What do you think about higher education, is it necessary these days?

In the past, I have thought that higher education was necessary in order to be successful in life. I think that education is necessary for a person to learn how to work and live in a society

Nowadays, obtaining a higher education definitely brings more benefits, for example, people who have degrees have more potential for higher incomes and employment rates.

Higher education is not about knowledge. It teaches you how to think, to analyze, to communicate. Of course nowadays you can learn anything using online courses or YouTube and get certifications, but it does not give you the connections and network, it does not develop your interpersonal skills. First of all each of us need to know how to communicate and how to make connections, which you can develop in universities.

Important for friends, connections, opportunities, and life experiences you wouldn't otherwise encounter. As far as hard skills, it's very specific to your major. Some yes, some not at all.

For education, no it's not. For interest-related network, yes it is.

Necessary - it shouldn't be. For most topics people actually learn more at work, than they learned in school. If we're talking about people that know what to do, are passionate about a topic, and want to make connections too, sure, go for it. However I would definitely wait if I don't yet know what to do, because people end up with degrees that they're never going to use, done for the sake of having a degree. I'm really happy nowadays we're normalizing self-teachingc certificates & courses that aren't necessarily coming from a university background. ☺️

Yes, most certainly... I think any education should seen from knowledge, information perspective.. So much one gets to learn. Ive seen more people inclined to learn or enroll into higher education as they gain experience. But as a counter argument experience always weighs more than education. So both should be applied together.

I would say constant learning is necessary these days!

From speaking about the viewpoint of technical knowledge, it may not be necessary to learn specific courses that may not be useful in work practices. However, some of the skills can be applied to the profession directly, depending on your job. I think the most important thing about higher education is that it teaches you how to think.

As a Software Engineer, I don't notice that I don't have a degree. Maybe it means it's not necessary for me and people who do similar things.