get it at all. Work on your craft, learn as you do. The knowledge you get will be worth much more then what you can get on college. In college you waste a lot of time on courses that are worthless too.

Duck

4y↑4

University helped me grow up because I had an absolutely awful time. Now I feel I'm definitely a stronger person. It also gave me the tools I needed to start a career in physics research. However, university will only ever be what you make it. You can easily spend 3-4 years there, barely grow as a person and end up with a mediocre degree that you're not sure what you can do with. If you want to go to university, you need to make sure you're there to do more than have a good time. Unless you're planning on going to uni and getting a first or taking advantage of every work experience opportunity there is, don't go.

Quiet Contender

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Most of this comes from back in the day getting a degree was all you needed for a good job . But now that college started letting g everyone one a degree isnt saying much. Parents who grew up in that time have pressured their children to attend college and get a degree. I had a friend who's parents convinced him to get a basic degree because it was easy to get. But now he struggles to find a good paying job. To know what to do talk to someone who has been to college in recent years and dont go by parents because they will talk based on how things were like in the 80's or 90's. If I had know i would have taken an extra year or 2 of community college that was covering 85% of my costs through financial aid( one semester I only owed 150$) and they helped me find work in my major to get experience.

Yash Menghani

3y↑2

Really great video man! Really love to hear other people's perspectives on University and Education and stuff.
I chose not to go to University too, for a variety of reasons and one of them being the Awful Quality of Education and Infrastructure here in India among many others.

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Steviebro

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David Marjason

Lammy Saberini

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Honestly, If kids are taught early enough the importance of financial education and how Stocks and Equity works then education would be necessary, else it's just a system to keep you in a loop. took me 7 months to reach five figures investing my time and money after graduating

Lammy Saberini

4y↑2

Truly said, lucky enough for me i use professional guidance while in the stock market without any
knowledge of how it works but just pay a little commission.
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Content Marketing Institute

4y↑1

The duty of imposing the importance of that on the kids should be ours as guardian and parents. we are the foundation for change.

acxez knightNite

3y↑3

God I wish something like this was around when I was in sixth form. I’m 49 so my degree (physics) was free. Nevertheless, knowing the wisdom that a gap year brings, knowing that we really don’t have a clue what we’re destined to be at 18-21, knowing how degrees are simply two-a-penny now, people need to hear/see this video and they need to take stock of whether all of these artsy namby-Pamby degree subjects are worth even a fraction of their cost. Because unless you’re going to be a scientist, lawyer, doctor or engineer, you probably don’t need one.

Moagi gaming diary

4y↑4

Okay 😂 I actually feel better now that I didn't go to uni. It felt like it was a bad decision due to peer pressure but this video has changed my perspective and I just realized how much free time I have and how I can go about it. Thank you so much.

James Elliott

4y↑18

People need to use online courses, which are either cheap or free. It's the fastest way to grasp what doing something is actually like. Take for instance computer programming. Programmers have a lot of freedom and can make a lot of money, BUT for those who go into it for those reasons, might be miserable and would have been better suited as web designers. The most important thing is to find something someone likes and if that person has a hobby they like, that would be something to consider.

Just because someone's hobby may not seem profitable, there more ways to approach it that might make it profitable, especially in this day and age of the Internet. It's also possible to combine one field with another. I always tell people to take art and music classes because you can't have a creative mind if you don't practice creativity and music is like exercising the same part of the brain as math and computer programming. That is why some of the best computer programmers are good musicians

I read an article that showed some of the most productive and intelligent people at the top of their fields were either great artists or musicians.

Peace, Purpose & Prosperity

3y↑1

Its mad interesting how this has never been more applicable than this year when people are paying most or nearly all the fees but getting none of the benefits due to covid

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio phobia

3y↑6

You're right. I didn't know what I wanted in life. I thought i wanted to go into something creative, but actually, that's NOT what I wanted.
I'm doing a degree that fits me like a glove right now and then I'm going into psychology.

