[Mr. Jeeves]

in the REAL world you don’t get even entry level jobs without a high school diploma or GED, and a nine to five office job will take at least two years in college...

So don't get one. Jobs are just income with training wheels. Jumping through academic hoops like a trained seal just to impress some zero-talent manager is an antiquated paradigm.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"..in the REAL world you don’t get even entry level jobs without a high school diploma or GED, and a nine to five office job will take at least two years in college..."

"So don't get one. Jobs are just income with training wheels. Jumping through academic hoops like a trained seal just to impress some zero-talent manager is an antiquated paradigm."

BINGO!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Jumping through academic hoops like a trained seal just to impress some zero-talent manager is an antiquated paradigm.”

Thank you! I’m a few credits shy of a BA in Business. I interviewed at a company once with a snot-nosed know-it-all that was less than impressed that I didn’t finish my degree. (Sorry! I had three kids to raise, and I was wrapping up my 20-year military career!)

Anyhow, he obviously hadn’t read my resume very carefully because I had just left a job where I was Comptroller of a 2 million dollar a year construction firm, LOL!

I didn’t take the job, even though it was offered. Dork. That was a turning point for me (at about age 35) that it was completely up to me from here on out to make my own cash in this world.

I can always make money. Always. And I’d rather make it for myself than for a twit like that, thankyouverymuch! :)