Has the "Safety Net" Evaporated?

[MJ DeMarco]

There are several "College" threads around here and it's been muttered a few times that college is a great "safety net". I myself, said this as well as I went through college already knowing I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I always thought my degree would be my "safety net" if things didn't work out.

Yet I wonder, has the "safety net" evaporated? Is it truly there anymore?

The fact is, I know more people with college degrees who are doing high school entry-level type jobs. It appears the old "college degree is a safety net" is starting to weaken, if not, already gone.

Here's just a few I know of in my sphere

Guy 1: He's working at Go Daddy as a tech support rep, for $10. The safety net of the degree didn't shield him from a menial job.
Woman 1: She is working as a sales rep for a wire company. Job didn't require college degree although she has one as well as several advanced certifications.
Woman 2: She is working in a mall doing retail sales. Again, she has a degree but is working at a job that requires none.
Guy 2: Driving taxis in the day and is bartending at night. Again, a degree but where's the "safety net?"
Guy 3: Lives at home with his parents and refuses to take any of these shitty jobs and blames it on the job market.

This makes me think that the assertion of a college degree being a "safety net" is now defunct ... at least temporarily.

What do you think?

 

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[fanocks2003]

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[andviv]

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[theBiz]

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[hatterasguy]

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