Do I need an education? Is higher education necessary? Availability of jobs

I would like to comment on the situation as a teacher (on the other side of the barricades, so to speak). I communicate quite a lot with my students and many tell me why they entered and why. Often forced by parents, grandparents. Often a person does not know what to do after school, why not go to a university? Often girls believe that education is such a kind of dowry, it’s more interesting to talk with an educated wife. Many go, because "now there is nowhere without a tower." And only a small part comes to receive education with adequate expectations and with an understanding of the process.

In my opinion, in order to answer the question whether it is worth it or not, it is necessary to consider several trends and facts.

1. In general, to all people higher education not necessary. There is great amount jobs and specialties where a person needs a specialized secondary education or just a secondary (completed school). For example, to work as a waiter, receptionist, secretary, courier, barista, it is enough to finish school and undergo training at the place of work. If you are satisfied with this kind (by the way, they often pay for it higher than for the work of specialists with higher education), then higher education will simply be a waste of 4-6 years of time (for which you will earn money at work and maybe get a couple of raises ). Many students want to get practical work skills and algorithms (do it once, do it twice, here's the result for you), they want a specific craft, on the income from which you can live. This is a good request, but it is essentially a request for specialized secondary education. And this is not necessarily about electricians, plumbers and car mechanics. There are also hairdressers, manicurists, system administrators, jewelers and many others. These are good, necessary and paid professions. You can make a career in them and see the result of your work. Again, if that's how you like it, then higher education will again be a waste of time and lost profits.

2. Unfortunately, the attitude of people towards the highest and the average special education not the same. Higher education in our country is still perceived with respect and honor. And they often talk about secondary special with disdain (for example, “fu, some kind of poultry farmer”, “this is for stupid ones”, “why couldn’t you even enter a poor university”?). I think this is completely wrong. This phenomenon is rooted in Soviet time when specialists with higher education worked in more comfortable conditions, received a salary much higher and moved along career ladder. About 20% of people had higher education, and getting a diploma was a powerful bid for social success. The memory of those times is still alive in the minds of our parents, grandparents. The situation, however, has completely changed since the mid-1980s (30 years have passed, but the stereotypes have remained). The demand for specialists with higher education is not as great as the supply (thousands of university graduates are not in demand). And, on the contrary, the professions of a make-up artist, administrator or call-center operator are much more in demand, they are paid more and higher education is essentially not needed there. Why waste 4-6 years?

3. Higher education now performs the functions that used to be performed by secondary education. Previously, the school did not hesitate to leave for the second year children who did not master well enough school curriculum. Rating "one" was in use and the deuce had to be earned. No more than high requirements, it's just that the requirements were met more consistently and clearly. By the end of school, a person had not only a basic set of knowledge, but also a number of social skills sufficient to start adult life. Now a high school graduate is rarely ready for something. A certificate is given to everyone, repeaters are pulled up to grade 11 (even if they don’t really know the program of the 7th grade). But in the end, these people need to be sent somewhere so that they are still "ripe", gain communication skills, understand how, what and where. And now they are sent for another 4 years to the university, to learn the mind of the mind. This is not about a full-fledged higher education, it's about socialization and entry into culture. + Of course, now objectively more information and harder social structure, people mature later than before (global trend).

4. The quality of higher education leaves much to be desired (this applies to both ordinary and top universities). There are many reasons. This is the mass exodus of teachers in the 90s. And lack of funding, insufficiently high salaries. And excessive bureaucracy, endless checks. And as I wrote above, not always enough level preparation of applicants (and often it’s not about knowledge, but about the ability to plan one’s time, communicate politely with teachers, independently complete tasks without super-detailed instructions, the ability to motivate oneself, etc.).

5. Ultimately, for many, higher education is a way to get some kind of magic crust. Its magic lies in the fact that parents and relatives will leave him behind. The magic is that the employer will not show off (and the employer requires a higher education both where it is necessary and where it is not necessary).

So is it worth it or not?

If you just want to earn money in peace, the content of the work activities, your relatives put pressure on you, and you want to "be no worse than everyone else", then it's NOT worth it. You will lose several years of your life, not seeing the point in your actions. get less professional experience and the money that they could get if they immediately went to work.

If it is important for you to engage in a specific job or field of activity that requires in-depth training. If you are interested in teaching and/or scientific activity. If you want to get deep knowledge not only about how to do a specific job, but to understand how society and the world work. If you are committed to self-development in intellectual sphere. Then IT WORTH.

