#1 No-College-Needed Job

[HotHolly]

7 Jobs to Skip College For- Yahoo! HotJobs

That number is a little misleading. What you think?

[Tom]

Ridiculous article from top to bottom. Nuclear Power Reactor Operator is on the list, too.

[merock]

You mean I could make more money as an Elevator Mechanic??!?!? I'm switching....

[HotHolly]

I personally think im gonna become a private detective & find missing persons, then whip them into shape as their personal trainer, and then take their glamor shots. I might even moonlight as a director of security as my weekend job. I can be bad-ass. I just chose not to be - most of the time.

[carrbowl]

I think they are right about personal training....as of now, but I would say that is changing. They are oversaturated right now and too many people don't know enough about the mechanics and need more education. At the gym I go to--LifeTime, there is only two trainers I would use and/or recommend that have enough knowledge/education to use.

[David_3]

Well damn....six years of college, down the drain.

[merock]

Originally Posted by David_3

Well damn....six years of college, down the drain.

No way man! My 5 years of college was a blast!!!!!

[Imagebuffet]

Originally Posted by Thomas Campbell

Ridiculous article from top to bottom. Nuclear Power Reactor Operator is on the list, too.

What is wrong with having nuclear power rector operator on the list? It's a valid occupation. I could have gone that route, if I had remained in the Navy's nuclear power program. I have a friend who became a trainer for a nuclear power plant, which has nothing to do with his degree as a marketing photographer.

[Imagebuffet]

Originally Posted by HotHolly

7 Jobs to Skip College For- Yahoo! HotJobs

That number is a little misleading. What you think?

I think that college is a scam, the way it is marketed and packaged. As the article points out, some occupations necessarily require a college education; the job simply cannot be learned any other way available today. But, college is promoted as a cure-all for all employment and income needs, as if every job needs a college education, or as if a market actually exists for all the college graduates that could come through college. More often what happens is, people spend tens of thousands of dollars on an education that is of no use to them and will never be used by them. Despite this fact, the cost of college rises much faster than the inflation rate, meaning that a unit of education is less cost effective every year.

My Mom had a Bachelor's Degree in Education, majoring in math and science. We lived below the poverty line for much of my childhood. I earned an AAS degree in Laser Electro-Optic Technology in 1992; I've worked as a laser tech for about 3 months. Even when I was earning my degree, the program directors said that most laser technician graduates would find employment as electronics technicians or instrumentation technicians, rather than as laser technicians. We had to cover a broad range of academic topics because the market for our degree wasn't strong enough by itself.

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Total BS and the pay scale is total BS also, if you notice that they say this is for people with X years of experience. Why don't they put up pet groomer or can recycler? Heck under their "quantifications" they would have a line person at McD's making $40K.

[rbalcom]

Originally Posted by Thomas Campbell

Ridiculous article from top to bottom. Nuclear Power Reactor Operator is on the list, too.

I guess I don't understand. Why do you think the article is ridiculous?

[MikeWelsch]

You mean Homer Simpson makes $79,000!!!

[crackhead]

When you really drill down to it, the whole point of going to college is to showcase your abilities to the gatekeepers who can point you down the road to further opportunity, and to network and establish connections in your field of study. The book learning aspect is important but is by no means the most important.

[Damon]

Wow, I'd love to be able to pay my bills with my freelance photography, let alone make almost 50k a year. And that's median? I can't help but be a little skeptical. Sure, there are bound to be those out there making a killing, but for it to be the median is hard for me to swallow.

[prncfarquad]

I guess my only problem with the article is how EASY they make some jobs sound. I would like to ask my friend about his air traffic controller job and see if it is as easy as "The job might entail monitoring aircraft, issuing take-off and landing instructions, and directing ground traffic"