Spencer Hewins

3y↑7

I’m from the UK planning on going to uni this year September, after having a gap year as I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I would’ve loved to travel the world and backpacked but because of covid this wasn’t possible. For me, I’m going to uni for the life experience, meeting new people, exploring a new city, and gaining a high level qualification you can’t get doing an apprenticeship or college. For me, I’m utilising uni as a tool for me to grow as a person, have fun and make great memories, while being supported to run my own business. A lot of people say either go to uni and get a job after, or don’t go to uni and work your way up in trade or an industry of your choosing. But I want to be able to have that uni experience, get that qualification as a back up, and be a successful entrepreneur

deepak adhikari

4y↑97

what modern school and college should teach is
MONEY,HEALTH,CREATIVITY DEVELOPMENT,COMMUNICATION SKILL,PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL

Sara

So how should someone become a doctor or...?

I don’t argue on internet no more

@Knowhere I’m not so sure the system is faulty. For instance, one of the best tools to move up economic classes is stocks and bonds but most people are painfully ignorant of them. I’m not saying the system is perfect, but I don’t think it is as broke as many think. Mean if it was than why do immigrants often move from poverty on arrival to comfortable middle class within a decade or so. Not trying to argue just want to talk, because this is a problem and far too many want a one size fights all, which doesn’t work. Yes I realize my previous post was overly aggressive, I’m just tired of the “take money from product people and throw it at the poor” approach as I am, “it’s all the poor’s lazy fault for being poor”. Both seem to me to be half a solution.

I don’t argue on internet no more

3y↑1

@Yolo Vee or yo I can stop whining about the system and learn how to properly interface with it. Instead of complaining, stay out of debt, buy investments, spend less then you earn and hey guess what, in a few years you can be rather wealthy too.

I don’t argue on internet no more

3y↑2

Oh for the love of. Look do the research. Creativity cannot be taught. You either are, or aren’t. As for money, do you mean finance? Yes definitely. Communication skills, not the schools job that would be yours. Problem solving, in which way?

Yolo Vee

4y↑6

they want us to stay broke. the whole world runs on capitalism and the big bosses of capitalism are those "governments" - literally someone just came up with "Oh hey, lets make a government and then we can own this land, be the richest people and rule the world."

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DynamicHeatwave

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my school pressured my year group into doing this thing called UCAS which we use to apply to uni. A lot of people didn't want to do it and they were pressured
also they didn't tell us about online courses or anything. They pretty much just said apprenticeship or uni

Solo Ann

3y↑2

I can totally relate. In my college there was a lot of pressure on going through UCAS to go to uni.

Tis I

3y↑6

I came to YT for a break from studying and saw this amazing video. You can't marvel at the subject at uni/school. It's a god awful system that filters between who can jump through hoops and those who can't, and I only realised this during my gap year, and regret I didn't have the opportunity to find out what my passions were until then

C I

3y↑5

You forgot to mention the massive kick back between industries that have never required degrees and certification and now do. I don’t know for sure but it’s my hunch that companies and colleges meet and discuss ways to funnel employees or potential employees to these schools. Now even mundane medical positions require degrees and certifications, more and more companies require bachelors for computer/internet related jobs where 10 years ago it was unheard of .

lazy pea

3y↑1

Exactly because of competition, old employees don't want new employees to take their jobs and cut their pay

Tsepo Nyarashe

4y↑3

I've always felt guilty for taking time off university (I dropped out more than once). Your video made me feel a lot better for making that decision. Right now I know what I really want and I'm on my way to getting it. 😆👍

Sh Sh

4y↑33

I’m 19 and kinda scared of being lost and unsure about the path I wanna choose.
Thank you for this video.
It’s LOVELY how honest, forward yet respectful and compassionate you are

Of the Caribbean

4y↑1

Yes
THIS

R A

4y↑1

After my undergraduate degree I took two years out and then went back to a different university to do a gap year. After romanticising student life from my undergraduate experience, the new uni I went to were very transparent about the facility being a business, was quite eye opening.

