If you went to school at a time where working any non-degree-required job is enough to pay for your college (like I did), you went at a time completely differen

If you went to school at a time where working any non-degree-required job is enough to pay for your college (like I did), you went at a time completely different than today. College is prohibitively expensive; loans are all but required. And if a lawyer or doctor earns less than $125k they can have the extra ten grand.