This might give some perspecitve on why I say "Maybe".
You see I have 2 undergrad degrees. I first got a BA (double-major in English Lit and History) - my plan was to get into journalism (there were post-grad diplomas for this sort of thing) but, near the end of my degree, I no longer wanted to be a journalist. I finished my degree and worked for a couple of years before returning to university and completing a Bcom )double-major in Information Systems and International Business).
Now I work for a bank and have quite a decent job - I finished paying off my student loan at 31 years old (bearing in mind this is two degrees worth of loans). The irony is that a good chunk of why I am good at my job is based around the research, reading and writing skills from my BA - not as much from the commerce degree (although a lot of that has been useful too). Based on my job now; If I could do it again I would have done a double degree BA/Bcom majoring in History and International Business only - but I don't regret the other stuff; I still learnt a lot and, mostly, enjoyed what I was doing.
But it isn't for everyone. Make sure that you are challenging yourself and learning things while you study or else you are, in effect, wasting your time. One other tip: with the exception of professional degrees (those required for specific fields; law, medicine, engineering, architecture...) most jobs are really a learn-as-you-go deal; your degree isn't as relevant and can be loosely related (hell my manager was a history major and his boss was a geography major; yet here we are in banking) getting your foot in the door is, often, the hardest part.
You see I have 2 undergrad degrees. I first got a BA (double-major in English Lit and History) - my plan was to get into journalism (there were post-grad diplomas for this sort of thing) but, near the end of my degree, I no longer wanted to be a journalist. I finished my degree and worked for a couple of years before returning to university and completing a Bcom )double-major in Information Systems and International Business).
Now I work for a bank and have quite a decent job - I finished paying off my student loan at 31 years old (bearing in mind this is two degrees worth of loans). The irony is that a good chunk of why I am good at my job is based around the research, reading and writing skills from my BA - not as much from the commerce degree (although a lot of that has been useful too). Based on my job now; If I could do it again I would have done a double degree BA/Bcom majoring in History and International Business only - but I don't regret the other stuff; I still learnt a lot and, mostly, enjoyed what I was doing.
But it isn't for everyone. Make sure that you are challenging yourself and learning things while you study or else you are, in effect, wasting your time. One other tip: with the exception of professional degrees (those required for specific fields; law, medicine, engineering, architecture...) most jobs are really a learn-as-you-go deal; your degree isn't as relevant and can be loosely related (hell my manager was a history major and his boss was a geography major; yet here we are in banking) getting your foot in the door is, often, the hardest part.
