>Learn a skill in your free-time, and then get a job in that skill. The real world doesn't work like this - most jobs above entry level require a college degre

>Learn a skill in your free-time, and then get a job in that skill. The real world doesn't work like this - most jobs above entry level require a college degree or some kind of professional certification. If you have kids to feed and rent to pay, that's a hard row to hoe. I know it's possible to somehow get a job based on self-reported self-training but that's rare. If it was that easy why do you suppose there are so many people that are working as dishwashers and cashiers? Maybe you just think they're lazy and stupid?