So is higher education necessary? Most of those who have received a higher education and then came to the conclusion that they do not need it start anti-propaganda of education. And often they do not even realize that they themselves have become the cause of the unsatisfactory experience. How is this possible? I want to tell in this article.

Skeptics of higher education, please read to the end and answer the questions. And if, after answering the questions, you still think that higher education is “evil”, then I am very seriously ready to delve into this issue and consider your arguments.

So why did the topic come up. AT recent times I increasingly hear and see, especially on the Internet, a lot of anti-advertising of higher education. And since I myself am in the system, I know it from the inside, it seems to me that I can talk about it, scold and praise it. And in general I have the right to raise this issue.

Do I need a higher education: oh, these examples

For example, I have seen statements like this:

  • First you work for a record book, then nowhere
  • Mom's bedtime stories: finish school, finish university, find Good work and everything will be fine

The network is full of information and articles about how many eminent, famous people, more often businessmen, innovators reached heights. At the same time, at one time they left the university or school and did not receive a higher education. Like, why is it needed, why spend years on an incomprehensible pastime, if later it is not needed.

It is hard and often painful for me to look at these statements. After all, they are turning to young people, schoolchildren who have yet to make a choice pay attention to these statements. And the sad thing is that such powerful, memorable, often provocative phrases and thoughts can lead a young, unformed personality on the wrong path, confuse. Why?

1. Think for yourself. AT percentage how many stories are there successful people who, having dropped out of universities, have achieved success? Hundredths of a percent. And did someone consider those who graduated from high school and became successful?

No one talks about the education of these people. It's not interesting, it's not provocative! And how many of them? Such figures are often cited (and by the way, it is still unknown where this is taken from) that about 30-40% of successful and wealthy people do not have a higher education. Yes, good number! But the remaining 60-70% with the highest, and not vice versa. The statistics are in favor of education.

Many do not even think that successful projects were formed precisely thanks to education.

Here is just a small list.

Well, you want to be the head of a bank, a millionaire, create new google or Yandex - learn. Doesn't sound very interesting, does it? Not like anti-propaganda. (I will just keep silent about doctors and scientists, they are ALL educated, and there are ... thousands of them).

And what are the chances that this particular student who decided not to study will achieve such success? And what are the chances that with education it will reach? Unknown. Yes Yes. In either case, there are no guarantees. I am not saying that education will make you successful. There are no guarantees either way.

Education will only help those who really need it. Is higher education necessary and how to determine it? Let's talk below.

Is higher education necessary? Popular objections

I got a diploma, but no one hires me, I have to go looking for places. Blame higher education.

For some reason, we believe that having received the crusts, we will immediately get settled, joyful employers will tear us right off the bat. But is there a guarantee for this? No, we have not been living in the Soviet Union for a long time. There is no guarantee that you will be accepted with pleasure. What are the chances of getting a job without education? Even less.

I want to say that education and getting a job are two different processes. Yes, one partly depends on the other, but it is important to understand that getting an education does not mean getting a job. Both with and without education, in order to find a good place, you need to work hard, make an effort.

Does it bother you? Get rid of the myth in your head that a degree equals a safe place. With the collapse of the USSR, this ceased to be so. You can treat it however you like. This is a fact and needs to be understood. Throw out this myth about getting a job.

With or without a degree, you need to make an effort. Cutlets separately, flies separately. Getting a job is a separate project. Your personal. Education will only give the right to hope for some positions and a knowledge base for a number of specialties. And that's it.

Now think about whether higher education itself is to blame for the fact that this Soviet myth is sitting in your head? The question is rhetorical.

I got a diploma, I'm looking for a job, but I can't get a job. There is no work. Everything is crowded in my industry. No one takes on a specialty. Blame higher education.

Immediately the question is: when you entered, did you study the market? Have you analyzed where you can work, how much the profession is in demand? Not? Why?

Why, before submitting the documents, did you not ask what are the chances of getting a job in this specialty, what is the turnover in the profession, what are the chances for development? Not interested? Why?

I can say that at the age of 16, when I was preparing to enter the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, I learned everything that was available in the specialty I was interested in. Where can I work, what are the chances, are there any vacancies. I was pleased that there was a specialist for the desired specialty. set from employers who are willing to pay special. scholarship and wait for graduates. It's good, really. I prepared and dreamed of working in a large cool, prosperous company.

