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So my mom is really nice, but the college thing has always bugged me. From a very young age i learned that charism and selling a personality went way further than selling experience and shit. I noticed that people want to hear what they want to hear, and that sometimes you just have to roll with the punches. I also noticed a significant disconnect in the way HR handles background checks vs what you tell the hiring manager. As far as i could tell, you could tell the hiring manger anything, because the background check comes back as a pass/fail.

So my mom has been pushing me to get a degree, because she assumes my luck will eventually run out and ill be left jobless. To put this in perspective i was making 6 figures by the time i was 22, and went up from there. I think this is the stage where her brain has somewhat shorted and cant comprehend that gaming the system and using loopholes can net such positive results, so her default is for me to get a degree. But i get a degree, because the TV or whatever said to do it, and not because it serves any value. So now im at a loss on how to approach this one

So my mom is really nice, but the college thing has always bugged me. From a very young age i learned that charism and selling a personality went way further than selling experience and shit. I noticed that people want to hear what they want to hear, and that sometimes you just have to roll with the punches. I also noticed a significant disconnect in the way HR handles background checks vs what you tell the hiring manager. As far as i could tell, you could tell the hiring manger anything, because the background check comes back as a pass/fail. So my mom has been pushing me to get a degree, because she assumes my luck will eventually run out and ill be left jobless. To put this in perspective i was making 6 figures by the time i was 22, and went up from there. I think this is the stage where her brain has somewhat shorted and cant comprehend that gaming the system and using loopholes can net such positive results, so her default is for me to get a degree. But i get a degree, because the TV or whatever said to do it, and not because it serves any value. So now im at a loss on how to approach this one

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You're doing fine without a degree, don't worry about it. I say this as an SAT tutor and as a former teacher who taught college level classes.

If you really want a degree, look into coursera or CLEP testing to get credits online or via test. It's cheap and you don't have to deal with college BS (mandatory vax at some places now).

If you have any questions, feel free to message me. I help a lot of students navigate the college stuff and highly encourage alternative paths to getting a degree, if that is something you want.