There are good careers without a degree. Don't let your guidance counselor or anyone else push you into going to school just because. Do what's right for YOU 🙅♂️
My best friend growing up barely made it through high school, was failing out of college, and was given the opportunity to help his uncle at a failing donut shop. He was hungry for lunch went to the store and bought some hamburger buns, meat,.... a donut shopcustomer came in and said that smells good. Will you make me one? My friend now owns 3 restaurants and is very well off. He never completed college.
I obtained all three of my degrees from a top engineering university (the top program in my discipline) and can say that most of what you learn is fluff. Almost everything you learn in college can now be found on UA-cam. Getting a job, on the other hand, comes down to who you know, not knowledge. Everything I have accomplished has been through my hard work and not my affiliation with any degree or university.
Some people or companies like to see a degree as proof that a candidate can follow thru and complete something. (Not that it means you can do the actual job)
2:40 *Soooo true, reading is so very important, I've learn so much just by reading, and often college(from my experience) is just listening to someone talk then reading the $400 textbook anyway* 💪🎭
Roe Jogan I do. The union in my town has the best apprenticeship program and even though I disagree pretty much 100% with the political views of union leadership, it’s great work and training. I signed up with the local JATC and after I passed the tests they assigned me to a company to work.
@@Isaiahkool1671 Take advice from your journeymen, do what they say as long as it is safe but take note of the best practices for when you break out. In the union, everyone knows you so keep out of trouble and do good work
How much of your money do you spend thanks to social media influencers. Personally I've probably spent about 20 dollars this year.(i'm probably a typical but still, I don't think the average is over 100 bucks.) It's just not a realistic career path for 99.99% of people. Fulfill a real need in the market then worry about the marketing when you have a good product or service hammered out.
Yeah I didn't. It's barely been a year since I graduated high and my income has grown to 60k. I work maybe 40 hours a week. I'm very skilled in many fields so I'd say learn some skills and you're guaranteed to make that post college income. I mean isn't that the purpose of college? To learn a skill? Grow that knowledge base? It doesn't take 4 years to learn a new skill most of the time is spent in slacking off in your dorm. It's really a 4 year vacation. It took me around a month to learn a completely new skill that can generate income thanks to the power of the internet. Leadership is key. As long as you can outperform all of your competitors you're guaranteed to be successful in any field.
College is overall a poor investment for most people. Not only do you tack on a ton of debt, you lose four years of your life just for a piece of paper without a guarantee of a job waiting for you.
More tradesman are needed now, but what really bothers me these days is that more and more, too many companies I’m running into are wanting bachelors degrees to do jobs that pay 30k-45k a year. And some of those companies where you actually do hands on work are wanting some college to jump into the management side
As a remodeling business owner, I’d hire someone with a high IQ without a degree, over someone who’s low IQ but has a degree. I want someone who’s actually smart and capable. With that said, sometimes college grads ARE smarter. It depends on the person
I laugh whenever a college degree is discussed. My brothers pay thousands of dollars in student loans for a flashy degree, l went to medic school for free and worked my way up to supervisor/manager with zero school debt. Find your passion, not a degree. You can always go back to school.
I went to community college for dirt cheap and transferred to UCLA, where the financial aid they gave me allowed me to pay 0 in tuition. “Real” college can be very cheap too, just don’t pay 30k a year to go to Phoenix university
@Jargon JJ...Your passion may not pay the bills though. Many people have passions because something else pays the bills. When some folks pursue their passions as a career, they don't make any money and no longer view it as a passion.
My aunt dropped out of school at fifteen, my uncle quit in the third grade. They both came form dirt poor families. They learned hard work on farms from the time they were bornThey are now multimillionaires who paid for all of their children and grandchildren's college degrees. College doesn't MAKE you smart. I believe people are born intelligent. However, I believe nowadays that piece of paper gets your foot in the door, unfortunately. My son is extremely intelligent, his grades were middle of the road. He was born with a businessman's mind I truly believe.
I agree, learning is.a lifelong process. For those who don't want to go into debt for a degree, UA-cam and the internet in general is a great resource for learning topics such as, finance.
I became a network engineer by CCNA , CCNP and CompTIA server certs with IT help desk experience. I earn $95k a year and have been for the past 8 years. It's all about getting a skill in demand some careers don't require a degree others do. It all depends , mine didn't.
Also the flipside is true. Just because you have a business degree doesn't mean you will be successful in business. I know someone with a biz degree that cooks food for a living now. And I know another person that dropped out sophomore year of high school that's been running a successful biz for almost a decade now. What hes gonna learn from his dad about the biz will be much much more useful than the degree. The degree wont hurt though. It might give him an edge to take the biz up a notch from where his dad had it. But I'd focus on dads lessons
My father did both college & trade school while also being a business owner but he always sided with telling me to choose college over anything else. To each to their own
There is nothing wrong with college. College is what YOU put into it. What's wrong is that parents don't spend enough time with their kids discussing life options and kids don't spend enough time asking. Just because you are young doesn't mean you can't start thinking about your life. Stop playing video games and take a little time per day to think about your future. You don't have to "give up your childhood" to do that. Kids go through the motions all the way through high school and NEVER seriously think about life beyond that. Then when they make a decision about college and majors that doesn't work out, they say something is wrong with college. That's not the fault of college. That's YOUR fault.
Trades seem more lucrative! Truck driver - 75k, home daily, no touch freight, 2,000 3 month class which was reimbursed Electrician- 120k per yr schooling was paid for by company Medical billing and coding seems like another lucrative career, 2500 course(not 100% on the prospects but in my area $20+)
Josh say that when youre out looking for a job. “I dont have a piece of paper saying i know my stuff but i have extensive knowledge through hours and hours of watching UA-cam videos” 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
dominick951 at the same time you need some decent training to show your possible employee that you know the basics to do the job, not just watching UA-cam videos.
