Is it possible to get a well paying job (>50k/year at least) in the tech industry without a degree? If so whats the way to go?
Programming?
Networking?
Server administration?
Vidya gaymes?
Tech support and fixing stuff?
I keep hearing on /g/ you have to start coding young to be an actually good programmer so I guess that one is dubious, my guess is networks and IT stuff works better for dropouts like me, thoughts?
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>>54478436
Becoming a software dev worked for me. I already had like 10 years of programming experience from sitting in a basement all my life before I even started university.
I got into a shit-paying student programming job at a respectable company at around the same time (easy to get even without experience) but kept at it for some time.
After that I just applied for real programming jobs at other companies, never telling them I just came from a shit-paying student job.
Went along with the best offer (tripling my income), quit university and have no regrets.
>>54479435
So basically my point was that you don't need a lot of knowledge to get into those shitty student-jobs. You wouldn't believe how clueless my peers were.
And then you use that job as a stepping stone. But make sure you know your shit decently well before you try to get any real jobs.
>>54478436
Look.... 50% of Americans make under $27k.
Compare these hypotheses:
1. There is One Weird Trick for a young, unskilled person to make double the median salary, and most people just don't ask around.
2. You need to put in work to develop a skill, and it takes more of an effort and investment than a lot of people are willing or able to put in.
>>54479938
Yeah but what skill in particular? For example >>54479435 already had around half of his life programming by then, for someone in his mid 20s thats just not feasible unless he has a genuine love for coding. Thats why I asked about those 5 options. Even simpler, forget about >50k/y lets just say enough to live for yourself with a moderate amount of commodities, say 20k/y but with zero previous work experience.
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