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Originally Posted by masraum
You can do well without degree. I think there are folks who excel in a certain field or are driven to succeed. They may do very well with no formal training. I got lucky, and was at the right place at the right time to get OTJ training in a great field that I enjoy and am good at. I have had on occasion where I was very well qualified for a job WRT the technical qualifications, but the company required a degree. I'm not distraught over not finishing my degree, but in would like to have a degree. The big problem that I had was ignorance over what jobs were out there and what jobs I might have wanted or enjoyed.
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Good point. I was lucky I made it through HS. Tried for the CG Academy but my grades were not good enough. Other than that I had no desire to go to college, although my parents would have sent me to any one i wanted to go to.
26 yrs later, Now I'm an EE with no formal training other than OJT and job realted stuff. I make the same if not more than the guys that have degrees. Plus I know my job way better than they ever will. and, I still considere myself "blue collar"
I luv the new guys that know "way more than me" because they have a piece of partchment hangin on their wall.
