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“College is Overrated", Says Billionaire Elon Musk

In a recent tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed college is overrated and that a four-year degree is not needed to become successful in life.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent tweet calling college education “overrated” is doing the rounds. He shared a video from a Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump support event in Philadelphia, mentioning "college is overrated." The billionaire explained that several students fall into huge debt without gaining any practical knowledge at college.

Musk bats for skill-based training

Incidentally, Musk holds degrees in physics and economics. However, he claimed success does not require a four-year college degree. He said hands-on professions like electricians, plumbers, and carpenters have better prospects than acquiring certain academic degrees.

"I think the value of a college education is somewhat overweighted. Too many people spend four years, accumulate a ton of debt and often don't have useful skills that they can apply afterwards. I have a lot of respect for people who work with their hands and we need electricians and plumbers and carpenters and that's a lot more important than having incremental political science majors. I think we should not have this idea that in order to be successful you need a four-year college degree,'' he remarked.

''I think colleges are basically for fun and to prove you can do your chores. But they're not for learning," he added.

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Netizens react on Elon Musk's tweet

X users have immediately started reacting to this. One user commented, ''College degrees have their place, but college isn't for everyone. The whole system has been watered down and has made it high school 2.0 for a lot of people.''

Someone else wrote, ''I agree with this a hundred per cent. The majority walk away with a degree and end up in a line of work that has nothing to do with their education and just went into debt. The few can make something of themselves,'' wrote a fourth.

Another user remarked,  ''College & advanced degrees is not for everyone. But I wonder how many of the six-figure plus jobs at Tesla, SpaceX & XAI are earned by employees who never attended college or attained advanced degrees.”

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