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Originally Posted by DaFace
The problem is that we seem to operate on a 25ish year window for knowledge and collective wisdom. 25 years ago, going to college was relatively inexpensive, and having a college degree was just about a guarantee that you could find a job that paid a reasonable wage.
Now, the cost of college has skyrocketed, and I know people with Ph.D.'s who are working for $30k/year. It's criminal.
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Not really sure where you lived 25 years ago, but college wasn't relatively inexpensive back then. That's part of the reason why I never went....well that coupled with the fact that college life just wasn't something I cherished doing.
I've taken college courses along the way, expanded my educational base in my industry and kept myself ahead of the learning curve technologically.
I don't have my degree (and that's nothing I am proud of) but I have made a good living. I have had to bust my butt, and work 2 times as hard as the guy with a degree to prove I am just as capable. But I have been lucky that companies have seen my experience as more a factor than a degree I might have obtained 35 or more years ago.
And in many cases I have had associates on my teams who had advanced degrees who are making at the level you state above just because they have to take "secondary" jobs because the jobs in their fields aren't plentiful.