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Just Wondering....
Bravu
Posted on 02/27/2002 11:51:07 AM PST by Bravu
Are there any decent jobs or careers out there that do not require a college degree? My teachers have led me to believe you can't do much in life without one.
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posted on
02/27/2002 11:51:07 AM PST
by
Bravu
To: Bravu
CEO of Microsoft?
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posted on
02/27/2002 11:54:30 AM PST
by
Rich_E
To: Bravu
Nonsense. Learn to talk well, learn the principles of a given field, dress well, and you can sell anything. You'll end up driving a Porsche while your teacher is...still teaching.
To: Bravu
Janitor in a cheese factory.
To: Bravu
Democrat party leader
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posted on
02/27/2002 11:56:52 AM PST
by
damnlimey
To: Bravu
I'm the Internet Development Manager for a publishing company, I don't have a college education. Colleges weren't teaching anything in regards to the Internet when I graduated High School, so I did "homeschool college" and taught myself a trade.
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posted on
02/27/2002 11:57:06 AM PST
by
jgrubbs
To: Bravu
Are there any decent jobs or careers out there that do not require a college degree?
The answer is Yes: Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Lawman, Firefighter, Paramedic...the list goes on, and on...
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posted on
02/27/2002 11:57:23 AM PST
by
meandog
To: Bravu
First lady.
To: Bravu
A college degree is a key to a successful future. It is not mandantory but the discipline of accomplishing a degree will certainly help. Most of the high paying manufacturing jobs of the past have gone south and overseas. Get as much education as you can while you are young. The only regret you will have later is if you didn't.
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posted on
02/27/2002 11:58:19 AM PST
by
kellynla
To: Bravu
Is your last name Kennedy or Gore?
To: Bravu
Member of FR since Monday and already your posting new threads!
Congrats!
To: Bravu
Sure. You can make a great living posting trivial Vanities to conservative websites that are supposed to be there for posting actual NEWS items.
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posted on
02/27/2002 12:00:44 PM PST
by
Illbay
To: Bravu
Id concur with MoralSense, you can certainly do sales if you can present yourself well. Having the degree does open a lot of doors though.
The REAL argument for college was put best on South Park- Theres a time and a place for everything, its called college. You could be missing out on the best time of your life.
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
To: MoralSense
Salesmen are born not made and only 10% of the people in sales who are "closers" make 90% of the money. The rest barely make a living wage eg: sales clerks in department stores even sales people in car dealers only 10% are successful. Most people in sales couldn't close a door.
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posted on
02/27/2002 12:01:45 PM PST
by
kellynla
To: Bravu
There are a ton of floks with MCSE, MCP, MCT, CET and A+ certifications doing just fine.
To: otterpond
floks = folks
To: Bravu
I have a degree from an Ivy League university. With that said, I don't think having a degree will make you any better at any job, but it will give you the credebility to get the job. On wall street, companies are only interested in recruiting the brightest people. They use a person's education as an indicator of that. They don't expect you to know things persuant to your job, they'll train you for that. They only expect you to stand out from the crowd through your educational accomplishments. It's not an education you're after, it's credibilty.
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posted on
02/27/2002 12:04:01 PM PST
by
tcostell
To: Illbay
Thats why i posted under Your Opinion/Questions =P
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posted on
02/27/2002 12:04:05 PM PST
by
Bravu
To: Bravu
I hate to sound like Oprah, but I suppose that depends on what makes you happy. What would make you look forward to jumping out of bed every morning, and give you a sense of fulfillment at the end of the day? If you followed what makes you happy, there wouldn't be a lot of room for second-guessing.
Of course, if you don't have plans to improve your skills or enhance your perspective on life with a college education, you'll probably be very frustrated in life, unless you decide to become a porn star or a lifeguard, or an embittered fast-food worker who's condemned to saying "Do you want fries with that shake?" for the rest of your life .
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posted on
02/27/2002 12:05:19 PM PST
by
SP67
To: meandog
All require very good physical fitness and a certain amount of intelligence and are dangerous as we know since 9/11. As my father use to say "get an education and your mind will outperform and outlast your body"
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posted on
02/27/2002 12:06:09 PM PST
by
kellynla
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