Should I get my bachelors degree?Background:I work as an inspector.I'm already certified in things that matter in this job.I'm working on a Technical Associate for a formal education in my field.I'm clocking about 70k a year.I'm on the fenc

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Scholar 05/28/15 (Thu) 02:26:45 No.388

Should I get my bachelors degree?

Background:

I work as an inspector.

I'm already certified in things that matter in this job.

I'm working on a Technical Associate for a formal education in my field.

I'm clocking about 70k a year.

I'm on the fence about it because I greatly enjoy what I do and there is still so much to learn here but a Bachelors(ME) would open a lot of access to materials sciences and work down the line. The plan is to take my math/physics courses in CC and at least see if I'm cut out for it.

Even so I've seen the schedules at the university and realistically I'd have to quit for at least 2-3 years and its hard seeing as how much I've had to fight to get to where I am today only to give it up for an even more uncertain future.

I dunno, I'm tired of school and would like to focus on my job and social life for once but at the same time I don't want to be that guy who regrets not doing what needed to be done in his early 20's. But at the same time I don't want to be going part time to school for another fucking 6 years. I want to enjoy my life too.

What should I do?

Scholar 05/28/15 (Thu) 10:56:18 No.389

Fuck that shit. You said you're tired of school. You got a good thing going for you. If you want to learn, you can do it without having to take time off and go to a university.

Scholar 05/28/15 (Thu) 10:59:32 No.390

>>389

Enjoy your life while you're healthy, anon. See and experience some shit.

Scholar 05/28/15 (Thu) 13:33:32 No.391

>>389

Nothing is safe in this day and age. But yeah, I'm tired. I enjoy the classes at my community college but once you jump into university it's a whole other ball game. I'm just going to take my math and physics courses after I finish my associate here and continue working for awhile.

I'll see where I'm at in life when I'm 25.

>>390

Yeah, one of the big things I want to do is move out by 25 but once I move out I don't want to move back in and if I do decide to get a bachelor's it's just going to be all the harder. At the same time I don't want to be 30 still living at home.

One of the reasons I'm so on the fence about it is because in the field I work in there are so many people without degrees making it just fine. Even without much in terms of certifications. Or really anything aside from experience. A bachelor's would be a huge step up but not in this job. The associates and certs would basically max me out in terms of education needed.

I feel like a hypocrite too, for all the talk of me wanting no part of a university I still feel compelled to go. I don't want to do it for vanity reasons either which is what I sometimes think my real reason for wanting it is.