@rho91
I got a boring accounting degree. I am employed full time & permanent in a boring industry, healthcare.
@sergeantsparky3980
I’m a college dropout. Ended up going to trade school to become an electrician. I’m now making $41 an hour without any student loans. Frankly, I’m glad I dropped out.
@Imcoldallthetime
unpopular opinion: companies are simply looking at all these people's social media profiles and deciding it's not worth the risk to hire someone who posts every single thought online for the world to see.
@jefferywylie4456
I’m a retired locksmith. I’m retired without debt by opening cars and apartments for college graduates who kept locking themselves out.
@omnipi
“Am I gonna be poor forever?!” This girl is ahead of the game!
@StyleAdix
I went to a trade school for technical fashion design. I learned how to take concept to creation. I pattern make, drape , sew, everything! Extremely well rounded. While I was in school I signed up with a fashion networking group where I volunteered just to build relationships. I took advantage of the internship class my school offered. I opted to intern at a smaller company with hopes of a better opportunity of getting hired… it worked! I worked for 10 years with them and really built my skill. When Covid hit I started my own business. Pivoted a couple time and now I own my own alteration shop! I have amazing reviews and clients and have more work than I can keep up with. I have one employee and looking for another. I have a useful skill that Ai and technology won’t be easy to replace…. Pros and cons to trade school and trad college of course. I have NEVER regretted my trade education and have no debt . Trades people will ALEAYS be needed.
@CoffeeFresh_
"I went to college, i live in Manhattan. Am i supposed to be broke forever?" Yes yes you are.
@SBama111
My grandmother always told me to do what you are good at not what you love. Within a few years you will end up hating what you love. Make enough money with what you are good at, and you can do what you love as a hobby!
@BellsWatson
Advise from an old man - Your job is NOT your life. You do not live to work, you work to live. Your job is not to make you happy and content, your job is not where you find happiness. No one ever went to their grave wishing they spent more time on the job. Take any job you can, and work to be the best you can for the people paying you. Use your time away from your work to find contentment, happiness and fulfillment.
@RoseShell91
When I graduated with my Media Studies degree I realized quickly that it was for people with connections to get careers in film and radio. I had none. Fortunately I graduated in 2014 so I was able to find a job in fast food and retail immediately after graduating. I moved up to supervisor and then used that higher position to get another job and then another and now I’m a manager in event planning at a nonprofit. There’s always a way to pivot, you just can’t be too picky about where you start.
@davidinwashington
I dropped out after a year (96) with about $1500 in debt. Got hired as a security guard in an office building instead. Within a couple of years the building owner hired me for the engineering department and sent me to trade school. I spent 26 years fixing everything from broken desks and leaky faucets to 1200 ton centrifugal chillers and learning the facility management business from end to end. Now, I'm doing energy monitoring and auditing work for major data centers. Not even for my latest job have I been asked about a degree. Just, "Tell me about your experience..." All started as a security guard walking around a humble office building.
@ashh1371
I have a bachelors degree in biology. Towards the end of my time in college, I ended up getting a post-viral syndrome that makes my legs too weak to easily stand more than 4 hours a day and gives me extreme fatigue during the day as well. I had zero chance of getting disability so after graduating college I found a sales-based call center job and actually made quite a bit at it ($62k in a low cost area). Some of my coworkers were very mean to me when they found out that I have a bachelors degree because I was “taking away a high paying position from a high school graduate”. After Covid ended I transitioned to secondary science teaching and have done that ever since… I am able to sit while working for at least 4 hours most days and even that is almost too much since I work 8-10 hours every school day. I’m very blessed though to be able to gain experience in education. I plan to take that experience and get much better paying jobs in the future. I’m also studying to transition into bioinformatics and maybe one day work as a professor part time while making the ‘big bucks’ at another full time job. As long as I have enough money and somewhat enjoy my job, I am doing okay!
@brendaholley-t1t
I think a lot of people just went to college because they thought it was the thing to do at the time. And were told their entire life "you must go to college". Wrong.
@GandalfTheWise0002
Retired PhD in Physics here. There are the "official" physics jobs of professor, scientist, etc. working in gov't labs or academia or industrial labs. Then there are a range of industry jobs without the term physics in the job title but use a physicist's quantitative, research, and analytical skills. The same background that allows physicists to work on new theories of the universe allows them to look at problems of all sorts in many fields and come up with solutions most people couldn't. The majority of physicists I graduated with have nice paying interesting jobs without the title "Physicist".
@Psa46
Maybe if adults stop lying to kids by saying “You can be whatever you want! Just go to college and get that degree!” we wouldn’t be in this situation. Not every occupation needs a degree and I’m finding that out now the hard way. Right now after being beat up by my school loans, I just want to be debt free, healthy, and content. Oh! My favorite! “If you stop going to school you’ll never go back!” Like that was the point of leaving? Note: Don’t let adults gaslight you about your life.
@Atso123
My parents always drilled into my head growing up: "It's not what you know, it's who you know". I'm 33 now and the positive relationships I have developed with others over my life has given me more opportunities in than a piece of paper ever could.
@will1122
Colleges are a business, if your customers want useless degrees. You give your customer useless degrees
@persuethedream9862
Education is never wasted..it's not just to get a job.
@robertkaminski4006
College can afford you opportunity, it does not guarantee you success. You also need to start at the bottom in most instances and work your way up, regardless of academic pedigree.
@Zac-Rios