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If a young person today asked if they should go to uni, unless their profession demanded it as mandatory it's most likely not worth it. You'll just end up with a lot of debt and not much else to show for it.
University degrees are unfortunately becoming like everything else: a complete scam.
I've seen jobs that just ask for a degree, not even a specific one. I've worked at a lot of places where everyone there has been to uni so it becomes more of a cultural signifier than anything
That would fall under "mandatory" then.
As for cultural signifier I've known plenty of people that went to Uni who honestly would forget to breath unless you reminded them.