@@ErrorPagenotFound-ig1cy it all depends on whether or not you want to be the employee or employer. If you were to start a business yourself, you might as well save yourself the time and money of getting a degree. However, if you want to get a stable job, the degree (like you said) would be more useful than UA-cam.
Seth Binyaminov UA-cam allows you to unleash your creativity and start a business. You can make income through multiple streams, whereas a 9-5 job is only one limited stream of income
Seth Binyaminov for monetization, you can do the following: 1. Earnings from UA-cam Ad Revenue 2. Create a course and sell it to your audience 3. Affiliate marketing 4. Write a book and sell it to your audience 5. Merchandise (sell it to your audience) The list goes on. You make a channel and run it like a business and you can make millions.
When I was 19, I received training in power generation equipment from the Army, went reserves. When I left AIT(advanced training after basic/boot), I was working at construction sites making 28hr with unlimited OT. Years later, I have a degree, paid off trucks and consult power equipment consumers and still serve in the reserves. Hope to pay off a few properties, before 30 and so on. I have to thank community college though, for making a 17-18 year old myself, realize I wasn’t ready for college and it wasn’t for me. But at least I obtained maybe 60 hours, which came to a benefit when getting my Bachelors (never used it really lol) but yeah... TLDR get a trade in big machines, power or whatever technical that most people “throw their nose at” and get dirty. An just invest your money.
My sister has two degrees and doesn’t use either and drives for uber. I don’t have one degree, I own my own transport truck and make on average $150k a year and get to drive a $150,000 truck and get paid to travel.
You do not need college degree to be successful, hat is so true. But alot of ppl take this out of context. Ppl who become successful knows what they want to do. Whereas alot of ppl hear it, then just went away n do absolutely nothing
You definitely don't need to get a degree. Just realize that you will have to work doubly as hard as a person with a degree to get the same position. IMO, most hiring managers are going to choose a person with a degree over a person without a degree with all things being equal.
You do if you want to be in certain careers like a doctor, nurse, lawyer, accountant, engineer etc. Beyond that you don't need it. Just go to trade school.
Ben Levitz little known fact, you can get a diploma for nursing and not go to an actual college. Hospitals have nursing programs that will teach you enough to sit for the certifying exam to become a licensed RN. However, a lot of employers are now looking for RNs to have a BSN which you’ll only get from a college.
@@brittanyezell737 That I didn't know. Thanks for that. I'm very fortunate and grateful that I still get grants from the government and that I go to CUNY Brooklyn which is a city college for accounting. I'm also aiming to get into the big 4 accounting firms with an internship next year.
Mike Arredondo I rather be a public lawyer and make 70k than be a plumber and make 100k, money isn’t everything. The importance and education behind the job means more to me
Ludens it’s interesting, people with degrees tell others to learn a trade (aka be a mechanic as an example) and people in the trades say to go to college. I think the job market is tough no matter what
4K to get my cdl for a 75k income and the company paid it all up front and it was forgiven after 1 year working for them best decision I ever made. Even when I decide to get out of it and switch careers I will be able to pay cash for a degree or trade school if that’s the route I decide to take. If your a long haul driver you also get the benefit of not really needing an apartment or house so you can save the difference.
Information Technology can pay north of $150K. No degree necessary. A few certifications and job experience will take you very far. I have a four year degree in IT, but I report to people that never went to college. And I’m still paying back school loans. 🤦♂️
I have no college degree and I'm estimating I'm going to be making $50-70k a year with just a $200 A+ certificate. Even for a CS degree, college isn't worth it anymore. It's sad to even say that I was smart enough not to go to college.
It's also important how well the company is doing. He might be better off getting a standard career track if the owner can't afford to pay himself much.
Somewhat true.. what I have a problem with is MOST college graduates don’t want to pay off their debt they accumulated. They want the the people you don’t think have the “discipline to be successful” to help pay off their debt. That is a fact.
@@soonermagic24 That's problematic. I'm also seeing people who lack the discipline to complete their education and struggle in life... School teaches you about work ethics, and those who lack work ethics will not have what it takes to be successful. Is it possible to be successful without education and qualification? Yes. Is it common or easy? No.
You do not need to go to college to be successful. If anything, you just need a vision, a hard working personality and grit. If you want to learn the things you would have in college, you can easily go to that 4 year state uni’s catalog, read what some courses would teach you and google real world experiences/examples of those things and even sometimes can find the study or HW material that those college courses would use for free. Personally, left my senior year of high school, owning 5 business (a full time UA-cam channel, gaming team, media company, and a couple others). Never doubted my decision since 👍
Has anyone heard of “The A students work for the B students, C students run the businesses and D students dedicate the buildings” I can explain if any wants to.
If the job does not say bachelors degree required, save money just buy the textbooks and read them and do some of the end of chapter critical thinking questions, this is especially good for anything math or statistics, or science related.
This video hits home. Thinking about going back to school for speech pathology, but with $800 left in current school loans, I really don’t want to inquire thousands of dollars in more school loan debt. On the other hand my brother is telling me don’t waste money or time, come work for the post office like he does making 70K plus (with tons of OT available) with just a high school diploma!! What’s a girl to do? 🤷🏾♀️
soonermagic24 truck drivers jobs and manufacturing jobs are going to be automated in 10 years and 47% percent of jobs by 2034 will be automated don’t believe enjoy the journey to it lol
Im getting an associates in Aviation Maintenance and I don’t even need the degree. I could just be an apprentice and learn that way but I end up in a higher tier of the ladder than I would starting from the bottom. Anyone can do this and college isnt always the smartest choice.
