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Originally Posted by Moonliner
I think what you mean is that there are very few jobs you would want to do that do not require a degree. There is no end of jobs that do not require a degree it's just that most of them either pay poorly or are unpleasant.
You have chosen to better yourself. To take a shot a landing a job that not only pays well but that you actually want to do. You're not waiting for some government handout to pave the way for you. You're stressing and suffering now for what you think is right in the future. You have a vision and you are working towards it. Even allowing for the fact that what you are studying is not related to IT the journey of getting your degree shows a prospective employer that you are willing to preserver. It sorts you out from the chaff. You rock girl.
While you may not see it now, looking for a job with once you have experience AND a nice fresh degree in your hand is actually a lot of fun.
Then once you have made it through, you have the job of your dreams and you are making a good living (if just), how much of that are you going to want to give back to the government so that they can allow individuals without your drive or ambition to enter college? How many of them will fall by the wayside when the figure out what a pain in the arse it is to actually work for a degree?
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Frankly, I think it's complete BS that I need a degree to do my job, where if I was born 3 years earlier, or taken a slightly different path out of high school I wouldn't. I'm not stressing and suffering now so I can do what I think is right for the future. I am stressing and suffering now instead of doing it 5 years ago because I need that stupid fvcking piece of paper to get a job (even doing what I'm doing now) and not be overlooked for someone with a degree and no experience. It's complete BS. People with years of experience and no degree are now passed up for people with no experience and a degree.
I love to learn. I hate school. That's why I really didn't peruse college after high school, or one of the reasons why. I resent having very little free time because companies aren't willing to take experience anymore.
And in 20 years when everyone has a Masters degree I'll be forced to go back to school, like so many people who don't have a BA/BS degree but have 20+ years of experience are being forced to now.
When everyone has a degree, no one is special.
I think Europe and other countries have it right. You don't have to pursue a degree from a university to be successful. Trade school and other forms of higher learning are acceptable and not looked down upon there.