(1) People who can AFFORD to go to Harvard (about a third of the people who attend) are from families so wealthy and connected that the education will have no bearing on their financial success or failure.
(2) Most wealthy people in this country basically never have "a job." they run their own companies or prosper in small companies founded by friends or family.
(3) Most of the highest paying jobs require little or no technical knowledge. There was a time when the largest manufacturing and construction companies were headed by Engineers who had made their way up through the ranks, but those days are long gone. Most top-paid execs are accountants and lawyers by training.
(4) Sales is the most potentially lucrative "profession" and it generally requires no technical education, even if you are selling something that is fairly sophisticated.
(5) Engineers are often the first people let go in a downturn.
(6) Harvard could take its Freshman class and put them in a box for four years, and they would still be successful in later life because they are such a highly-select group when admitted. Almost NOBODY is successful because of what they learned in Harvard's classrooms.
(7) The highly-regarded academicians that make Harvard (or any other university) "great" seldom teach any actual undergrad students.
(8) Anyone who uses the word, "quality" as a adjective is an idiot.