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My father's career advise to my brother and me was "Make lots of money so I can come live with you when I get old."
My brother didn't like that advise so he did a bunch of research and asked a bunch of people about their careers. He got a masters in an Engineering field but hated working in that field. So he got another masters. He doesn't use it for his career.
I studied Chemistry and left grad school to do software development with no degree in it (it was the 80s). I never used my degree either.
Confronting my dad about his bad career advise would have just gotten his Standard Response to Criticism™--But I'm lovable.
And no he never lived with either of us. But then he never go old.
That advice did age better with time. A lot of well paying jobs now require a BS for you to get in the door. I have a degree in Mathematics. Haven't directly used it at all but it's paid off
Only as a result of millions of kids being told that college was the only viable route to a successful career. It's just yet another commoditized self-fulfilling prophecy.
I agree with you, but to me good theory and good advice can be different