is it even possible to get a decent job without a degree

[xxlavenderxx]

I'm pretty close to failing my final year of university, and I genuinely have no idea what I'm going to do now. Everyone else on my course has already got offers for jobs and an actual clear direction, and I'm going to be lucky if I can even get a minimum wage job back home (it took 2 years just to get my current part time one). I kinda wish I was failing because I was having fun with friends or something instead but I never even managed to make friends while I was here, I'm just failing bc I'm kind of stupid lol.

I don't even like my course, I have no passion for anything honestly, so I just wanted something that would make me enough money so I wouldn't have to worry and now I don't even think I'll be able to do that. How do normal people get jobs. I might just try applying for things im totally unqualified for and just fake stuff hope they wont actually check maybe. I know people WITH degrees struggling to get work so I genuinely don't know what I'm expected to do.

 

[bankai]

Of course it's possible. Many famous CEOs have done it. However, it's a high IQ endeavor.Bill Gates and quite a few bigwigs didn't even complete their degree.

 

[nobody_oac]

Definitely possible. The job interview is the most difficult part in my opinion. Know a bit about the place you are interviewing for, have a few questions lined up for them, and pay a little attention. I also like to find things to relate with the interviewer. A lot of people like to share some information about their lives and hobbies, or have things around that hint at interests. Find something you both can bond a little over and it goes a long way. It also doesn't hurt to have a way to focus that nervous energy. I keep a worry stone in my pocket for interviews.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I think so but I think it either requires huge amounts of determination and hard work plus talent to learn stuff yourself or, an enormous ego to be able to align yourself with clever people and, bluff your way through.

I actually kind of wish I'd done the apprenticeship route rather than the uni route. In my experience, my uni's weren't at all good at preparing students for the world of work. It felt a bit like jumping into an ice bath going out into the world at the end.

 

[xxlavenderxx]

Definitely possible. The job interview is the most difficult part in my opinion. Know a bit about the place you are interviewing for, have a few questions lined up for them, and pay a little attention. I also like to find things to relate with the interviewer. A lot of people like to share some information about their lives and hobbies, or have things around that hint at interests. Find something you both can bond a little over and it goes a long way. It also doesn't hurt to have a way to focus that nervous energy. I keep a worry stone in my pocket for interviews.

aha yeah i'm about as charismatic as a boiled potatio so interviews are always pretty nerver wracking, but that's pretty good advice, i've always focused on trying to be super professional tbh