If you want a decent paying job, you need a DEGREE.

of course a degree does... they open doors and raise salary ceilings... in most all industries...

certifications? to a lesser extent...

good luck to you!

$.02

It does matter if you have a degree or not if you want a good job, but in saying that ive just finished my degree and have struggled to find a job in my area...basically it seems so many people are getting degrees these days they are becoming less valuable. My sister has a really well paid job for her age and she didnt go to uni, yet im here trying my best to get a good job after going through uni which should of helped me to get a good job. Ah well im still glad i got it though ^_^ i am just going to open my own business and play by my rules :).

a degree does not certify you'll be a millionaire.
it simply aids in preventing poverty.

JUST CONSIDER THE FACT .....YOU GET TO KNOW WHAT YA GOTTA HAVE :-

# There are 68 billionaires who are dropouts and numerous millionaires.
# Many of the world’s greatest inventions were developed by dropouts, including television, radio, airplanes, cars, motion pictures, the incandescent light bulb, the car stereo tape deck, the gas mask, the traffic signal, earmuffs, the game of basketball, the sewing machine—and many more.
# Some of history’s greatest companies were founded by dropouts, including Kodak, Polaroid, Famous Amos, Disney, Ford, Learjet, Bank of America, Motown Records, Whole Foods, Domino’s, Apple Computer, Netscape, Microsoft, Polo, Jet Blue, Dunkin’ Donuts, NBC, KFC, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Holiday Inn and Rolling Stone Magazine.
# Titanic, the highest grossing movie of all time was directed by a dropout (James Cameron); and the two lead actors were dropouts (Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet)
# A member of the all-time top selling band The Beatles, George Harrison, was a dropout.
# Some of the highest-paid actors in the world (Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp and Leonardo Di Caprio) are all dropouts.
# Some of the highest-paid actresses in the world (Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Drew Barrymore) are all dropouts.
# The U.S. penny and quarter-dollar coins, as well as the one, five, twenty, one hundred and thousand-dollar bills all have images of dropouts.
# “I have watched all the dropouts who made their own rules” is a line in Ozzy Osbourne’s song, “Crazy Train.” Ozzy is a high school dropout as is his daughter.
# One of the top-grossing films of 2005, War of the Worlds was written by a dropout (H.G. Wells), was directed by a dropout (Steven Spielberg) and starred a dropout (Tom Cruise).

dropouts

I found this blog on 10 reasons not to get a job lol made me giggle

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/07/10-reasons-you-should-never-get-a-job/

everyone has potential.
you don't need an education to realize this.