Originally Posted by rbh

The problem with this sort of thinking is it tends to ignore hard empirical evidence and relies too much on glorifying the outlying values.

Every year that MOM has published workforce statistics is the same, degree holders as a whole earn much more than diploma holders. Take enough of a small sample size you will always be able to find some huat poly grad to compare with a downtrodden degree taxi driver.

Such stories should be seen in context and people should learn from them as shinning examples of never bowing to constraints, but they should never be used as inputs to decision making process as at the end of the day, you are unlikely going to be the outlier.

To bring back to this thread, people should still go to MNCs if possible for exposure and get a degree if possible. Such occasional success stories (if they are true in the first place) should not be factored into normal decision making.