What Is Your Degree?

Yes, finish a college degree yet languish in some pathetic job totally not related to that degree because it's the only one you unfortunately qualify for. Isn't it funny? On the other hand, learn and be good at a skill (tech-voc) and you can be in demand and be making more than those with proper college degrees.

What your uncle doesn't know is that you can earn a lot more money, working online. I have a master's degree and I earn more on the internet than for my degree.

Pareho tayo madalas gusto kong takpan ang tenga ko kapag ang usapan nauuwi sa comparison kung magkano ang sahod ng mga anak nila o sustentong binibigay sa kanila. Tapos magsusuggest na you should be like this ija or like that, you are expected to be like this and that at my age, knowing the degree yet unemployed for a long time. They are putting more baggages than what I actually have already, I have my reasons of not applying. It's what's best for me pero wala silang pake doon, ang mahalaga manalo ka o maging successful ka. Ang sarap kaya baliin ang social expectations at maging unpredictable hahaha. If no one cares for you, take care of yourself and mental health more than anything. Your happiness matters too.

Di naman lahat ng may degree ay maganda ang pamumuhay. Tulad ko, yes may degree ako pero hanggang ngayon wala pa akong trabaho. Thankful lang din ako dahil I met this platform. Kahit papano may kita konti.

May mga tao talaga na nagbebase sa istado ng buhay, which is not good. Naexperience ko yan nagyon sis. I can feel na maliit ang tingin ng ibang tao sa'kin kasi nga wala pa akong trabaho. Akala nila wala akong ginagawa.

in fact, not all degree holders are ended up employed or successful, depended ragyud na sa pag paningkamot, anha ragyud na mag daog tanan haha. Ang problema lang jud diri sa pinas is maliiton ka pag wla kay ranggo hays. I bet you earned way more than their minimum wage ate hahahha 1bch per month

Disagree ako sa ganyang mindset ate kasi kahit anong degree payan or walang degree sa diskarte yan nagwawagi. Yun ni lang² ka sa extra without knowing na kaya mo ng bumili ng house and lot🙈 hahaha

I hate people like that. If only he knew how much you actually earn in your grind hays. Plus, they probably did not know much about how to make money works for them if they are only focused on the monthly income from a certain job.

Good on you for thinking of your safety first instead of bragging about the money you have. Better to have them think that the money is from your husband so they will not be able to bother you for a loan.

Gosh, he sounds soooo ano., Yong mahahalata mo talaga na minamata ka nya. Banggitin paba ang achievement ng anak nils. Ee di wow. Well maybe they are proud pero kasi, duhhhh. Di nila alams mayaman kana 👀 pakitanong nga if may ipon anak nila 👀 paki ask if may investment din 👀 chorrrr hahahaha. Pero sa totoo lang talaga ee no. Pag may title ka, mahalaga ka. Like seriously, yan ang pamantayan nila para lang magbigay ng respect da iba. Naniii the fck! Duhh

I am also an undergraduate but I really don't brag how much i earn although I work online. Naa lang mangutana, "asa naman ka molaag dai?" because they kjow LAAGAN ko. Hahaha

It always matters, not only in your country. These days, people ask your title or level of education just to calculate the amount of respect they will give to you, like we really give a damn about their opinion of us.

An academic Degree certificate is something most parents aspire their offspring earn than their sons/daughters knowing/learning how to earn a decent living. I applaud your thinking for not bragging about the 'extra money' to a community 'uncle.' I had quit a permanent government job because there was no work! Those 'uncles' would mark me a fool or mad.

In my country there is also this kind of people. Who have government job,their parents have a lot of ego and mood.I really don't like it. I appreciate their work but expect that kind of words.

Over here in my country, there is the same attitude towards the title one has. The truth is that even with the title most of them earn very little compared to those who do not have.

Yan yung nga klase ng tao na iniiwasan ko ate eh. Yung binabase yung treatment nila sayu sa degree mo or work mo. Like, as in? Baka di nila alam malaki pa daily mo kaysa sa anak nila. Charot2 lang 😂

Ateee sinabi mo sana na kaya mo din kitain 'yung 700 pesos na 'yun in just a day. Hehe~ awit sa mga taong may ganitong mindsets eh. Kaumay din sila~ si Mama nauumay na daw kapag tinatanong s'ya kung may asawa na ako or nakatapos na daw ba. Something like that, bakit daw ganun palaging tinatanong. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Your uncle was being insensitive. They thought it was all about being proud of the achievements of his children, but it's downright boasting! Toxic Filipino Trait

To get any skill or work online is better than to do a job wage at 14 $ daily. It has become the mentality of our society that we go for the degrees that worth no much then a piece of paper without expertise and perfection in art

Yeah in our country title really matters it is sad thing that most of us embrace this kind of thinking or point of view. Most of the people judge who we are on what we achieve in life like if we didn't reach their expectations on us they will think that we disappointed or something.

Funny how I'm about to write on degree recently, in my country, title or place you finish don't matter, its what you can offer that matters, you see people who study medicine working in bank.. So it doesnt matter what you study, your innovation and thinking is what matters

this may have been reversed for my area, in the past when I was a child and seeing people who already had a bachelor's degree many people respected them and they were often involved in big events and activities in the area but now someone's title is no longer like it used to be often worshiped, me too I have experienced this when I got a bachelor's degree, people just congratulated me, but for this respect it is no longer because what has happened in my area is that there are many scholars in my area.

You said it well ate. Before, lakas maka intimidate ng mga degree but now, naappreciate kong maging lowkey sa kung anong meron ako, Tama kasi ung pag nag brag ka eh uutangan ka wahahaha uso pa naman yan dito sa Pinas. Shake it off na lang pag may mga nagtatanong na ganyan.

A degree does not totally measure one’s success. You may have not finished your dream degree yet you are so wise in handling life. How much more if you have finished your studies. But I know deep within that you are so brilliant.