But I never got there. No, everything would be all right with the exams, I deliberately did not submit documents there. There, I could have problems with the device, since women are taken with caution in these types of enterprises due to health risks. I decided that this option does not suit me. I realized in advance that difficulties could await me later, and my health is dear to me.

Prepared for one, enrolled in another, on chemical faculty. Where there was a wide potential to work in safe food, cosmetic and environmental areas. I already thought about it at the age of 16. And you?

When we want to open a business (for good), we carefully analyze the niche, demand, and identify the needs of potential buyers. After all, without doing this, you can fly into the pipe. When we meet people, we consciously or not evaluate them to what extent good man What are his values. We do not really want to communicate with alcoholics, parasites, whiners, beggars, we step back and do not let such people into our lives.

And why do we thoughtlessly get an education that no one needs and still hope that we, as highly qualified specialists, will be torn off with our hands? Go learn to be teachers, doctors - there is a huge demand. Do not want? Want to be a lawyer? Is there freebies and money? So do not be surprised that there are a lot of lawyers and the chances of a device are minimal.

Now think about whether higher education itself is to blame for the fact that you did not think about work in advance? Another rhetorical question.

I know people with education, they are kind of stupid and stupid. Education spoils them

In fact, no matter what the external cultural influence may be, a person becomes smart, erudite, competent HIMSELF. Yes, the environment can make its own adjustments, a young person can get into bad company. But those who want to develop, develop. And those who only like to drink beer and play tanks will not become great scientists and inventors, no matter what elite university they study at.

Any person can start himself, or he can constantly develop, improve personal qualities. Only this is the work of the person himself; someone else should not and cannot do it for him. Do you still think that it should be university professors?

While studying, I realized that I wanted to do something else. Opened his own business, took up design / decided to take up psychology / carve furniture / travel, etc. Higher education is to blame for the fact that it interfered with doing what you love.

In coaching, there is one amazing, beautiful principle “every person does The best choice in this moment". Then at the age of 16-17-18, you simply could not know that in 2-3 years you would be fixing bikes and it would be a real pleasure for you, it would become a matter of life.

Then you did not have the experience, the knowledge that you have now. Then you made this choice because you didn't know what you might like in the future. Then you have just begun to understand what you want in life. The tower was an acceptable option at that time. You didn’t wander around the yards, drinking beer with “friends”, but began to learn at least something, perhaps you found real friends among classmates, met your future wife / husband, participated in student events.

Many of us have a myth in our heads that once we make a choice of a profession, we will stay in it forever. Friends, this is MYTH, MYTH, MYTH. You can (and should) change the nature of your activity. There is nothing terrible if, after a year or two or three after admission, you realize that this is not for you, if you have found a job that you like more. So that's great!

Some of my classmates/classmates finished their education and realized that this specialty was not for them. Even in the course of basic studies, some entered the second higher education, someone completed retraining courses. They learned, settled down and are happy with themselves in a new field. This is good, and this is their way of life.

Is education to blame for the fact that you yourself did not know what you wanted at the age of 16-17-18? Yes, that rhetorical question again!

Or maybe you did because your parents insisted, in company with a friend, because it's fashionable? And then you say that education is useless. I’m so very careful, don’t take it as impudence, I want to ask if it’s your fault that you chose education, succumbing to external influence?

Is education really to blame for what you did wrong? own will? (Yes, what are these rhetorical questions, tired already!)

Analyze if you need a higher education

So, if you have a negative attitude towards education, answer the questions:

  • Is the specialty where you entered, is it desirable, is it your favorite thing? Was it the same at the time of admission?
  • Did you analyze in advance the possibilities of getting a job? Have you looked at the demand for specialists in this specialty?
  • Have you been making efforts to find a job? How well did you look for a place?
  • Do you really enjoy doing what you have learned?

If you answered YES to all questions, if you did everything that depends on you, and at the same time you think that higher education is not necessary, then your position is very interesting to me, I will be happy to discuss this topic with you in the comments.

Most of all, it is sad to see that universities are blamed mainly by those who went to study there against their will, did nothing to learn about future work, did not attempt to use his knowledge. And then they blame education for their failures. Agree, this is the position of a child, a teenager, but not an adult.

Dealt with the myths. Now my opinion is whether it is necessary, this is education.

