I'm at an odd position being that I work for Enrollment Management at my Alma Mater. I completed my bachelors and masters degree and I am partially utilizing the skills I learned in my field.

Part of my job is to "counsel" kids on going to college (be it my institution or another), but in my case, I believe that I what I learned in college was the ability to actually think outside the box as opposed to just soak up what was written in the books. Thats why it is important to me. At the same time, I understand that there are a lot of jobs that do not require a degree and pay much more than what I make and I am ok with that. Sometimes, I think the more we know, the more complicated we make our own lives.

Just my unsolicited .02 cents worth