I would try and finish the degree sooner rather than later. it's great that he has this opportunity to work with his dad and possibly inherit the business, but the education would serve as a nice plan b just in case the business opportunity doesn't work. Other companies are going to want to see that four-year degree. Just recently at my company we had to pass up on a potential new hire. D potential new hire had the skills and expertise to do the job however our company policy required that they had a formal degree.
You have a point except that this is a public forum and public chat not his house. That's the difference. Why allow public comments if he is not respectful of a person 's right to express his opinion that's different from his. It's gross arrogance and intolerance. Period.
Im a computer scientist and its true but even with this you can learn most of it from youtube now... I make 70k a year but most of what I do now I learned it from internet tutorials... when I graduated in '08 I didnt know anything about web programming only html... everything else PHP, Jquery, javascript, bootstrap, css, ux/ui, ajax etc. I learned from the internet and thats all what I use at work now. Even networking I learned it all from a workmate not from theory at college, I dont regret going to college because my father pay for it and my title makes him very proud... but if you can pay for courses for just the basics plus the internet tutorials it would be cheaper...
I don’t agree with Education though-especially with the way things are going these days. Teachers end up making less a year than what’s owed on their student loan debt and, Education is probably one of the lowest paid professions on top of that.
watch out for engineering, many grads cannot find work and end up having to look for employment outside the scope of engineering which is the death kiss as you quickly become irrelevant even with a degree and will never get back in.
I disagree. As a person who is living in poverty right now and has not finished college yet. Stay in a school. Not everyone is going to be a Bill Gates.
Depending upon where you live there may be some jobs that don’t require you to have a college degree but the reality is that most jobs with good benefits and upward mobility absolutely do require you to have a college degree so that they know you meet basic standards and they themselves will have less liability. My bachelors degree cost me less than $20,000. My first Masters degree was scholarship. My second Masters degree cost me $17,000 cash out of pocket. I needed those degrees in order to Have a job that earns over $100,000 per year and gives me healthcare and several vacations during the year and paternity leave if necessary and dental coverage. Don’t believe the MTIcollege hype. If you try to get a job and have no college degree you’ll find out just how difficult it actually is. No one is saying that you absolutely have to have a college degree to be successful but smart people always have a fallback plan. College degrees are usually part of that fallback plan.
Made it one month into the 10th grade then said see ya to school. I worked 2 jobs for 25 years. put away and invested all the money from the second job because I didn't have time to spend it. Now life is easy and you don't need a degree. LOL!
the only reason why degrees have value in todays day and age is because a lot of companies demand it as a requirement. it doesn’t really have any significance.
A good bill for our Congressman to introduce to Congress is to mandate U.S. Banks to pay their depositers at least 85% of all interest collected, because it was the depositers money that got loaned out to begin with. Also Uncle Sam needs to increase all depositers accounts according to the inflation rate put out by the U.S. Department of Labor every quarter and every year. Government and military personnel are excluded from the inflation adjustment because they are already accounted for on their paycheck. Another good bill for Congress is for Uncle Sam to make an Amendment to the Constitution limiting total taxation of the citizen to 9%. No more than 3% federal income tax, no more than 3% state sales tax including toll roads, and no more than 3% local taxes. Homeowner property tax will be outlawed. Social Security will be exempt and remain at 6.2% Social and 1.45% Medicaid. Another bill for our U.S. Representative is to award all self-employed, employers, employees, government employees and military personnel between $300,000 and $3million in a lump sum after 120 months of full time work, part- time included in the total, regardless of number of employers worked for, for the citizen or perminant residents business start-up or already existing business. The dollar amount issued is determined by the size and scope of the business, plus education and work experience. The citizen must spend at least 75% of funds issued on their business or business related items. This was earned and is a Grant, not a loan. The printing and issuance of money is validated by any legitimate labor and production for society. All living citizens can obtain their funds after 120 months of full time work, regardless of whether they are collecting Social Security or not.
If you are working and apply for a position above yours requiring a college degree even though you might have 15 years at that job your employer will hire the never worked a day in their life kid with a degree over your application every time.
A lot of collage kids with an degree think they are going to get jobs that people have high school diploma been working for years have more experience for the job. Just because these kids have a piece of paper with an degree on it they think they're getting that job first.
also depends on what you major accounting, nursing, doctor, a lawyer is worth going but a lot of manufacturing and truck driving jobs are going to be taking over by robots.
@@dallasryder8125 I've done those. Just completed baby step 3b: saving to buy a house. Now I've bought my 1st house. Heading into Baby step 4. Is now a good time?
I feel sorry for you Americans. How can a 18 year old be expected to make a smart choice about their future if they are giving next to none financial education during Highschool? I don't know if university is right for me yet, but at least I won't be deeply indebt for studying German Polka History!
You know I look at people in the comments and all they are talking about is the jobs you can get with college or the jobs you can get without college but why is literally no one talking about forex trading? It’s multiple things u can do to make money outside a job but most people don’t think outside the box
Alexia Mitchell You still can. You’re young join the military, become a biomedical equipment specialist. You’ll get an education, that every hospital wants and can’t be automated or outsourced. Most of my Soldiers in that MOS are making $25-30 an hour, here in Texas. Higher obviously, in the west and north.
An undergraduate degree demonstrates that an individual was able to set a long term goal, stick with it and achieve the objective. In this day and age, this is a rare characteristics in America.
