# The I'm still in college because I don't want to get a real job yet thread

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**Created:** [August 28, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205 "2011-08-28T17:59:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205/157 "2012-01-11T10:08:46Z")

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> [@risk + simcity with a pinch of civilization for good measure](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/risk-simcity-with-a-pinch-of-civilization-for-good-measure/46848/1104):
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> im not brainwashed, you are lol… Your parents parents went to college, your parents went to college and now you are/did. Thats all youll ever know and thats all youll ever tell your kids.
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> Im actually NOT saying a degree isnt good to have, but rather IF your going to spend the outrageous money that so many people are it just isnt worth it… You obviously did something correct to not be a dollar in debt and I congratulate you, I swear I do. This being said the kind of degree you have and what you went to school for also pays a HUGE roll in going or not going to college. **TONS of people will NEVER EVER get a job in the field that they went to school for.**
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> Last, Electronics are about 8% of my business, precious metals are the remaining 92%… $150k isnt shit and my business makes faaaarrrr more then that.

Thats because a lot of people don’t know what they want to do for a living and jump into some generic field like criminal justice. You need to narrow down to a field that points in the direction of one job, for instance the medical field or therapy, my wife got her masters from Utica College in Occupational Therapy, got a job right out of school (actually had about 4 or 5 offers right off the bat) and makes very good money.

Me personally, I never finished college (I also didn’t pay for it either I used my GI Bill) but I found a good job that I have been at for over 5 years now with good pay and benenfits. I consider myself lucky because it wasn’t easy getting a job right out of the Marines, especially as a radio operator, doesn’t give you many fields to work in!

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