I was a geologist, a field I would not have even though about had I not originally started in to be a teacher. I was intrigued with the geology classes I took, and ended up as a coal geologist. I left the field when my daughter was born, and started a second career years later in antiques. This did not require a degree, but I use a lot of my organizational skills in it.
One sister is an art teacher at a parochial school, makes little money but is happy. One sister is a nurse but is thinking of a career change.
My Brother is an electrician, which did not require a degree but did require several years of apprenticeship. One sister has worked her way up in the retail industry, but says it would have been a lot easier if she had gone to college, because she has to work twice as hard to prove her worth.
My brother is in his 40's and is tired of the physical work. This is something to consider if you go into a field associated with construction. It is a fine thing when you are young, but when you are in your 40's and arthritis starts to rear its ugly head, you might wish you had a business degree.
I guess my advice would be to keep your options open as long as possible. I don't know of too many people who ever LOST a job because they had a degree. I know quite a few who think they would have had a better shot at a job if they had had one. It's only a piece of paper, but proving you had the mettle to get it valuable to employers.
Good advice! It took me five years to get out of college, but I finally got into a career path I enjoy.
I don't know of too many people who ever LOST a job because they had a degree.
I like the way you think. I had one physics professor suggest that "Modern Physics" was a class that should be taken just to snow the PE majors while visiting the local bars. Anything one does to enrich life does just that. This never hurts, does it?