No degree, no worries - 50 years at AT&T for 68 year old engineer

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  1. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    Hmm, interesting to say the least, here are some jobs or positions that may work for those who don't have a degree, but I would still suggest at least an associates or bachelors, depending on how you want to work your upward mobility in the future.

    Link: No degree, no worries: 9 high-paying jobs that don't require a college degree (msn.com)

    Here's an engineer who has worked for the same company for a whopping 50 years, he's been there since high school graduation, I don't think he has a degree to go with his experience, but it's not needed (ever, for him). Sometimes it's working your way upwards...

    Link: 68-year-old engineer spent 50 years at one company and 'always' told his bosses to 'leave me alone': 'Let me learn the job' (msn.com)
     
    AsianStew, Oct 16, 2023
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Yes, and in the case of engineering, that time was half a century ago.
     
    SteveFoerster, Oct 16, 2023
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  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Times are different.

    My late wife's brother-in-law got a job at a government contractor on the late-shift janitorial crew in 1978. He retired as a senior CAD engineer, supervising a team of technicians, all with STEM degrees. Although he just had a high school diploma, the company put him through all kinds of technical and managerial training over the years. He finished with a significant pension.

    That was the deal back then. Get on with a good company and work your way up until you retire with your pension. The destruction of defined benefit plans (pensions) destroyed that dynamic and, IMHO, put tremendous pressure on individual employees to take care of their own professional development. Working in that field for more than 4 decades, I've had first-hand experience with this phenomenon.
     
    Rich Douglas, Oct 16, 2023
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