Competitive advantage accrues to those who invest more than their competitors to connect to more people and share knowledge faster and farther. In your career, knowledge is like milk. It has a shelf life stamped right on the carton. The shelf life of a degree in engineering is about 3 years. If you're not replacing everything you know by then, your career is going to turn sour fast.
School is never out for the person who sincerely desires to succeed.
Our research shows that education exerts a protective effect. The successful business atmosphere of the 21st Century will be more about nurturing, cooperation and concord than about domination and cut-throat competition. They build up a knowledge base, then they learn the business and the market on the job. In my prior life, I was a trainer at a local junior college for job placement services. I taught a class in job readiness skills.