It has nothing to do with being blind. A college degree or not has to do with what industry you want to be in. You don6 need a degree to be a computer programmer, software developmer, or a musican, or a sound engineer.. you need a degree to be a doctor.

Perspective My dude

Just out of curiosity, what are you doing instead?

I am 66. I worked as a photographer for 35 years, and in publication design undil recently, when the decline in my vision caused me to retire from that. I had training ,but no degree.

I am currently looking for part time work and have an interview with a non-profit doing phone support next week. (wishe me luck!) The job description states "Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience. Since I at least got to the the interview process with them knowing I don't have a BA, I think there is hope.

If I had to do it over I would get that college degree. It is very different now for people just starting out. My work experience counts, but it has taken many decades to get here. A BA takes 4-5 years.

I have found that for anybody these days you need a degree, depending on what industry you want to be in.

You do not necessarily need a degree. Nobody has ever asked me for my college degree to do what I do now. It depends what you want to do.

I recommend self employment. You have to have the right sort of attitude, I guess, but it's much more about who you know and what your work history is than your paper qualifications. You get much more leeway to negotiate everything without it being a big deal. On the other hand you don't have an employer to buy stuff for you if you need it, but honestly, I think that's a fairly minor downside compared to being able to have a quick phone chat with someone about the fact that maybe you'd need a ride somewhere, rather than it being a big deal in some big corporation.

But anyway, degree not required. I would be very cautious about recommending a young person pick up that much debt these days.

I agree really, sort of proof for entry. Although, I'm pissed about not getting my dream job because of ignorance of assistive tech and discrimination. Went to a job interview for a social service position. Super easy position, with 12 weeks of shadow training which is perfect for the visually impaired. Interviewer asked what accommodations I needed. I told her that I only use a screen reader and software magnifier on the computer. She assumed that that I wouldn't be using a headphone ear piece, and that people would hear confidential info. Got a call from the hiring company that stated that the two accommodations I requested were likely to breach client confidentiality which is bullshit. I've been to like 80 job interviews in 3 years, and have been shut down for all of them degree or not. Everyone is all woke up until it comes to disabilities it seems.

Seems like that’s the trend what is easiest most people want. But yeah,

I realized this a few years back. It's just sad that society pushes this notion on people.

I’m getting a job in dons noir, dine in the dark in London, I don’t need to go to college for that.

College is useful if you’re going for certain things, on the other hand you don’t need to go to college for all jobs.

I had a job coach with Voc Rehab and it seems they really wanted to rush the process of placement. While I have an associates degree, to most employers I might as well not have anything.
I applied to call centers and later realized I wasn't interested in that kind of work. Looking for remote work now without Voc Rehab's help. Actually, I'd love to have a remote job coach. Would be quite useful.

Hmm, have a college degree, got some job offers, rejected some because they wanted to me to move out of my current city which I didn't want at that time, tried 1 job because it had work from home thing, hated the job, left within month. It was at a call center. And, I rejected a job offer as an accessibility tester for this, regretting that decision so much.

Now, Jobless, but financially stable, pursuing masters, and hoping to secure a job soon.

I definitely don't need a degree to work the job I have now. Of course by the time I knew the job I have now was hiring, I already had one. How she goes, I guess.

Your post ended just when I thought you were going to go into detail about your experiences. Lol. What type of work are you doing or interested in doing? Would love to hear more about your story. Thanks