Jobs Without University Degrees?

Benson23

Benson23

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The title says most of it. I'm in my first year of university and today in sociology our prof brought up the question about does a university degree necessarily mean a better job, lifestyle society etc.

So NS, what are some good jobs, with room for high pay that do not involve a university degree?

+K for insightful or generally good answers, for those that say Mc'D's or a college education is the one and only route that everyone must take to get any money at all.....GTFO, thanks
 
A degree simply demonstrates you have the ability to learn and process information at a certain level. This ability is attractive to employers.

 
Hell no, become an electrician or try some other highly specialized profession without a college degree and boom, Bob's your uncle with the many many digits of income per year.
 
diamond drilling, designated roll operator in a shop, welder/fab, burning table operator, tile cutting, dry wall, drug dealing, truck driver in some cases, heavy duty mech, and lots a trades unless tech school or what ever you americans call it doesn't count.
 
Dub Post - but a lot of super successful entrepreneur's are not degree holders....

Start your own company. Find a market niche - exploit it.
 
Everything has been said, I would much rather have a trade school education in fabrication, welding, etc. than a 4 year degree in communications.
 
pushing keys. which, if lyrics tell the truth, always turns into a career as a rapper.

also, mercenary/hitman. you don't need a college degree to murder people for money.

race car driver.

professional athlete.

musician.

artist.

 
most trades don't require a college degree and still pay pretty well. you aren't going to be a multi-millionaire, but you can live pretty comfortably.
You can make a shit load of money in sales, too. Most sales positions don't require a college degree.
For the most part though, all "good jobs" require a degree of some sort. Baccalaureate degrees these days are like high school diplomas were for our parents' generation.
 
Master of the custodial arts

Grave digger

Garbage Man

Homeless derelict

or you can give FJ's on the corner for $50 a pop

Take you pick.

 
LOL @ Sociology. In your case, you will have a much better job 4 years from now if you can gain valuable experience in a decent company than going to school for that.

ex get a job at an accounting firm. Do a CGA or CMA part time, and your in good shape in 4 years.
 
im planning on dual ticketing after i get my electrical ticket, its only another year and most of it is on the job apprenticeship. should make me a $70/h+ man at the right place (under ground in a uranium mine)
 
Drug dealer

but seriously,

Sailor, officer or unlicensed make quite a lot of money. Not as much as in the 70's but still enough. Officers is a college degree. Unlicensed members dont need schooling at all.
 
work for large utility companies like Excel Energy (etc)

i know linemen that with overtime are clearing 150k a year.

granted you need extra school, but its not the same as going to college for 4 years, and im told you get paid training.
 
this is false. commercial is where its at, or working for yourself in residential. or working underground, $48/h as an apprentice, $65 as a journeyman in northen sask all expenses paid 2 weeks in, 2 glorious weeks out. It simply does not get any better then that.
 
for every rock star, there's thousands of 30 year old dudes living in mom's basement playing a gig one night a week at the local night club

get an education, keep doors open. i don't think there could be a worse feeling than shooting for one specific thing, having it not work out, and realizing you aren't qualified to do anything except work a minimum wage job with a bunch of highschool kids.
 
You can make a ton of money doing lots of different trades. Hell become a boat mechanic make upwards of 100,000 a year. Except you work 6 days a week and your back will be fucked by the time you are 40. And thats without skiing.
 
funny you should bring that up. in my college there was a big burly black dude who was nicknamed 'the dogfather' and had a hot dog stand set up right outside the student union building in the heart of campus. he pretty well had a monopoly on snack foods, as it was always so easy to snag a quick bite in passing. cool guy too. had a leather football jacket with 'dogfather' written across the back. big ol rasta dreads too, played his stereo with bob marley music all day. good times, good times.
 
My dad went and worked up there for construction as a foreman a couple years ago. He said the town was sketchy, just people huffing gasoline and what not..

He compared it to Mos Eisley on Tatooine. "wretched hive of scum and villainy."
 
Ya but a lineman can kill himself instantly with one wrong move. Some of those huge towers will zap you from 12 feet away up top. It happens a lot, and they therefore get paid a lot.
 
Plumber, electrician, or any handy man kind of things. You start of with a year of apprenticeship with around 20 dollars an hour. Then you can make up to 40 dollars or more an hour depending on how much experience you have and what not.
 
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But for real. If you're super opportunistic and have a little experience after a while, you can land something sweet. I've worked in ski shops and crap for years now, and I'm so in the know with the industry that I can walk into any store and probably pick up at least a few hours and grow that as seniority's gained (it's easy to move up, since most people that end up in a ski shop end up getting fired for stealing, coming in high/drunk, slacking off, not coming in because it snowed, etc)

 
uhhhhhhhh not quite...

it is a ton of training, and I suppose you could theoretically just fly a lot, but if an airline has 2 applicants, with similar flight hours, they would always take the one who has a degree. Even flying in the military requires you be an office, which pretty much requires you go to college.

military is a decent job for someone with no degree. Of course a bit risky, and there's only so high you can climb up the rank ladder.
 
Those people who climb super tall buildings to fix simple things like light bulbs and shit, scary as hell job but you get paid so much haha.
 
definitely.

you need to know your stuff.

but the money racks up fast when youre making 80-100 bucks an hour for overtime.
 
In the US, a four year degree is required to fly for a commercial airline (according to one of my buds who flies for American). Doesn't matter what the degree is in....his is in sports studies...just that you have one.
And airline pilots don't make shit starting off. It takes a good 5+ years before you're pullin' decent bank.
Not sure about other countries though?
 
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