You will see as you advance in your career that not having a degree will limit you. Most industries that do not require degrees are very easy to offshore to some 3rd world country. With advances in global telecom it is very possible that most of these industries will be very quickly be offshored as it is more cost effective. In a very few number of years the only good paying computer jobs will be those in the realm of embedded systems and safety critical systems. These most certainly require advanced degrees. I do wish you the best of luck, but as someone so young in your career I am fearful that you will be on the other end of a layoff notice and not have the ability to get the remaining jobs due to your decision to not pursue higher education.. I do sincerely hope I'm wrong, but industry trends would dictate otherwise.
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You will see as you advance in your career that not having a degree will limit you. Most industries that do not require degrees are very easy to offshore to some 3rd world country. With advances in global telecom it is very possible that most of these industries will be very quickly be offshored as it is more cost effective. In a very few number of years the only good paying computer jobs will be those in the realm of embedded systems and safety critical systems. These most certainly require advanced degrees. I do wish you the best of luck, but as someone so young in your career I am fearful that you will be on the other end of a layoff notice and not have the ability to get the remaining jobs due to your decision to not pursue higher education.. I do sincerely hope I'm wrong, but industry trends would dictate otherwise.