Quote: (04-27-2011 07:07 PM)lavidaloca Wrote:
I think its just that before a bachelors degree was a ticket to a career. As time moved on, more and more people attained bachelors and they become devalued.
Just a degree alone was never a ticket to a successful career. What mattered is studying. Your employer need your skills, not your diploma, and it is irrelevant for them in most cases how you got them. Then it only matters how much experience you've got. So if you can study and practice on your own, then you don't need college. But you still need studying.
The only exception I know is the case when your occupation is licensed, and the license requires some formal education. In this case college may be necessary. Such cases, however, are not obvious - for example, in California you may become a lawyer without ever stepping your foot in a law school, but you cannot become a hairdresser because the license requires formal education. So check.