Was it/ is it important that your partner has a degree beyond high school (associate, bachelors, master’s, PhD, trade school)?
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My husband has no GCSEs but earns more than me and works hard. It doesn’t mean a lot if you have passion (he was a head chef and now an electrician after retraining)
My husband has his career in the military and is very driven. I have a master's degree he has none (yet). It's not that important, he gets great benefits and time off and I make money too so that's what matters
As long as he’s driven and wants to do well in his career then a degree doesn’t matter - I have 2 degrees, my partner did an apprenticeship and is earning more than me 🙄🤣🤣
I have a bachelors and don’t do anything with it so idc if my husband did or not (he does have an associates he also doesn’t use)
I have an associates degree, and I’ve completed an apprenticeship. The job I held with my apprenticeship was far higher paying, and had more opportunity for job development than my job I got as a result of my associates degree. My husband is in the military. When I was looking for a partner, being gainfully employed was what I was looking for in a partner, it wasn’t necessary for them to have completed a certain level of education. That to me is elitist. And I have friends who have achieved all levels of education from those who didn’t complete Highschool to those with a PhD
It’s ideal but it wasn’t a requirement for me it was a plus
Nope! My husband doesn’t have a degree. He’s a CTO
Yes it was a requirement for me. Even if you don’t need to use it in order to live well, having it as a back up is a must. We both come from strong educational / career families.
In general I don’t think it’s important. It’s a to each their own situation. For me, growing up with my dad being self made with no degree and having to work constantly and my mom having to work to provide family benefits (she always wanted to be home) to me it was a requirement so that I could have the option to be home with my children. By the same token, it was a requirement for me to have my degree as well so that I can provide for myself and children on my own if ever need be.
My husband has a high school diploma and no degree or official vocational training and makes three times as much money as me and doesn't have the 50k student loans that I do...
In general I think college is for the obvious DR, Lawyer etc professions. … It was not a requirement for me.
Don’t give a shit abt a school degree
My husband barely finished high school, has no degree and makes 6 figures. I have 3 degrees and am “academically smart” on paper but he makes more than me. No education and acting like a bum vs no education and working damn hard are very different things. As long as they are as driven, hard working and determined as you, that’s all that matters.
Personally yes but hear me out. I grew up really poor in south Texas. It was hard. I had a traumatic childhood. I kind of moved my way up in the world over time - first in my family to go to university, moved from my small town to Austin then San Francisco then London. I have a six figure $ job and I don’t think I would have it if it weren’t for my degree, even though it’s in a completely unrelated field. Also wouldn’t have gone on the life journey I have if that college experience hadn’t kicked things off. My husband went to one of the 2 best universities in the UK and makes more than I do. This isn’t bragging it’s just facts, I want better for my kids than I had growing up and imo degrees do help. Obviously there are tons of people out there without degrees who make a great living, but overall/statistically and in my personal experience it helps.
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It doesn't matter. In Canada post secondary school can cost a lot and most of the people I knew who got degrees weren't able to find a job with said degree so it didn't make a difference except to put them into, sometimes massive, debt. Here in Algeria post secondary school is completely free, a lot of people go to university just as something to do because they don't want to work. Half the people I know here have PhDs and either don't have a job at all or don't use their degree in their job.
Yes. At least some kind of extra training or trade school. It doesn’t have to be a college degree
It’s not important but he needs to have drive and passion for work. If he’s able to earn good £££ without a degree then so be it.