I believe that education is necessary. BUT. Not everyone.

Who does NOT need a higher education? Those who do what they love and at the same time do not need a diploma for your business. Someone makes crafts, someone writes fairy tales, someone repairs bikes, someone sells their crafts, someone brings up children, someone builds a business. Why do you need an education that is not yours? For nothing. You personally don't need it. Just like you don’t need a sheepskin coat and felt boots if you live in the tropics and you have a 30-degree heat all year round. The coat itself and felt boots are a good thing, but you personally do not need them.

If your favorite activity requires a diploma (for example, if you are a doctor and you really like it), then yes, education is needed. Necessarily.

We so often blame everyone and everything (education, state, president, country, parents, society) for our failures. We often think of such a pathetic word as "responsibility" when it comes to others. But, alas, we so seldom remember this responsibility when we are talking about his own education. After all, we ourselves went to this education, so why do we blame someone or something for the failure of this attempt?

It is we who make the choice to submit to external pressure or go our own way. We are changing, growing up, gaining experience. We almost always have a real choice, and absolutely always have a choice of our reaction. It's called being proactive if you've read S. Kovey or Viktor Frankl.

Who doesn't need an education? Those who have chosen a profession in a rapidly changing field. Web programming, most specialties in marketing and web professions (targetologists, advertisers, SEO and SMM specialists), businesses of all levels. In these areas, everything is changing faster than it is being modified. educational plans. Yes, the education system with its standards is less agile. It is by definition, inherently unable to keep up with these super-velocity areas.

And if you asked the above questions about the future device, you will immediately understand that education in such specialties will soon become obsolete. I urge you to always think ahead, this is the main thing.

Education as a resource

I think you understand that education itself is neutral here. The system has its gaps, gaps, but there are also positive sides. As an everywhere. It's exactly the same external resource, like everything else. We can use it or not. We can choose it, that is, education, change it, not finish it or finish it, use it or not use it.

Education is a resource. Like time, money, building materials, houses, cars, the ability to drive this car, skill, computer and smartphone, bank loans. There are frankly terrible resources, rotten and dilapidated. There are wonderful. We choose for ourselves which resources to use and which not. You do not take loans from every second bank simply because:

  • liked the advertisement
  • parents insisted
  • credit is trendy
  • in company with a friend
  • and what, everyone has loans and I have the same ...

and then sit and cry, because you are up to your neck in debt and blame the banks for giving out such and such loans. So it is with education. If you consider it as a resource, you will choose according to your needs, look for a good university with the right program, examples of successful graduates, reviews (and not go where they teach somehow and not what is needed), then education will become one of the most successful contributions into your future.

I am finishing this long story, but I'm afraid I'm already tired.

findings

Let's summarize to collect thoughts in a pile. A few key takeaways:

  1. Higher education is neither evil nor good. This is a resource that must be used wisely.
  2. There are people who do not need education for life. And then you don't have to get it.
  3. There are people who need education. Welcome to the walls of the university.
  4. And most importantly: you need to learn what you love, what you like, what makes your eyes burn. This applies not only to higher education, but to any education.

What do you think about this?

I recently had a very entertaining discussion with a 17 year old young man, which began with his phrase "Mark Zuckerberg dropped out and became successful." I saw in him the same stupidity and naivety that was in me, with the only difference that in my 17th birthday there was no Facebook, and Bill Gates was an “uneducated” and successful idol. I diligently explained to my parents that they were completely wrong, and that success can be achieved without higher education. They, in turn, hammered into my head that with a diploma good university I'll never be out of a job and stuff like that. In a discussion with a young man, I became convinced that this issue is still relevant. I hope that this text will help all the 17-year-old "me" who cannot understand whether they need to study at a university or not.

“Without a degree, you won’t find a job”

A phrase that, in one interpretation or another, I often heard from my parents. There is some truth in it, because from the point of view of the labor market, a specialist without a “crust” really has great difficulties in finding a job, and such an employee costs much less than “certified” ones, even if they are not from “top” universities. However, every time parents tell their children this, they are actually deceiving themselves and their children. On the part of parents, there is a need for a stable and quality level their child's life, so they want him to have a diploma, because this is a condition of "stability" in existing system. But such formulations create an incorrect value system in children: they go specifically to a diploma, and not to knowledge and brains, hence there is a reluctance to learn - absenteeism from lectures, “freebie, come” and the like. For them, education = diploma, which is fundamentally wrong. The question is not at all that it is difficult to find a job without a diploma, the question is that you need to go to a university not for a diploma.

