I'm still amused by liberal arts majors who somehow think that you can't work in the technical fields without a degree. Sure, a degree helps, but if you know

I'm still amused by liberal arts majors who somehow think that you can't work in the technical fields without a degree. Sure, a degree helps, but if you know what you are doing, it's not required. Now, I know some really awesome people who went to college, and claim that they learned a lot there, I'm not saying it doesn't have value. hell, all other things being equal, I'll pick the applicant with a degree over the dropout, when I have the chance. But I also know many programmers and SysAdmins who didn't go to college, and a few who didn't finish high school. We don't need to live 'off the grid' mad max style. Not having a degree means that you will need to do real work for retail wages, for a while, but once you have experience, you get to upgrade to real wages.