Posted on 11/10/2007 2:58:26 PM PST by shrinkermd
You don't always need that piece of Latin-laden paper to pull in six figures. You don't need to invent something to get rich. And you don't need to look far for a lucrative opportunity.
There are plenty of honest livings to be made in the U.S workforce that can earn you six-figure salaries sans a college degree. That's not to say you won't be required to undergo extensive training or work long hours, but at least you won't be lugging around that student debt. It's important to note that they're not all "blue-collar" jobs, a term that has become outdated when describing skilled-trade work.
The he lists are:
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
“For some IT positions, yes. I havent polled them all, but I know of no highly-paid software developers or systems architects who do not have a degree, to include rather costly subsequent certification and training. As more and more universities are offering degrees that specialize in things like web development and other IT positions, employers are more interested in hiring applicants with degrees in those positions.”
Bull.
I am a college dropout and earned that in the 90s as a programmer. I know lots of other people in the same boat. The most hard core UNIX internals programmer I know - and I know a few - has an Associates - in a totally unrelated subject.
“As you know, though, most engineers (with degrees) would consider you a tech, not an engineer. No matter how wonderful you are, without that paper you aint an engineer.”
I disagree. I have met plenty with the paper who are incompetent, and many without who are self-taught geniuses. Also PH.d’s with science, not engineering degrees, who can out-engineer many engineers, and engineers who could out-science many PH.d.
First political rule in Pittsburgh: odds are 3-1 you won’t make office as an R.
That is one of the most boneheaded comments I have ever heard. Truckers work very hard and earn what they make. And the US has many more safetey regulations that Mexico. Keep that in mind before you make such ridiculous comments.
he gets paid for each factual posting that is written by him.
Some people just aren’t cut out for sales.
Mortgage loan officer.
Yes, even now, and yes, an ethical one.
If you have a good client base and get good referrals.
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