"Mark Zuckerberg Dropped Out and Succeeded"

Mark Zuckerberg never dropped out, and neither did Bill Gates. Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and others. All of them abandoned the systemic (classical) education in favor of self-education and very hard work. And as a 17-year-old I didn't realize it at all. I had illusions about the ease and coolness of entrepreneurship, about the uselessness of education (namely, education, not a diploma), I wanted to go against the system and become a millionaire at the age of 20. But, no matter how trite it may seem, not every person is an entrepreneur. The essence of entrepreneurship is not only to generate cool ideas, but also to be able to implement them, which means being able to take serious risks. Rejection classical education is one of those risks. The thing about people like Mark Zuckerberg is that their self-education and talent made it possible to quickly get a cool result that brought them out of classical system determining the value of personnel. They had cases that were orders of magnitude more valuable than diplomas from MIT and other “top” universities. Do you have absolute confidence that you can quickly create such cases? But honestly?

Classical education or self-education

The most important plus of classical education is in a long-established system of motivation through tests, exams, coursework and other certifications. You find yourself in a system that constantly puts pressure on you and forces you to learn. This is what students do not like to study for, but also what makes them study in principle. In the case of self-education, there will be no such system, which is the main risk of rejecting classical education, which must be recognized. I know many examples of people who dropped out of universities and degraded very quickly. Not because they are stupid or bad people but because they lacked their own will and interest in self-education. In addition, at the age of 17, you are most likely not able to properly organize your own education in terms of completeness, relevance and relevance of the knowledge gained, at a time when classical education, although it gives a lot of superfluous things, at the same time gives really a lot. needed.

Do I have enough motivation to develop?

For a long time I had no interest in studying, I was always lazy and studied for three or four. After the second year of study at MEPhI, I realized that I was doing the wrong thing and transferred to a commercial non-prestigious university, where I formally continued my way to obtaining a diploma, but in reality I concentrated on “work”. And soon I found a “dream job”, where I was paid a very good salary, and where there was practically nothing to do. A year and a half later, I realized that, to put it mildly, I was dumb. I lagged behind the trends, lost my competencies, my brains, not loaded with new tasks, atrophied, I stopped educating, in short, I lagged behind and lagged far behind. I measured my worth by the salary I received, not realizing that I was losing my real value day by day. The only thing that brought me out of this whirlpool was that I radically changed the direction of my work and “caught the wave” - I began to get real pleasure from my work, because of which my laziness disappeared both in terms of work and in terms of education. I shook my brain again, I scored and continue to score necessary competencies and experience. I went to get a second higher education for the sake of education, and not for the sake of a diploma. I began to understand what exactly I want to study. I am already thinking about where I will study next. In other words, you will only be truly motivated when you find a job that you really want to do. Then you will begin to understand what exactly you need to study in order to achieve greater success in your business. But all this rarely happens at 17, so what you now see as your future may not be what you want in 3-5 years.

Three main assets

They create real value for you: developed brains accumulated knowledge and accumulated experience. Do everything to systematically upgrade these assets. It doesn't matter how you do it: studying at a university, reading books, participating in themed parties, working for an uncle or for yourself. If you are absolutely sure that you know how to pump all three assets without a classical education, how to stand on your feet (earn money), while you are sure that own motivation it will be enough and that you understand exactly what and how you are going - go for it. But do not soar in the clouds, remember that you are building your life and someone else's examples or advice should not be decisive in this. Be aware of the risks and downsides of this approach. And yes, if you refuse classical education, you still get a formal diploma, universities are a dime a dozen, it is not difficult to do this without interrupting other activities. "Crust" will not create additional value for you, but still needed. The rules are like this.

Tags: higher education, university, diploma, self-education, motivation

Seems like a standard for many. life situation when a child enters a university after graduation, receives a diploma and goes to work. In this case, those who failed begin to feel like failures or people who are a class below the students. But it is worth understanding why higher education is needed and what are the ways to get it.

Desirable Diploma

The people of Soviet hardening have a very deep stereotype regarding education. Many people think that if their child does not receive a diploma, then all of his life will go"down slope". But is it?