Violeta SniffABook

4y↑1

All good advice! I actually went through Uni when it was a bit cheaper and so my debt is not as bad now, but I am nowhere near to paying it off, and to be honest, while I LOVED my degree and time at Uni - Psychology - I mostly loved that time because of the friendships I formed and the experiences I had not the degree itself. I ended up going into entrepreneurship as well, so technically, I could have gone without the degree, but oh well, you live and learn and I can't regret something I enjoyed. :) You do you!!!

Everyday Nerd

3y↑9

As an aspiring content creator, I'm jealous of your incredible success, however, as a regular guy AND as a content creator, I truly appreciate your content and the quality that you make sure it has.

Matelo

3y↑2

I love your honesty! I'm looking for self improvement advice these days and I've started reading books but after your video on fake gurus and the secret being exposed i struggle to find any real authentic self improvement authors who have actually been there done that and not just looking for a quick profit. Only one I've found that seems to be legit is how to win friends and influence people. Please recommend some! Great video

Danielle

4y↑1

I am a year into my first marketing degree, on track for my bachelors, I love to learn, being leery of the debt amounts I am accruing within my first year, this video provided a sense of comfort for me, that I AM going the right direction! Thank you kindly sir!

54 Hit Points

4y↑110

As a college grad, I have done a lot of contemplation with what I would have done instead of hopping right into college right away. Ultimately, I concluded that I don't regret going to college. I regret not preparing myself for success afterward (and that is its own long story by itself, which is why a big focus of what I want to do with my own channel is to be living proof I can salvage my own life). With that said, I would urge a lot of would-be college students to think twice about college. It's not for everyone. Otherwise, you end up with big debt for no reason.

Kevinoid's Cavern

4y↑1

Valid point!

Dkkld Opsl

3y↑2

Having just graduated from University and having done a gap year where I worked two jobs for 6 months to finance 6 months of travel around the world, I realised 1 year was not enough. In university I always was working more than studying. By doing that I fell out of the "rat-race" because (and this might seem idiotic) I just saw another reality. That reality I feel is sometimes talked about in universities but some of these kids would organise 8000£ 5day trips to Mauritius during lectures. Probably the same peope who believe that throwing shit on the floor is alright because "the cleaner needs a job" (same thing with waiters). But it is not all bad, while some students go to continue "dreaming" in a sense (that's the luck and curse of the upperclasses), other students (coming from less fortunate backgrounds) are what our society needs in terms of leadership. Anyways great vid!! Kids stay in school but take time to really think and work in the real world x

Daltyee bh

4y↑3

It’s important to remember that there’s more to university to getting to your career goals, because education is valuable especially in university when you can personalize it. Knowledge is knowledge, even if it’s not practical.

CAPTAIN COOK

4y↑58

Feel that man I’m 29 now still really don’t know what I wanna do yet I’m in college trying to finish

Rehan Patel

Find your path

M_B98

3y↑2

You're still very young bro, you've got time!🙏

Angie Anders

4y↑4

After watching your video it took me about a month or so to think about it but I have decided to not go to university. I will instead take my time off to explore new choices and business strategies so I can hopefully build my own business one day!

murphy2823

4y↑5

My experience with getting my university degree(s) was that it was more to create and expand networks.
Many of those relationships have been valuable throughout my working life.

Trevor Benson

4y↑1

Found you out just today from your self help video... I have had the starting point to that same idea, and you put your thought out there clearly and it really solidified my views on the matter... binged all your videos after that and you have a great style to your channel and videos. Keep at er man, killin it 🙏🤘

Pedro Rx

4y↑5

thank you so much man, i'm in a very confused and worried phase, this set me much at ease, you really helped a lot, in times like these we need to hear things like that to be able and know how to move foward.

Kanden

3y↑1

There’s nothing wrong with going into an interview. Selling your value that you’re inexperienced. A lot of employers can see that as someone who they can shape and work with. As long as you put the effort in.

yamabushi170

4y↑409

I went to school, got abysmal grades, joined the army for 5 years, bummed around in various crap jobs, taught guitar for a bit and in time fell into a real career. I'm now a senior network architect for an ISP and have been doing very nicely for years. There's more than one route up the mountain.

da

Man you must be a fun person to be around with.
I guess your family and friends must be happy for you.