As someone whi went to college and saw a bunch of people party their way through college while maintaining barely a 2.0+ gpa I beg to differ. Especially with sime of the "easy" majors.
Haha this is funny . You are answering the question about “is college important” on an example of someone who already has daddy’s company. Are you serious?
Law is only good, if you go to a top tier law school like Harvard law school, and your at the top of your class. The law field is starting to become over saturated.
A law degree is only going to be useful if you’re prepared to start your own business and open your own practice. And that’s going to involve you humbling yourself, and also learning things like advertising, SEO, photography, marketing, bookkeeping, SALES SKILLS…
Remember, customers that walk in your businesses door are not going to worship you at your feet and automatically pay your rates just because you’re a lawyer with a degree. You’re going to have to know sales, to “close” them and get them to sign a contract
I’m a remodeling business owner, and the most successful lawyers that I know, they have really good reviews on various social media/review platforms, and they’re also great salespeople with good enough personalities
There are good careers without a degree. Don't let your guidance counselor or anyone else push you into going to school just because. Do what's right for YOU 🙅♂️
Chris Invests - Personal Finance Videos bro they were putting so much emphasis on that back in HS
My best friend growing up barely made it through high school, was failing out of college, and was given the opportunity to help his uncle at a failing donut shop. He was hungry for lunch went to the store and bought some hamburger buns, meat,.... a donut shopcustomer came in and said that smells good. Will you make me one? My friend now owns 3 restaurants and is very well off. He never completed college.
Retired Manager all it takes is creativity and finding your niche. Hopes this happens soon to me
They push you into going to school because it’s a business
So true. You will NEVER be happy unless you do what you want and what you are passionate about.
I obtained all three of my degrees from a top engineering university (the top program in my discipline) and can say that most of what you learn is fluff. Almost everything you learn in college can now be found on UA-cam. Getting a job, on the other hand, comes down to who you know, not knowledge. Everything I have accomplished has been through my hard work and not my affiliation with any degree or university.
So true
Some people or companies like to see a degree as proof that a candidate can follow thru and complete something. (Not that it means you can do the actual job)
Boston Harold it’s a dumb reason to hire someone.
@@jacobmoore7381 AMEN!
Stop lying you didn’t get three engineering degrees from a top university, that is almost impossible
So many people spend so much time preparing to be successful.
Ryan De Witt YESSS
Its not About a degree its about mastering ur job .
I have a 4 yr degree, got me nowhere.
I also have a Medical Massage Therapy certification, a thriving private office and I make $75,000/yr.
75k lmao ure poor not thriving.
2:40 *Soooo true, reading is so very important, I've learn so much just by reading, and often college(from my experience) is just listening to someone talk then reading the $400 textbook anyway* 💪🎭
Halfway through my electrical apprenticeship and loving it! Been debt free for a year and there’s nothing but open doors ahead
NE xRuthless Did you join a union or how do you go about doing that
Roe Jogan I do. The union in my town has the best apprenticeship program and even though I disagree pretty much 100% with the political views of union leadership, it’s great work and training. I signed up with the local JATC and after I passed the tests they assigned me to a company to work.
NE xRuthless that’s awesome man. Thanks for the info
im starting as a first year with the union. any advice?
@@Isaiahkool1671 Take advice from your journeymen, do what they say as long as it is safe but take note of the best practices for when you break out. In the union, everyone knows you so keep out of trouble and do good work
And the ad for this episode was an ad for a college I love it 😂😂😂😂
I get those new payday loan phone apps on Dave's video all the time lol
install adblock, your very welcomed. have not had ads in many years here on the toob.
you still get adds?
This is more true in 2019. Everyone wants to be a social media influencer. It’s much easier to be self employed today.
How much of your money do you spend thanks to social media influencers.
Personally I've probably spent about 20 dollars this year.(i'm probably a typical but still, I don't think the average is over 100 bucks.)
It's just not a realistic career path for 99.99% of people.
Fulfill a real need in the market then worry about the marketing when you have a good product or service hammered out.
I don't think being an influencer is the way to go
This is true for a variety of jobs. Many companies in my area provide paid training.
I know this video is for me. I should've went to and got a trade fresh out of high school. Lesson Learned
Yeah I didn't. It's barely been a year since I graduated high and my income has grown to 60k. I work maybe 40 hours a week. I'm very skilled in many fields so I'd say learn some skills and you're guaranteed to make that post college income. I mean isn't that the purpose of college? To learn a skill? Grow that knowledge base? It doesn't take 4 years to learn a new skill most of the time is spent in slacking off in your dorm. It's really a 4 year vacation. It took me around a month to learn a completely new skill that can generate income thanks to the power of the internet. Leadership is key. As long as you can outperform all of your competitors you're guaranteed to be successful in any field.
Great mindset! 👍
What skill did you learn?
My options when I graduated were : go to college and go into debt, OR be kicked out and disowned if you don't get a degree.
Try to get your parents to be more understanding . Show them the reality we currently are living in right now .
Harsh
College is overall a poor investment for most people. Not only do you tack on a ton of debt, you lose four years of your life just for a piece of paper without a guarantee of a job waiting for you.
More tradesman are needed now, but what really bothers me these days is that more and more, too many companies I’m running into are wanting bachelors degrees to do jobs that pay 30k-45k a year. And some of those companies where you actually do hands on work are wanting some college to jump into the management side
Yeah a college degree has become useless.
As a remodeling business owner, I’d hire someone with a high IQ without a degree, over someone who’s low IQ but has a degree. I want someone who’s actually smart and capable. With that said, sometimes college grads ARE smarter. It depends on the person
I laugh whenever a college degree is discussed. My brothers pay thousands of dollars in student loans for a flashy degree, l went to medic school for free and worked my way up to supervisor/manager with zero school debt. Find your passion, not a degree. You can always go back to school.
