My whole life I had the intentions to go to University for finance, once I graduated from high school, I decided to go to China for a year and teach English, which was amazing, but once I got home I got the chance to work at a Credit Union, which is what I wanted to end up doing after University anyways... I'm only 19, i'll be 20 this year.. and I'm feeling a little uncomfortable with the fact that I'm already settling in a career while all my friends are still in school. I like my job A LOT... should I be worried about my feelings?
2007-01-30 08:53:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
If you like your job and it pays well, then stick with it, but never lose sight of the fact that without a college degree, there will be a cieling in your carreer. Don't give up on college eventually. I know a few people who have had entire carreers and THEN started college. It can even help you get into a better college later. Columbia U. has a returning professionals/non-traditional students program that admits people with almost no academic record because they worked in entertainment or something like that in their late teens and early twenties.
Save for college-start a fund for it. You may change your mind in a few years, but it sounds like you're happy where you are right now-so stay there, and more power to ya!
2007-01-30 09:06:56 · answer #1 · answered by Year of the Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world will pass you by. A few decades ago, it was fine for people to have a high school diploma and they got by on that just fine, until a younger generation came along and had Bachelor's degrees. Those young scruffs got more money just because they had a "sheep's skin". Now, more and more people have Master's degrees and the Bachelor's degrees aren't cutting it, so the Master's get more money and better promotions. It's a weeding-out process to employ the best. There are many companies, especially those that involve research, that won't even look at you if you don't have a Ph.D. So, be warned right here and now: it won't take long until you won't be getting the big bucks or the promotions because you don't have the education to back it up. People much younger than you who have a lot less experience are going to come along and make TWICE what you're making, or get that higher position that you wanted, and you won't have a leg to stand on. You'll say to your boss, "But I have more experience!!!" And your boss will reply, "Yes, but they have a Master's degree." Trust me on this one! Get your degree!
2007-01-30 09:10:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is your guarentee you will be employed 1yr, 5yrs, 10yrs from now? You need to plan for the furture. You cannot guarentee that you will be working for this credit union any longer past today. So your thoughts should be to make your self as employable as possible. One way to do that is with a degree.
2007-01-30 09:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not a career until u get a degree
but by taking the job now u might get an oppurtunity
for a higher position, u will still need to go to school to upgrade
inorder to take the higher position
2007-01-30 09:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you enjoy what you do and want to do it for the next 45+ years without promotion and greater responsibility, as well as the salary increases and perks that go along with it, then don't go to University.
But in the future, when you see your contemporaries in higher positions, don't look in a mirror and say, "I shoudda....."
2007-01-30 09:03:35 · answer #5 · answered by PALADIN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