The part that survives automation is the part universities are for: reading something long, arguing in writing, and being wrong in public without falling apart. Every bootcamp teaches a stack with a four-year half-life, and then the stack moves.
Is university still worth it?
Debt and three years against earnings, access and everything a degree signals that is not a skill.
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2The graduate premium is smaller than it was and still large. Lifetime earnings gaps remain substantial in both the US and Poland, and the unemployment gap widens during downturns - which is the moment it matters. 'Worth it' has to be measured against the actual alternative, and for most people that is not a well-paid trade, it is an entry-level job with no ladder attached.
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