This is a myth.
It’s either incredibly misinformed or said intentionally for nefarious reasons. A college degree, in whatever major, gets your foot in the door for thousands of varied entry level jobs in sales, marketing, business, education, and other general business and educational occupations.
It is no guarantee of success, because you have to apply yourself and work your *** off after getting your foot in the door, but it at least practically guarantees you an interview. The rest is up to the candidate.
You are correct about one thing. As a rule, we don’t do a good enough job of letting kids know about the possibilities of learning well paying trades such as welding, plumbing and the like, but that does not negate the utility of a college degree in the business world.
Fools like you telling people not to get degrees are a real problem. You contribute to the dumbing down of generations of people.
I’m not blowing smoke here, I’ve spent a good part of my career hiring people, including NCAA athletes. That degree means something.
Just shut the fūck up with that nonsense.