• I think that any young person who has an opporunity to attend university should. However, simply getting an acceptance letter along with an approval for up to $200,000 in loans is not an opportunity. It's only worth the time, effort, and expense if you have reason to believe it will more than pay for itself once you graduate. Unfortunately, dust like credit cards and subprime mortgages, society will make that student loan offer to anyone with a pulse these days. They'll extend an offer to your cat on it's 16th birthday.

    However, I don't subscribe to the idea that everyone is entitled to (or really needs) a university degree to start or maintain a good career. It's no wonder that many IT folks don't have a degree; we think like engineers, and the engineer aspect of our personality tells us that we can do the job without it. It's a rational trade-off.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho