The Degree is Dead. Long Live the Degree.

Описание: 75% of Americans thought a college degree was essential in 2010. Today that number is 35. But the story gets stranger — the graduates struggling most right now aren't art history majors. They're computer scientists. CS unemployment sits at 6.1%, computer engineering at 7.5%. Higher than philosophy. Higher than fine arts. A decade of "learn to code" advice, and AI learned to code first.



Joel and Stephen dig into what the data actually says about degrees, the job market, and why the fields everyone was told to chase are the ones under the most pressure right now. They also push back on the doomsday narrative — because the story of Excel and the ATM machine suggests we've been here before, and the ending wasn't what anyone predicted.



If you're a student, a parent, a career changer, or just someone trying to make sense of where things are heading — this one's for you.



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