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"unless you're targeting a career that requires, or expects, a degree."

Unfortunately most well paying jobs do.

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Maybe there will be an inversion. Lots of white collar office jobs can be partially automated, or have their efficiency greatly increased by AI. But we still don't seem to be near widely deployed robots that finish drywall
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You think the drywall company is going to hire you? Why would they hire someone in middle age with no experience when there are no shortage of 20 year olds who already know the trade?
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Do you like working with dry walls? I don't. I can do it, but I ain't born for handywork.
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