Jargon JJ or you can pay for your degree while in school like I did. It’s possible, just difficult.
I went to community college for dirt cheap and transferred to UCLA, where the financial aid they gave me allowed me to pay 0 in tuition. “Real” college can be very cheap too, just don’t pay 30k a year to go to Phoenix university
I went to college and earned all my degrees without debt. You don't have to go into debt to go to college.
@Jargon JJ...Your passion may not pay the bills though. Many people have passions because something else pays the bills. When some folks pursue their passions as a career, they don't make any money and no longer view it as a passion.
@@dathunderman4 Yep!
My aunt dropped out of school at fifteen, my uncle quit in the third grade. They both came form dirt poor families. They learned hard work on farms from the time they were bornThey are now multimillionaires who paid for all of their children and grandchildren's college degrees. College doesn't MAKE you smart. I believe people are born intelligent. However, I believe nowadays that piece of paper gets your foot in the door, unfortunately. My son is extremely intelligent, his grades were middle of the road. He was born with a businessman's mind I truly believe.
good bless them but its not many people that pan out like that you are going to need a degree in future with automation occurring
I wish I never even entertained school. Such a waste of money. Trade school should of been my first step.
Kwezzy same here now I’m in debt. But thankfully not that much
True
I agree, learning is.a lifelong process. For those who don't want to go into debt for a degree, UA-cam and the internet in general is a great resource for learning topics such as, finance.
I became a network engineer by CCNA , CCNP and CompTIA server certs with IT help desk experience. I earn $95k a year and have been for the past 8 years. It's all about getting a skill in demand some careers don't require a degree others do. It all depends , mine didn't.
Also the flipside is true. Just because you have a business degree doesn't mean you will be successful in business. I know someone with a biz degree that cooks food for a living now. And I know another person that dropped out sophomore year of high school that's been running a successful biz for almost a decade now. What hes gonna learn from his dad about the biz will be much much more useful than the degree. The degree wont hurt though. It might give him an edge to take the biz up a notch from where his dad had it. But I'd focus on dads lessons
You dont need education to be successful, all you need is the dedication from your heart and always ALWAYS be patient
My father did both college & trade school while also being a business owner but he always sided with telling me to choose college over anything else. To each to their own
There is nothing wrong with college. College is what YOU put into it. What's wrong is that parents don't spend enough time with their kids discussing life options and kids don't spend enough time asking. Just because you are young doesn't mean you can't start thinking about your life. Stop playing video games and take a little time per day to think about your future. You don't have to "give up your childhood" to do that. Kids go through the motions all the way through high school and NEVER seriously think about life beyond that. Then when they make a decision about college and majors that doesn't work out, they say something is wrong with college. That's not the fault of college. That's YOUR fault.
Thank You, this is exactly what I needed to hear!
As a college professor I always tell my students, education is a tool. You either use it to help yourself or you don’t. Its up to you.
I agree 100%, but it depends on what you are doing as well for a career. In my case, I need it to get certain certifications.
Trades seem more lucrative!
Truck driver - 75k, home daily, no touch freight, 2,000 3 month class which was reimbursed
Electrician- 120k per yr schooling was paid for by company
Medical billing and coding seems like another lucrative career, 2500 course(not 100% on the prospects but in my area $20+)
Finance classes? Its called youtube and the internet. Save you some money
Josh say that when youre out looking for a job.
“I dont have a piece of paper saying i know my stuff but i have extensive knowledge through hours and hours of watching UA-cam videos” 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Eddie Wow
Lol, I was about to comment the same thing.
Apparently to a lot of people UA-cam/self-teach and a Bachelors degree are equally valuable
dominick951 at the same time you need some decent training to show your possible employee that you know the basics to do the job, not just watching UA-cam videos.
@@shortchubbyneckbeard1681 it's the 100k plus interest gamble. One requires a mortgage, the other doesnt
@@ErrorPagenotFound-ig1cy it all depends on whether or not you want to be the employee or employer. If you were to start a business yourself, you might as well save yourself the time and money of getting a degree. However, if you want to get a stable job, the degree (like you said) would be more useful than UA-cam.
This is so accurate! Honestly being a UA-camr can pay significantly more than most college degrees.
And how is that?
Seth Binyaminov UA-cam allows you to unleash your creativity and start a business. You can make income through multiple streams, whereas a 9-5 job is only one limited stream of income
@@NickPeitsch in what ways can you make money specifically? And how do you grow your subscriber base?
Seth Binyaminov for monetization, you can do the following:
1. Earnings from UA-cam Ad Revenue
2. Create a course and sell it to your audience
3. Affiliate marketing
4. Write a book and sell it to your audience
5. Merchandise (sell it to your audience)
The list goes on. You make a channel and run it like a business and you can make millions.
Seth Binyaminov for subscriber growth, you can comment on similar channels in your niche and interact with others!
Thank You I needed This!!!
When I was 19, I received training in power generation equipment from the Army, went reserves. When I left AIT(advanced training after basic/boot), I was working at construction sites making 28hr with unlimited OT. Years later, I have a degree, paid off trucks and consult power equipment consumers and still serve in the reserves. Hope to pay off a few properties, before 30 and so on. I have to thank community college though, for making a 17-18 year old myself, realize I wasn’t ready for college and it wasn’t for me. But at least I obtained maybe 60 hours, which came to a benefit when getting my Bachelors (never used it really lol) but yeah... TLDR get a trade in big machines, power or whatever technical that most people “throw their nose at” and get dirty. An just invest your money.