Hussain

4y↑1

@yamabushi170 so the CCNA route with a specialisation in SDN, I will definitely look it up.

yamabushi170

4y↑2

@Hussain good luck my friend. I'm sure you'll do great. Remember, my friend followed my footsteps into the same industry after he graduated in drama and spent ten years trying to pursue a career in acting. Now he's working at a major data centre and making good money!

Hussain

4y↑1

@yamabushi170 thanks for all the advice, I will look in to the SDN architecture also. Thanks for the heads up. I'm practically starting all over again from the very beginning.

yamabushi170

4y↑1

@Hussain Please bear in mind this is only my advice based on my own personal experience. It has worked well for me and I stand by it as having worked for at least one friend as well. You should definitely seek the advice of a few other people in the industry to get a balanced perspective.
That said, I do think the CCNA is a very good start for anyone who wants to begin a career that has any connection to networking. If you're going to do cybersecurity it will be very useful to have an understanding of basic routing and switching. I've worked with quite a few security specialists who found their job hampered by a lack of understanding of fundamental network concepts. Cisco also have their own security track for the CCNA which might also be worth a look.

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Ré

4y↑1

Love the content James, subbed after wqtching my first video. In a bit of a rush here but I just wanted to say I completely agree with you about most people not being able to decide upon at a careet at 30 let alone 20; Im 33 and only coming around to deciding on working as an audio engineer (and after doing an introductory course, Im still waiting another 6 months before I even make that final decision). Universities a massive amount of pressure to put on someone in their 20s and can often serve to put them off.

Well done on the channel mate - not sure how I came across it but Im glad I did.

Emperor Frieza

4y↑285

I am a university student myself but i learn more from youtube and internet lol.

Divi B

3y↑2

@yhn 아이한 yea and I'm batman

yhn 아이한

Hey man! I am PewDiePie‘s cousin, and the greatest YouTuber of all time. See for yourself!

Dominique Harris

Same which is really sas

Divi B

@Mohd Rozi yea like pursuit of wonder

gavin lesly

I learnt everything ik now from the internet and way more than what school taught me...funny how brown parents think phones r the problem

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Kilani Curtis-Gentry

4y↑1

Thanks for sharing this video!!
The biggest thing about college that boggled my mind was how much time you spent sitting in a room all day, inactive. i still struggle with a sedentary lifestyle but I feel like learning is much more effective when, like you said, done in "the real world" so to speak. After dropping out after three years, I find that I'm still not sure what it is what I want to pursue in life. It's still changing. I thought that I wanted to start a business making salves, but I find that I don't actually. Traveling (who knows when in 2020) Is something that I've always been drawn to.
What I'd say for anyone exiting high school and happens to stumble across this video is to try out different stuff. Release the pressure to understand your "calling" and just nurture your interests as you please. Pay attention to what your curious about and go for it.

Bernard Wind

4y↑5

Absolutely, take a gap year. It doesn't matter what you do, but getting a job and travel are a good idea. It doesn't matter what job: tour guide etc, cleaner, sports. Travel, travel and get a job overseas. Personally I took 10 years before I went to University. I did Architecture. But seeing different cultures, doing manual work, teaching windsurfing, being a sole trader signwriter and trying to be a pro cyclist equipped me with the maturity to properly get the philosophy and benefit from what my Architecture degree offered

There is another point though, no one will take away from you all that you have learned at University. As always you only get what you put into it

Nick Peitsch Investing

4y↑158

In 2019, thousands of chemical engineers graduated across Canada.

Luckily, I was fortunate to find a job. But the rest of us? Nearly 50% of my class? No jobs. Unbelievable that universities would consider graduating this many chemical engineers when the jobs just simply don't exist.

EmptyStuff

Have you ever heard of philosophy degrees ?

Football in Blood

Depends on demand and supply

E Mars

Most of the things we used are chemical base. How come most of you chem engineers don't have job?