This opinion was formed due to the fact that during the existence Soviet Union there was an oversupply of low-profile jobs where workers received low salary. To tell the whole truth, it must be mentioned that people with higher education were also never spoiled. high salaries. But this category already referred itself to the class of the intelligentsia, which gave an imaginary superiority.

Today the situation has changed significantly. The question of higher education stands completely different. It relies on the benefit of knowledge that can be acquired during training. Mechanized and automated technology is gradually replacing the working class in factories and factories, thereby increasing unemployment and the number of “dying” professions. This state of affairs has significantly raised the status of workers in the intellectual sphere.

In addition, teaching methods have also changed. Many private universities have appeared, where they try to teach not only the theory, but also the practice of the specialty being studied. For this reason, the cost of education has increased, and the level of prestige of many state educational institutions has also decreased.

This trend makes people with little wealth think about whether their children need a higher education? Many entrepreneurs have emerged who provide the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills not through state-approved training programs, but through seminars, webinars and other apprenticeship systems.

Ways to get an education

If speak about standard methods and forms of education, we can distinguish the following:

Stationary;

correspondence;

Remote.

Stationary implies daily attendance at lectures and seminars provided for by the curriculum. It seems to be the most effective (in terms of obtaining and mastering knowledge). This form of education can be carried out both on a paid and on a budgetary basis.

Provides for the passage curricula twice a year and is well suited for combining work and study. Of course, the knowledge gained in one month may not bring significant educational outcome but in combination with practice they can be very useful. Do people who do not work in their specialty need such a uniform? Many jobs simply require a degree.

Distance learning allows you not to appear at the university at all. The student receives advice, assignments and recommendations on e-mail. Getting higher education through the Internet, the student saves his time and money. The cost of this form of education is relatively low, but the effectiveness is also not significant.

Each person must decide for himself whether higher education is necessary for him. In life best result bring actions that are performed with their own internal leadership. So education can be of high quality only when a person himself wants to receive necessary knowledge and skills.

It depends, in general, on how you want to live in the future and how important the opinion of others is to you.

  • There are specialties in which you will not be able to realize yourself without a specialized higher education (medicine, law, engineering, etc.). So if you think that one of these specialties is your calling, it seems obvious that this education is what you need.
  • If you don’t know for sure, at 1000%, what you want to do in the future, it’s better to get some kind of higher education (in this case, I advise you to choose a faculty based on your interests, and not on highly paid ones, because if you get very bored, there is a high probability that you will not finish your studies before receiving a diploma, but you will still work, most likely, will not be by profession), and here's why:
    • With a higher education diploma, it is much easier to find a higher paying job than without it. Here is the question: do you need such a highly paid job? It's deeper than it looks. Yes, perhaps it will not be difficult for you alone to live in a rented room with three more people, eat buckwheat and buy clothes every five years. What if you want to start a family? Surely you would like to raise children in more favorable conditions(And the children, in principle, take quite a lot of money). The phrase "happiness is not about money" is about how being super rich will not necessarily make you happy, not that being poor will not be easy.
    • In principle, prejudices in society develop in such a way that people with higher education, who have gone through the realities of studying at a university, are somehow better, smarter, smarter than people without him.
    • While studying at the university, you can make many new connections, both business and personal, nowhere else you are likely to such you won't get the opportunity.
    • Even if now it seems to you that you can do without the "buns" of higher education, there is a high probability that in 10-20 years you will regret your decision not to receive it. I personally know many such people. And the problem is that at the age when you regret it, it is already much less likely that you will be able to financially pull out your studies (for sure, you will be able to work less if you start studying, not to mention the possible costs of studying itself)

Yes, there are people who, without a higher education, started their own business and became millionaires (or at least well-to-do). But it is very important to understand that such people - exception to the rule. How did they have so much knowledge about how to produce a product/service? how to put it on the market? how to attract clients? how to manage a company?
These people have either gone very hard way, which not everyone can do, or damn lucky, and such luck is also extremely rare.

There are areas in which higher education is not necessary to achieve success, and these are mainly creative or sports professions. If you see yourself in this, ask yourself two questions:

  1. Do I have enough skills in this area to get a stable income from it that meets my needs?
  2. Is the risk, for whatever reason, of being no longer able to work in the field (due to injury, for example) small enough?

If your answer to both questions is confidently yes - you can do without higher education. If you are not very sure about any of this, it is better to have a backup plan so as not to be left with nothing.

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