What jobs dont need a specific college degree?

[kkktookmybabyaway]

My current job corresponds to my major, but my previous one didn't. My first thought regarding your position: Perhaps if you are thinking about being a po-po, maybe some administrative/management-type path that might help you in law enforcement if field work turns out not to be your thing. Maybe take some psychology or sociology so you can understand why the crackhead in the back of your patrol car went and stole his neighbor's television.

[MrRant]

To buy more crack.

 

You don't need a degree for that shit yo.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

To buy more crack.

 

That's what oil companies and the military-industrial complex want you to believe.

[swan]

I got a 2 year degree in AutoCAD. I have since learned a couple other cad programs on my own. I have been in the real world for 7 years and make upwards of 60k+ a year in salary and bonuses plus benifits. Right now I detail rebar in concrete structures. Lame yes, but it more than pays the bills.

 

The 2 year dgree was never needed if I had learned the software on my own. But it made me more polished and its easier to get your foot in the door if you do.

[swan]

It kind of makes you wonder about choices, especially considering his 50,000 a year is as much as most will make with their degree.

 

In the long run it's pretty safe to say the college grads will make more, plus they aren't doing shitty warehouse work. Been there done that. It really comes down to if you are happy and can you pay the bills.

[k thx]

I got a degree in Palaeobiology in Evolution, couldn't get a job after a I retired so went to work in a bank. Three years on I've had a few promotions (which I didn't need a degree for) and I'm up to around $45k. Degrees aren't too important, but they certainly look good on a CV.

[The Metal Maniac]

Actually, Maniac, I have heard quite a few people with history degrees getting involved in some archival work in government buildings. I'm sure it's not the most exciting job in the world, but they don't seem to mind it.

 

I actually was looking into that at one point; I dropped a resume off at the Public Archives, and in response, got this thing detailing all the various jobs currently available in the city I could apply for. I also learned that most of these jobs have certain unions as top-priority hirings, so you're kinda fucked unless you're in it. I dunno, it seemed like the kind of thing I could get into, but the problem is getting into it, you know? I did consider taking a course in how to be a librarian, but people tend to hold on to those jobs until they die, and there's not many available as a result. Friend of a friend got the same degree I was looking at, and they still don't have a job.

 

Meanwhile, my buddy, who has the same trade I'm getting, literally sat on his ass for months, unemployed (not because he didn't have a job; he's really lazy and didn't need money) until a buddy of his said "You know, I hear ***** is hiring." He sent a resume and had the job the very next day.

 

That's the thing with trades, at least around here: They're NEEDED. Like, Leena said earlier, how many electricians how jobs like that?

 

Well, how many buildings have electricity? Around here, at least, I think what happened is a lot of people starting taking computer science and things of that nature, and kind of forgot about trades, so they're starting to get short in the numbers of people they have.

 

Plus I know that with this trade, if I'm lucky I can score a job at the waterfront, and then I never need to move out of Nova Scotia.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

There's insane money in pipes. HVAC is good too. Basically, anything where you can provide something necessary but completely taken for granted.

[The Niggardly King]

If you don't mind working through other people's shit, then plumber is a decent trade.

 

All I know is that my father's first job in his chosen trade(diesel mechanic) he was only making $3 an hour... that was 1978 I think. He now makes around $32 an hour... trades really payoff towards the last 10-15 years of your career... if you can survive that long.

[Your Paragon of Virtue]

Not necessarily, in Canada there's a huge shortage of people in trades. If you decide to get in that field you can make a serious killing pretty quickly.

[v.2]

I got a degree in honors history, almost went to law school (I used to work for a law firm part-time), then ended up in physical therapy.