Ghost Samaritan

3y↑1

That's what happens when you fall for the "just study STEM" meme... I'm studying audio engineering and didn't take a gap year (which I regret) but I seriously consider dropping out to work and raise money for some kind of business.

Yo Yo

Yes that's what i thought.

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cNash

4y↑1

Probably the only video I need to convince myself that entering university requires the right timing, people went in university too early not knowing what the industry is like.

Clever Kerr

4y↑1

I really regret not taking a gap year... I went to college to do something I didn't even want to do and I dropped out eventually, made everyone upset with me. But I am slowly finding myself... This is awesome content man

Ali Bushell

3y↑1

Wow - I wish my first youtube video had been this good! Thanks for an excellent analysis, and everything you say is completely true (I say that as someone who worked in the Department for Education and Skills when the main changes around university participation targets, funding and student financing were happening - at no point was the discussion about what the country needed in terms of skills or education, but was about how we have more degrees as an international status point and being able to grow our research sector financed by the growth of the number of undergraduates).

U Know

4y↑20

It's strange that large scale distributions (education, health-care, movies, gaming industry) are being corrupted by business and lose their original cause. Then theirs causes drift to smaller scale organizations or non-profits. Strange. What went wrong?
Pictures of universities in a background are so inspirational.. Like house of knowledge and wisdom. What went wrong?

Robyn Fashan

4y↑4

profit

Mikki Kowal

3y↑1

I think based on your experience you'll know what career you wanted.

I did door to door selling and fundraising since age 5, dud garage sales in elementary school , typed my notes in high school and sold them, and in the military was in charge of logistics.

So I went to learn business management.

EndlessPenguin

4y↑1

Interesting video, I went to university for engineering originally straight from sixth form and left only a year later as it wasnt for me... went to work for an auditing company to finally return years later to study a business and accounting degree, all for the piece of paper!!

Jeff Morabito

3y↑6

A degree is soooooo overrated!!! I went to school back in early 2000’s and paid 8k a year now it’s 3x that amount it’s insane. University is not worth it unless you are being a DR Lawyer or PHD

Jabulile Khumalo

3y↑1

Hi James, I really love your channel. I fully agree with the gap year analogy, wish I could have done so myself. I am based in South Africa and unfortunately here we are practically the first generation that can go to university. We are under pressure to go to university to get a high paying job in order to help the family with expenses. A gap year is only seen for the privileged.

Enrique

4y↑33

Even after taking a gap year i was highly pressured to go to school asap. My dad told me i was “wasting” time doing a gap year. Finished a diploma in electronics. Throughout those years i became more interested in fitness and kinesiology. I will now be going to school for massage therapy and hopefully opening my own practice someday. This is the field i see myself doing longterm. It sometimes does take years to realize what you want to do. Great vid man

Trisha Ann Sison

3y↑3

You're now officially my favorite YouTube creator and I've seen most of your videos. You just keep getting better at it. I can't wait for you to put out more. You seem like a fun friend to have in person :)

Zimboprenuer ZW

Me too

Love Nana

4y↑2

Very nice advice! After take a gap year, i read through lot of books and i found that i interested in business and enterprenuership.....but still going to university this september still cannot figure out what business should i do..so from my opinion,maybe i need to read more of books in uni to get more ideas during the uni period and will be doing bachelor in marketing. If to have a comparison , business administration is better or marketing degree. Wish you all can give some advice.Thanks You.

ksen333

3y↑1

Ah James, if only you knew what a year this was going to be when you said you intend to do one networking event per week! Love your content watched everything on your channel in the last 12 hours!

Leah

4y↑2

I got a degree in Fashion Design so I actually learnt skills BUT 5 years later at almost 30, I'm still at assistant level which is depressing 😫but it's a tough industry, so my advice, make sure it's worth it and something that you're passionate about 😁

Josh Young

3y↑1

I think doing some work experience in fields that you have some interest in working in is also a great idea for gap years as it gives you an insight into the work that you will likely be doing. Keep up the great content.

