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I have a Bachelors degree and ended with only 5k of student loans. I went to a community college for the first two years then to a Uni. I worked part time (minus 6 months) throughout my 3 1/2 years of schooling. Its very possible to get a degree without being plagued with debt. I purchased my home 2+ years ago at age 24.
All you need to do is plan ahead, follow your plan, and be a time management master.
people are flabbergasted bek they have never been unemployed. american mind set, if it didnt happen to me it didnt happen.
america does not need 20 million new managers. it needs skilled trade jobs. the same jobs we told our kids were not good enough for them, the same jobs our grandfathers did.
I have a Bachelors degree and ended with only 5k of student loans. I went to a community college for the first two years then to a Uni. I worked part time (minus 6 months) throughout my 3 1/2 years of schooling. Its very possible to get a degree without being plagued with debt. I purchased my home 2+ years ago at age 24.
All you need to do is plan ahead, follow your plan, and be a time management master.
It's possible, but at the same time it's not possible for EVERYBODY.
I got my degree in computer repair, IT and Desktop support back in 2010. Entry level positions in this trade require you to have 3-5 years field experience. How the hell are you going to get this experience if nobody will hire you. BTW, I graduated with a 3.9 GPA.
Degrees don't mean squat in this new era, it's all about experience.
I have a friend that never graduated from High School but has 12 years experience heading up the IT dept with AT&T. He recently moved from Texas to Colorado. He has more job offers AS A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT than anybody I know with a Bachelors or a Masters in the same field. He is making 80k plus a year right now depending if he wants the overtime or not.
I got my degree in computer repair, IT and Desktop support back in 2010. Entry level positions in this trade require you to have 3-5 years field experience. How the hell are you going to get this experience if nobody will hire you. BTW, I graduated with a 3.9 GPA.
Degrees don't mean squat in this new era, it's all about experience.
I have a friend that never graduated from High School but has 12 years experience heading up the IT dept with AT&T. He recently moved from Texas to Colorado. He has more job offers AS A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT than anybody I know with a Bachelors or a Masters in the same field. He is making 80k plus a year right now depending if he wants the overtime or not.
That story wa due to the times. Likely not one a HS dropout could pull off now.
i disagree with those who insist its "all about experience" now. its not- not any more than it has been before, anyway. plenty of companies prefer to have young, untrained, enthusiastic employees to train as they desire. there simply just aren't as many jobs as there used to be. someone whos been in the workforce for a while prob has a more expansive network which definitely helps, but if you're whining that you can't get a job because you have no experience then you're just making excuses.
It's not possible for a lot of poor students and those who don't have the money to go to school. If it wasn't for student loans I could have never attended college in the first place.
You wouldn't understand if you weren't in everybody's shoes. Different situations for different individuals.
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