Well done
Thank you. I feel so pressured to go to college. Because of my culture. I feel like people in my culture value u more based on your degree
what is your culture ?
My sister has two degrees and doesn’t use either and drives for uber. I don’t have one degree, I own my own transport truck and make on average $150k a year and get to drive a $150,000 truck and get paid to travel.
The Bandit JR Wow so I guess a degree isn’t the only solution like my guidance counselor(s) say it is.
Ash, I knew what I liked to do and made the most of it.
She has a degree in hotel management and one as a personal support worker
I have a cousin went to college for 50k just to make $10 hour
you hiring lol... Nice!!!
You do not need college degree to be successful, hat is so true. But alot of ppl take this out of context. Ppl who become successful knows what they want to do. Whereas alot of ppl hear it, then just went away n do absolutely nothing
I make six figures no college education I do work 50 hrs week though
Wait what?🤔
You definitely don't need to get a degree. Just realize that you will have to work doubly as hard as a person with a degree to get the same position. IMO, most hiring managers are going to choose a person with a degree over a person without a degree with all things being equal.
Yeah you don’t need a degree if you work in your dads company, you have a job already set up lol.
That’s true!
Remember it’s not what you know but who’s you know
who likes the bright blue sign behind Dave?
You do if you want to be in certain careers like a doctor, nurse, lawyer, accountant, engineer etc. Beyond that you don't need it. Just go to trade school.
Ben Levitz little known fact, you can get a diploma for nursing and not go to an actual college. Hospitals have nursing programs that will teach you enough to sit for the certifying exam to become a licensed RN. However, a lot of employers are now looking for RNs to have a BSN which you’ll only get from a college.
@@brittanyezell737 That I didn't know. Thanks for that. I'm very fortunate and grateful that I still get grants from the government and that I go to CUNY Brooklyn which is a city college for accounting. I'm also aiming to get into the big 4 accounting firms with an internship next year.
Ben Levitz I wish you much success!
@@brittanyezell737 Thanks you too
Having a four-year degree will often make the pursuit of a viable career easier - not always, but often.
Learn a trade
Real Estate Agent
Elevator tech
Electrician
Mechanic
Plumber
Welder
Etc
Mike Arredondo I rather be a public lawyer and make 70k than be a plumber and make 100k, money isn’t everything. The importance and education behind the job means more to me
Or learn to Trade lol
@@MAB1999_ tell that the to thousands who went to law school, 150k in student debt and working at coffee shops
Don’t be a mechanic. It’s tough out here
Ludens it’s interesting, people with degrees tell others to learn a trade (aka be a mechanic as an example) and people in the trades say to go to college. I think the job market is tough no matter what
I know a few left handed puppetry majors that would disagree.
4K to get my cdl for a 75k income and the company paid it all up front and it was forgiven after 1 year working for them best decision I ever made. Even when I decide to get out of it and switch careers I will be able to pay cash for a degree or trade school if that’s the route I decide to take. If your a long haul driver you also get the benefit of not really needing an apartment or house so you can save the difference.
Information Technology can pay north of $150K. No degree necessary. A few certifications and job experience will take you very far. I have a four year degree in IT, but I report to people that never went to college. And I’m still paying back school loans. 🤦♂️
BenzoB right on!
BenzoB im getting my bachelors in IT in a few months with zero debt, i wish that i had my certs years ago
BenzoB what company do u work for?
@@j.vosier6786 - Congrats! That is very financially savvy of you. I work for the US Treasury. Yes I know, the irony! 🤦♂️
What exactly do you do as a "IT" person ?
I have no college degree and I'm estimating I'm going to be making $50-70k a year with just a $200 A+ certificate. Even for a CS degree, college isn't worth it anymore. It's sad to even say that I was smart enough not to go to college.
It's also important how well the company is doing. He might be better off getting a standard career track if the owner can't afford to pay himself much.
I love the new studio!!
You don’t. But most people lack the discipline to be successful without a degree.
Somewhat true.. what I have a problem with is MOST college graduates don’t want to pay off their debt they accumulated. They want the the people you don’t think have the “discipline to be successful” to help pay off their debt. That is a fact.
@@soonermagic24 That's problematic. I'm also seeing people who lack the discipline to complete their education and struggle in life...
School teaches you about work ethics, and those who lack work ethics will not have what it takes to be successful.
Is it possible to be successful without education and qualification? Yes. Is it common or easy? No.
You do not need to go to college to be successful. If anything, you just need a vision, a hard working personality and grit. If you want to learn the things you would have in college, you can easily go to that 4 year state uni’s catalog, read what some courses would teach you and google real world experiences/examples of those things and even sometimes can find the study or HW material that those college courses would use for free.
Personally, left my senior year of high school, owning 5 business (a full time UA-cam channel, gaming team, media company, and a couple others). Never doubted my decision since 👍
Has anyone heard of “The A students work for the B students, C students run the businesses and D students dedicate the buildings” I can explain if any wants to.
Please tell me more.
Please
Nah. D students where the "cool" kids who skipped school a lot and now work at amazon warehouse. But no student debt for them though!
wannabecarguy pm me
Great show!
There's more education now online and youtube videos that are pretty much free -
Just started reading total money makeover wish me luckk👍
No luck needed. Just do what it says and trust in God’s grace.
If the job does not say bachelors degree required, save money just buy the textbooks and read them and do some of the end of chapter critical thinking questions, this is especially good for anything math or statistics, or science related.
Parenting is the most thankless job in the WORLD🌏!!!!!! Marriage is a close running second!!!!!