HawaiiLife 808

4y↑1

Gap year sounds like a great idea! I think it’s much more common in Europe than US. I always thought it was a reward after graduating university to take time to enjoy, plan, strategize before jumping into a career. I think a gap year for high school graduates in the US is risky bcuz many will just give up on the idea of university when they find out they can do well without it...

Alice

3y↑1

I did my degree at 29 and am glad I waited until then to do it. I brought more to the degree, knew I actually wanted to do that subject and actually enjoyed the learning process. I had 13 years of work experience behind me which also meant that I was more employable after I'd completed my degree.

I don't think teenagers should be forced to make the decision about uni. Most people I know who did a degree at 18 regret the subject they took and wished they'd waited until they were much older. I really think that going out and getting life and work experience first before you decide whether uni is right for you is the better option. Your life is not going to be ruined if you wait a few years. I qualified as a solicitor, have done a masters and am about to apply to do a PhD and I don't even have A Levels. I am glad I waited until I was much older to make that decision.

One other thing, uni shouldn't just be viewed as way to make yourself more employable. The pursuit of knowledge and critical thinking will change your life for the better. Having the time and space to devlop those skills changed the way I saw the world and made me a better person. Whilst I totally accept that the pursuit of knowledge and critical thinking can also be achieved outside uni, I feel that this structured learning environment was the right place for me.

Kevin Todd

4y↑1

Many thanks from a new fan

James great job! I'm an older guy and I loved your video about self-help so I wanted to check out some of your other content and stumbled upon this one. It just so happens that the other day I was talking to my daughter who is a high school graduate about her fears of what to do in life. As it turns out I think he will really appreciate what you have to say so I have shared this video with her. Thank you for what you do and I'm so grateful that I stumbled upon such a unique content creator. As of today I am a new fan and subscriber. Hats off!

INDIA Ipumbu

4y↑81

The only issue I have with Universities/colleges is the fact that you find a whole class of 200 people being taught the same thing and the circle continues, when does it ever stop? Unemployment rate is high yet you find classrooms at varsities full, it's of no logic!

Shashank

3y↑1

Unemployment was at an all time low before the Covid pandemic, what are you actually talking about?

Fish

4y↑3

Tessie Griffin I meant before covid, obviously. That was the national average.

Nothing there

4y↑2

@Fish That rate highly depends on where exactly to live. Some places have nearly 50% of unemployment (particularly due to covid pandemic this year). Though it seems pandemic actually made people to think twice about usefulness of uni - less people applying this year, for various reasons.

Fish

4y↑9

You consider 4% unemployment high?

T B

3y↑1

Well done James. Very informative and scripted. Sent link to my daughters so hope they make a good decision. I didn't do Universities and college and came out a winner. Each person takes different paths to success.

David Chen

2y↑1

Hi team. This is such a great channel. I’m 19, on a gap year. I have read TMF as well a great read for sure. I was wondering if going to uni would be worth it for the networking or would I just be better off networking with the people who I admire who my goals and ambitions are aligned with? This is gold content for sure

A Team

4y↑5

Great video James,
I think it would be great if you made a updated corona version because a lot has changed. I thankfully took a gap year to pursue my E-comm businesses (which I love) but nothing has made me super rich yet (not very stable). So I was going to go uni this year ,which btw is a degree I really liked to learn about(while side hustling in E-com). HOWEVER , because of the virus they cancelled the degree for the first year (Innovation engineering) . This is due the course being "very practical and Lab/group work" So they gave me a choice to take ANOTHER gap year (which btw my mum really doesn't want) OR to choose another engineering course for the first year ,which is very theoretical based so it can be done online. Now I'm debating is there even a point if I cant even do the exact course I wanted or should I stick through with it as its only 1 year. OR should I forget about THE UNI back up plan and just go full in with E-comm. while potentially getting kicked out of the house and having to get small room somewhere.
Love to hear anyone else's thoughts so please dont hesitate to reply,
Thanks

A Team

4y↑1

@Mat InSpace Hey Thanks for the response. And not wasting time has resonated with me because I really cant be doing that. I will probably do what you just said and just do another engineering course for the first year as they are probably similar. I'm happy you found something you like and hope you succeed !

