House prices

[d000hg]

Why anyone goes to university now (apart from protected highly paid careers, like politics, medicine and law) rather than learning a trade and building a property empire is beyond me. No amount of IT contracting can match someone who has accumulated a dozen prime properties in the SE in their a lifetime. The leverage and house price gains means millionaire wealth just arrives over time.

Because lots of people want to do something they find interesting, not just make the most money. My dad always argued that as a halfway bright lad, I would do well entering the police or armed forces with an interest in science/tech because the promotion prospects into a specialism were very good once you got going.
Equally, I knew at uni that applying for graduate roles with big London firms was where the real money was rather than getting a job on £18k in the northeast. But I didn't want to.

Not to mention, you're drawing on decades of life experience to give advice from hindsight, people at 18 haven't got.

[SueEllen]

Why anyone goes to university now (apart from protected highly paid careers, like politics, medicine and law) rather than learning a trade and building a property empire is beyond me. No amount of IT contracting can match someone who has accumulated a dozen prime properties in the SE in their a lifetime. The leverage and house price gains means millionaire wealth just arrives over time.

Because people need to have some fun in their life and a period of limited responsibility before they become a proper adult working until retirement (or death).