This video hits home. Thinking about going back to school for speech pathology, but with $800 left in current school loans, I really don’t want to inquire thousands of dollars in more school loan debt. On the other hand my brother is telling me don’t waste money or time, come work for the post office like he does making 70K plus (with tons of OT available) with just a high school diploma!! What’s a girl to do? 🤷🏾♀️
Nice set upgrade!!!!
real estate school is around $2500
My hubby is a union carpenter. He makes good money. Just like plumbers, electricians, etc
College degree is not that critical if you grow in a family business. Different story though when you try to get a job with different companies.
Oh yeah? I make six figures. High school education. Blue collar jobs are everywhere, and start you out 60k.
@@soonermagic24 blue collard jobs are going to be taking over by robots in 10 years
Tyrese C. As dumb as that statement is, I’ll play along.. the blue collar jobs turn into robot repair workers, and those would also pay high. Lol
soonermagic24 truck drivers jobs and manufacturing jobs are going to be automated in 10 years and 47% percent of jobs by 2034 will be automated don’t believe enjoy the journey to it lol
@@tyrese6994 A lot of white collar jobs will be eliminated by automation as well.
Im getting an associates in Aviation Maintenance and I don’t even need the degree. I could just be an apprentice and learn that way but I end up in a higher tier of the ladder than I would starting from the bottom.
Anyone can do this and college isnt always the smartest choice.
Java Jav excellent choice. My friend did the same program at community college years ago. He’s now in management at Boeing in SC making six figures.
Miss Candy good on him I hope to be him one day
There’s an ad for majoring in theatre arts on this video 😂🤦🏻♀️
I would try and finish the degree sooner rather than later. it's great that he has this opportunity to work with his dad and possibly inherit the business, but the education would serve as a nice plan b just in case the business opportunity doesn't work. Other companies are going to want to see that four-year degree. Just recently at my company we had to pass up on a potential new hire. D potential new hire had the skills and expertise to do the job however our company policy required that they had a formal degree.
You have a point except that this is a public forum and public chat not his house. That's the difference. Why allow public comments if he is not respectful of a person 's right to express his opinion that's different from his. It's gross arrogance and intolerance. Period.
New video quality is way worse then old studio
Education, Accounting/Finance, Law, Medical, Engineering, and Computer Science are the only majors that guarantees a return on your investment.
Im a computer scientist and its true but even with this you can learn most of it from youtube now... I make 70k a year but most of what I do now I learned it from internet tutorials... when I graduated in '08 I didnt know anything about web programming only html... everything else PHP, Jquery, javascript, bootstrap, css, ux/ui, ajax etc. I learned from the internet and thats all what I use at work now. Even networking I learned it all from a workmate not from theory at college, I dont regret going to college because my father pay for it and my title makes him very proud... but if you can pay for courses for just the basics plus the internet tutorials it would be cheaper...
My brother got learned Java and Python, from UA-cam and Lynda? Or something. He makes 98k in Texas.
I don’t agree with Education though-especially with the way things are going these days. Teachers end up making less a year than what’s owed on their student loan debt and, Education is probably one of the lowest paid professions on top of that.
Dallas Ryder wow nice, im studying python and c++ now, good money
watch out for engineering, many grads cannot find work and end up having to look for employment outside the scope of engineering which is the death kiss as you quickly become irrelevant even with a degree and will never get back in.
THX
I disagree. As a person who is living in poverty right now and has not finished college yet.
Stay in a school. Not everyone is going to be a Bill Gates.
Depending upon where you live there may be some jobs that don’t require you to have a college degree but the reality is that most jobs with good benefits and upward mobility absolutely do require you to have a college degree so that they know you meet basic standards and they themselves will have less liability.
My bachelors degree cost me less than $20,000. My first Masters degree was scholarship. My second Masters degree cost me $17,000 cash out of pocket.
I needed those degrees in order to Have a job that earns over $100,000 per year and gives me healthcare and several vacations during the year and paternity leave if necessary and dental coverage.
Don’t believe the MTIcollege hype. If you try to get a job and have no college degree you’ll find out just how difficult it actually is. No one is saying that you absolutely have to have a college degree to be successful but smart people always have a fallback plan. College degrees are usually part of that fallback plan.
I swear this caller is Report Of The Week
Did he just say he cash flow his community college?... I’ll take my tax money back
Buy equity on people selling their Amazon fba businesses
Made it one month into the 10th grade then said see ya to school. I worked 2 jobs for 25 years. put away and invested all the money from the second job because I didn't have time to spend it. Now life is easy and you don't need a degree. LOL!
what are your jobs
the only reason why degrees have value in todays day and age is because a lot of companies demand it as a requirement. it doesn’t really have any significance.
More young men need to join union apprenticeships or try for civil service jobs for the city.
A good bill for our Congressman to introduce to Congress is to mandate U.S. Banks to pay their depositers at least 85% of all interest collected, because it was the depositers money that got loaned out to begin with. Also Uncle Sam needs to increase all depositers accounts according to the inflation rate put out by the U.S. Department of Labor every quarter and every year. Government and military personnel are excluded from the inflation adjustment because they are already accounted for on their paycheck. Another good bill for Congress is for Uncle Sam to make an Amendment to the Constitution limiting total taxation of the citizen to 9%. No more than 3% federal income tax, no more than 3% state sales tax including toll roads, and no more than 3% local taxes. Homeowner property tax will be outlawed. Social Security will be exempt and remain at 6.2% Social and 1.45% Medicaid. Another bill for our U.S. Representative is to award all self-employed, employers, employees, government employees and military personnel between $300,000 and $3million in a lump sum after 120 months of full time work, part- time included in the total, regardless of number of employers worked for, for the citizen or perminant residents business start-up or already existing business. The dollar amount issued is determined by the size and scope of the business, plus education and work experience. The citizen must spend at least 75% of funds issued on their business or business related items. This was earned and is a Grant, not a loan. The printing and issuance of money is validated by any legitimate labor and production for society. All living citizens can obtain their funds after 120 months of full time work, regardless of whether they are collecting Social Security or not.