Mat InSpace

A Team Take this, of course, with a grain of salt: innovation engineering in the end is a mix of electronic and mecatronic engineering, so why not go with one of them and get the basics first? I don't know precisely what courses would have been taught in the first year, but I highly doubt there wouldn't have been physics and calculus which will be valid in case they reintroduce the degree, so my advice is to not waste time! At least, if you're not really convinced about starting a degree which you didn't intend in the beginning, think of educating yourself in other ways with private courses of some sort that catch your interest. Time spent on educating yourself, may it be engineering or photography is never wasted. I made a bad decision in the beginning and chose the wrong degree (electronic engineering) but instead of just taking a random gap year, i found myself a job and enrolled into a private school for game programming and now I'm happily taking my degree in CS knowing that this is what I really wanted but took time to understand it

Ilham Esse

I’m currently on my gap year and im honestly loving it. Started writing and learning to program. But I’ve also grow as an individual and learnt so much about myself. I would defo recommend everyone to take one. It doesn’t even matter weather your sure of your degree or not. I’ve learnt so much life skills, read lots and networked. You learn that there’s more to life than just education .

Vijay Krishna

4y↑2

Your work inspire me a lot. When I feel low while doing my work I see your videos to motivate myself .You do so much thinking scripting editing in you work that is really appreciating. Publish this kind of work in future also. Love from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Pharmabug

4y↑3

I am currently in the gap year. It is showing me what i really love. I did work on farm and in a company also. I made a ton of new correspondences. I am having a lot of experience ( never enough though). And not exactly i know about what i want, But the thoughts are more clear. Your video made me feel that i am on track. I was feeling lost lately, Thanks to the pandemic. Your video did made me feel encouraged and ready to fight.

Ishtiaq Ahmad

4y↑1

Truly amazing content ,daring thing to go against what society feels right..more power and luck to u bro..looking for more such stuff 💪❤..

intelligentcomputing

4y↑1

I wish I'd seen this video 30 years ago -
Great message and very well done, James!
I'll be forwarding this to my younger relatives for sure!

Ahsan Javed Khan

4y↑10

Since I have started listening to James, I have stopped all others who were trying so hard to sell something. Good work James. I am very much interested in knowing the mic you use and edit process how you do it.

clampulp

4y↑4

Iv'e always tried to study but somewhat due to my own life events and my own discipline meant I put all my focus into video games out of stress. after working for 5 years in aged care I tried studying again and failed an additional 2 more courses. it's only after living off only my savings for one year now I'm starting to see some light in what I should be doing in my life. Thanks for making these!

Iain Frame

4y↑1

Great video mate. I've thing you didn't really cover was about the post-university prospects. It used to be only the really smart kids who went to uni and they always went into quite "elite" fields, destined for stardom. Now we have 50% of the workplace entrants being graduates but with a (not unreasonable) sense that those 3 years of investment in education should result in elite jobs, let's say for arguments sake, 20% of the job market. Supply and demand means that most of them can only get into entry level jobs that can just as easily be filled by non-grad school leavers. That means a lot of disillusioned and disgruntled young adults in society who feel that they have been swindled. It makes them great recruits for politicians promising to wipe their student debt and so on. I'll stop at that point, as I don't want to provoke a partisan political argument. 👌

Justabe1020

4y↑12

Let’s talk about what degree to get. The most likely only way you’ll be successful in life through college is by attaining these degrees: Engineering/Healthcare/nursing. Everything else you prob need a masters or PhD so a waste of time in my eyes. Otherwise trade school is good.

I feel bad for all these fuggin high schoolers watching all these kids making millions of of social media because it’s SOOOO much easier than actually finding a job. It sucks but guess what, chances are you won’t be insta or YouTube famous so unfortunately you’re gonna have to work like everyone else.

Also TIKTOK ppl making so much money.....confuses early adults even more.

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