(March 14, 2016 at 12:53 pm)Chas Wrote:I never said it was impossible. But even the skilled trades here at the General Motors plant require at least an associates degree for new hires.(March 11, 2016 at 1:21 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: It is extremely difficult to make over 80k a year without one. It is not absolutely necessary, no, but not having one restricts your career choices immensely.
I know people in the trades who are doing better than that.
The marketplace is changing. Telling me that 20 years ago you didn't need a degree to make decent money doesn't change the job market that exists today.
When I got out of the Navy with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and having passed the FE exam and couldn't get a job in the field because I was in the Navy and not in the field, I was told that a Master's would make sense. Now I'm back in school and have my foot in the job market at all times.
There are certainly great jobs out there that do not require a degree. The vast majority of the career fields, however, require a degree of some sort.
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