Reply #126: I'm wondering if it's parallel to the age phenomenon [View All]

And directly related to it? This is off the top of my head, so I could be very wrong, but...

You used to be able to get a good job, have a great future, with a bachelor's degree.

Now, to get ahead of all those people with bachelor's degrees, you've got to go for a Master's, a PhD, etc.

Shoot, my father did GREAT with two years of engineering at Duke, prior to having to enter the military in WWII. He got further training in the navy in electronics, then had many opportunities open for him after the war. (Of course, he was a republican...)

I'm in my early fifties, and I've been passed over for some jobs for which I'm fully qualified based on experience, because I don't have a grad degree in that field (though I DO have a grad degree).

So, does the younger demographic, in toto, have more advanced degrees that the older demographic?

Like I said, I dunno... I'm just a-wonderin'.