The draining experience of being surrounded by a-holes who are convinced that their academic degree earns them limitless credibility. Degree fatigue can lead to distrust, eye-rolling, jadedness, cubicle-induced Stockholm Syndrome, and the reluctant acquiring of degrees oneself.
Plagued by degree fatigue, a lowly research assistant listened once more as a senior faculty member turned the phrase "I didn't see that email" into someone else's problem.
Someone with a degree in the university of life is someone who knows a lot of practical stuff, such as life hacks, but not a lot of trivial stuff, such as the capitals of countries or the three Centauri stars.
A college dropout without a degree, yet is typically more intelligent, wise and wealthier than their college graduated peers. The term became popular after millionaire dropout JetSetFly launched The Dropout Degree Show and it became a top 10 podcast on iTunes.
Jon: I don't need college to get a job. Why am I even here?
JoeySendz: yeah bro, screw this lets get our dropout degree and become millionaire dropouts.
Jon: Alright bet, lets do it... im tryna leave the jetset life anyways.
JoeySendz: lets go baby its the jet set way