[aigel]

In a technical field the degree will generally make you more money and more importantly, you will be able to change jobs easily while keeping your pay. Someone without a college degree that's learned on the job in a single company will have a hard time to keep their salary when they change jobs.

Of course you can now find all the exceptions to the rule! The media love to publish that crap. Don't be fooled though, for every successful college drop out there is likely a thousand that are flipping burgers.

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