My cousin has only worked one job. He started out as a cook at the Cheesecake Factory when he was 16. He was a manager at 21 and at 29 he is a GM for them, making just at 200k a year. I don't know how this year will turn out for him but it surely will be more than 50k a year. Point being, there are opportunities out there for those that don't have a degree. After completing two Masters, I believe college is a stepping stone for most unless we are talking about a learned profession (Doctor, Attorney, CPA)...Well I guess everything could be a learned profession but you know what I mean. College taught me a few basic things...How to build a two story beer bong and...well I can't think of the others. Just kidding. As I look at the current college students, damn they get dumber and dumber by the year! We had a nation wide test not to long ago, referred to as the...'election'. That should say enough. LOL
Well, a lotta these kids are going to get a real education soon . . . . . in the school of hard knocks. Damned, I sound like my hard nosed uncles when they talked to me as a kid ! (Dad wasn't a business guy. But had lots of other kinds of experience as a career soldier who had been shot at in various places around the world in a few wars & police actions.) - - -
I love it! Here is my take: If your employer can not tell the difference between you not having an actual college degree/education and having one, then really, what is the point of having one??? I had a friend who already had a business degree from Europe, got another one here in the US and went to work for a bank. When I asked if her knowledge was really needed she said anyone with a high school degree could do her job. So the degree needed only for the entry, not for the job itself...