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Less probable than having gone to college or trade school. A high school diploma does not go as far as it used to. However, exceptions occur, typically in the world of business where certifications and degrees matters far less.
You can always day trade, or do options and forex trading.
There are trading desks that would accept just about anyone (no degree necessary), but they make you take a quant test first. If you are horrible at trading (lose all your allotted principal), they will fire you after 3 months (as part of the contract). If you're good at it, you can make 6 figures from commissions and do even better than that.
Not very.....remember, even the wealthy people who are famous for not graduating from college (Bill Gates, etc) got accepted into Harvard and other prestigious schools.
What are you interested in? Obviously if you like fixing cars we'll give you different advice than if you want to go into management or teaching or something like that.
When the economy is booming, it's more likely that you can get into a company and work your way up into a nice paying job over time. I work with several people who are probably near or over the $100k mark, but they have been with my company for 20-30 years. Their work expertise commands the salary and no one questions whether or not they have a degree.
Nowdays, your resume will be tossed without a basic college education. With nearly 10% unemployment, companies can be picky and even require doormen, admin assistants, etc to have college degrees (or Associate's) just because they can.
I pretty much agree with what others have written - but I do think the one wildcard is sales. If you're the kind if guy who can sell ice to Eskimos, then you've got a shot. Some people just have that gift. Most don't.
I have known managers of food stores to make more than $100K, and they don't have college degrees. But, they started working there 20 years ago...and moved up...and know the grocery business inside out.
since college degrees are becoming so standard now though, can you really move up a company without one the same way people did 20 years ago?
It's technically possible. I work in the corporate buying office of a major retailer. Although 95% of our management trainees come out of collegiate business schools, we will hire 1-2 exceptionally talented people from the stores each year. They generally start as sales associates (which you don't need a degree to get), then move into deptartment management and then onto floor management....occasionally someone gets noticed and shows interest in a corporate job. They are the exceptions, not the rule.
I'd say your chances are about zero unless, as stated above, you have some kind of great talent and someone takes an interest in you. There are plenty of people out there with college degrees making ten or twelve bucks an hour.
How long are you willing to wait to make that $50K? If you are ok waiting 20 years to make it, I would say the odds are pretty good. If you want it now, I would say the odds are zero.
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