If you are working and apply for a position above yours requiring a college degree even though you might have 15 years at that job your employer will hire the never worked a day in their life kid with a degree over your application every time.
Just do IT/coding certifications.
serioushamster what are some good certs?? Im currently studying network + and security +
Should i go to community college to get a business management degree ?
I went for TWO years and then transferred - without losing any credits- to a University. I saved so much money that I then earned a graduate degree!!
Dave why are you so intolerant of other people opinion? You recently kicked me out of your chat because I disagree with your wealth building process.
It is his show I guess.
@@beatzbyDAVE That dont make it right. What if UA-cam should kick out all of us for having differing opinion?
Maybe you didn’t present your opinion respectfully
@@naddarr1 How about we should be respectful of others opinion and agree to disagree?
@@naddarr1 Oh for one moment I thought you were defending him.
A lot of collage kids with an degree think they are going to get jobs that people have high school diploma been working for years have more experience for the job. Just because these kids have a piece of paper with an degree on it they think they're getting that job first.
Ask any employer, they would rather see a degree
also depends on what you major accounting, nursing, doctor, a lawyer is worth going but a lot of manufacturing and truck driving jobs are going to be taking over by robots.
@@tyrese6994 same thing with CS and IT, as AI becomes more advanced we will see less and less jobs
@@dogguy8603 AI will have it's limit .
@@Ονομαεπίθετο-ξ1υ didn't aged well. 😅.
Ty lopez - knowledge.
Dave, I really hope you see this question and are able to answer it. In what baby step should I open my own business?
EricaCantLose Best to have little to no liabilities. An at least a year of living expenses saved. This is coming from a business owner.
@@dallasryder8125 I've done those. Just completed baby step 3b: saving to buy a house. Now I've bought my 1st house. Heading into Baby step 4. Is now a good time?
That would be COMPLETING baby step 3 which is already having at least 6 months or more of living expenses saved up.
@@motoryzen that's done
@@MissEricaBarnes Awesome! Congrats man.
178k income and i droped out in the 9th grade
Job?
@@memolopes1044 importer/wholesale company self empleyed 0 employees
Work in a business than school
I feel sorry for you Americans. How can a 18 year old be expected to make a smart choice about their future if they are giving next to none financial education during Highschool?
I don't know if university is right for me yet, but at least I won't be deeply indebt for studying German Polka History!
Its amazing how unprepared we are for our adult lives. Youd think if they wont teach us how to handle money, theyd at least teach usbhow to grow it..
I don’t know about that....Rich Paul wouldn’t agree with this
Rich Paul only successful because of LeBron
You know I look at people in the comments and all they are talking about is the jobs you can get with college or the jobs you can get without college but why is literally no one talking about forex trading? It’s multiple things u can do to make money outside a job but most people don’t think outside the box
What is forex trading?
So the host of the show has a degree
I dropped out after 8 weeks 😂
so what do you want to do after that, do you have a goal a plan?
Marwa OLA Yes I’m moving to NYC in August to pursue Real Estate 👍
@@NoahSRussell that's amazing keep it up I wish you success
Marwa OLA Thanks!
How are u doing now?
sell the car
How many milti billionaires have college degree ??? I am so fortunate to have a father who has 5 degrees and know how to manage money well.
Most actually don’t, haha
I’m 22 and I wished I did trade school 😭
Alexia Mitchell You still can. You’re young join the military, become a biomedical equipment specialist. You’ll get an education, that every hospital wants and can’t be automated or outsourced. Most of my Soldiers in that MOS are making $25-30 an hour, here in Texas. Higher obviously, in the west and north.
An undergraduate degree demonstrates that an individual was able to set a long term goal, stick with it and achieve the objective. In this day and age, this is a rare characteristics in America.
As someone whi went to college and saw a bunch of people party their way through college while maintaining barely a 2.0+ gpa I beg to differ. Especially with sime of the "easy" majors.
I think it more says that you are able to memorize things than anything else.
Then why does Dave PREACH about saving for your child's College fund...my kids can go to the Military
Ryan Beasley There’s the beat kept secret right there!
Haha this is funny . You are answering the question about “is college important” on an example of someone who already has daddy’s company. Are you serious?
What about a Political Science - Pre-Law degree? I am a junior at Michigan State and I am inclined to keep my major.
Law is only good, if you go to a top tier law school like Harvard law school, and your at the top of your class. The law field is starting to become over saturated.
Too many lawyers. You should be a doctor or a scientist
A law degree is only going to be useful if you’re prepared to start your own business and open your own practice. And that’s going to involve you humbling yourself, and also learning things like advertising, SEO, photography, marketing, bookkeeping, SALES SKILLS…
Remember, customers that walk in your businesses door are not going to worship you at your feet and automatically pay your rates just because you’re a lawyer with a degree. You’re going to have to know sales, to “close” them and get them to sign a contract
I’m a remodeling business owner, and the most successful lawyers that I know, they have really good reviews on various social media/review platforms, and they’re also great salespeople with good enough personalities
Wrong the only one with out one are those with brain and skill if your below avg guy then you need one.
Great opportunities in the military.