Is a GED More Valuable Than a PhD?

[forcesteeler]

Most of the Top Billionaires in the World Never Finish College,

Ownership and Owning a Business is What Pays the Bills!!, You have to decide on being a Good Employee or a Boss,

 

[MasterKey]

where did you get your stuff from.... I want to do networking but just reading books is hard for me....I know I can get a better grasp of it if I could do some hands on training

If you are just starting out before spending the dough on a router or switch, you may want to check out GNS3(router emulator) and packet tracer. They will do most of the labs that you need to learn for basic level studies. Also cisco has finally get out CISCOIOU which is pretty much like a router, but its all simulated. Get your hands on some of these tools then back it up with book knolowdge. Learn binary math, subnetting, and the OSI model, TCP/IP then start with the simulators.

 

[tre2k4]

Most of the Top Billionaires in the World Never Finish College,

Ownership and Owning a Business is What Pays the Bills!!, You have to decide on being a Good Employee or a Boss,

Its not that easy. Most of these dudes capitalized by using their resources and they did it at the right time.

 

[Olosi]

Haven't read the responses, but based on the query alone, you need your GED, because you are no where ready for a PhD.

 

[tre2k4]

7 Billionaires Who Got Undergraduate Business Degrees

by Roger Cerrito

Considering a career in business?

Guest article by Angelique H. Caffrey

Need some inspiration after pulling yet another draining all-nighter?

Want to feel like that business degree you’re slaving away to earn could actually pay for itself before your own kids go to college?

Thinking of dropping everything and trying your hand at a Vegas blackjack table instead of plowing through another semester?

Stop and take heart. You’re not alone, and you could be on a fast track to buying your own private jet… or island.

Just like you, the following big business billionaires likely experienced frustrations when they were earning their undergrad degrees. Nevertheless, they clawed and scratched and used their education (mixed with heaping helpings of entrepreneurial spirit and moxie) to land them among the richest of the rich.

Who knows? You could be on the list of “who’s who” sooner than you think, luxuriating in the land of those nine coveted zeroes. Forbes.com noted there were only 946 by the beginning of 2007, so there’s always room at the top for one more.

1. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Chairman of HDNet

Cuban might have fallen flat on last year’s Dancing with the Stars, but he’s had all the right moves in the corporate world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Indiana University and continues to tango and salsa (figuratively, of course) his way to mega bucks and media appearances.

2. Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and CEO of Mittal Steel Company

You may not hear about Mittal every day, but this Indian-born billionaire used his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Calcutta’s St. Xavier’s College to help become a British steel magnate. Internationally, he’s lauded for his savvy and has never lost a sense of connection with his humble upbringing.

3. Philip Anschutz, American businessman

As the 31st richest man in America, Anschutz was raised in the midwest and earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1961 from the University of Kansas. Now retired, he invests his wealth in Christian causes.

4. Ronald Perelman, investor

The University of Pennsylvania’s highly regarded Wharton School was Perelman’s choice for both his undergraduate and graduate studies in business. (As a side note, Daddy went there, too. So never assume that parents can’t be an asset to the start of your fortune.)

5. Arthur Rock, Silicon Valley venture capitalist

Rock invested wisely throughout his life… Who knows? He may have been helped by his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Syracuse University. Regardless, he obviously thinks highly of education – he generously gave the Harvard Business School $25 million to open the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.

6. Ronald Lauder, businessman

As the son of renowned Estee Lauder, this billionaire could have sat back and enjoyed the good life, awaiting an inheritance worth millions. Instead, he attended the University of Brussels from which he received his Certificate in International Business and today is known as a civic-minded philanthropist.

7. Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot

This Flushing, New York born tycoon graduated from Babson College with a Business Administration degree after studying for just three years (no doubt burning the midnight oil.) As the co-founder of one of the “big boxes” which sell home improvement products and services, he’s helped change the meaning of “do-it-yourself”.


http://www.businessschooljournal.com/7-billionaires-who-got-undergraduate-business-degrees/

 

[Pockets]

Sure, in bizzaro world.

 

[Stick2dascript]

I only have about 3 Years Experience. But I have a Hustlers Mentality and to survive in this economy, You have to get your own side hustle/Businesses going. You cannot depend on other people to come up.

I Know you Niggas Hate Knowledge but to break it Down Listen to Tariq Nasheed Latest Show

http://www.archive.org/download/MackLessonsRadio285/macklessons285.mp3

It Drops Gems on the Mind of a Hustler, Once You get into that Mind State, You will never be Broke.

So you make 300k with only 3 years of experience? and I assume you opened your own company so you're doing projects for customers.... why in gods name would they pay that much for someone with only 3 years exp?

I'd like to know more because even though programming is sorta niche as a field, money usually goes to the more experienced and proven, no disrespect.

 

[Dr. Truth]

Not this shit again they make up.0000000001% of the population. Bill fucking gates was at harvard for Christ sakes. Y'all niggas can't even get into harvard, you can teach at a university with a phd, not a GED, dumb ass niggas.

Most of the Top Billionaires in the World Never Finish College,

Ownership and Owning a Business is What Pays the Bills!!, You have to decide on being a Good Employee or a Boss,

 

[ArsenalCannon357]

Higher education in the United States refers to a variety of institutions of higher education in the United States. Strong research and funding have helped make American colleges and universities among the world's most prestigious, which is particularly attractive to international students, professors and researchers in the pursuit of academic excellence. According to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities, more than 30 of the highest-ranked 45 institutions are in the United States (as measured by awards and research output).[1] Public universities, private universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges all have a significant role in higher education in the United States. An even stronger pattern is shown by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities with 103 US universities in the Top 200.

Educational attainment in the United States is similar to that of other developed countries.[citation needed]

The 2006 American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau found that 19.5 percent of the population had attended college but had no degree, 7.4 percent held an associate's degree, 17.1 percent held a bachelor's degree, and 9.9 percent held a graduate or professional degree. Only a small gender gap was present: 27 percent of the overall population held a bachelor's degree or higher, with a slightly larger percentage of men (27.9 percent) than women (26.2 percent).[2]

The survey found that the area with the highest percentage of people 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree was the District of Columbia (45.9 percent), followed by the states of Massachusetts (37 percent), Maryland (35.1 percent), Colorado (34.3 percent), and Connecticut (33.7 percent). The state with the lowest percentage of people 25 years and over with a bachelor's degree was West Virginia (16.5 percent), finishing below Arkansas (18.2), Mississippi (18.8 percent), Kentucky (20 percent), and Louisiana (20.3 percent).[3]

According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1995 alone, U.S. universities granted 2,142 licenses and options to license patented technology, most of them exclusive; 169 start-up companies were formed in 1995 (more than 1,100 from 1980-95), for which such exclusive patents were the key. The licensing of university-research spin-offs adds more than 150,000 jobs to the U.S. economy each year.

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[ArsenalCannon357]

 

[Damn Right]

yes, a ged is more valuable. you can work at any minimum wage job in the country. with a phd they'd never hire you to flip burgers or work at walmart. you can only get upper mngt position with a phd. or become a tenured professor at a university, something whack like that.

waaaaaay more burger flipping jobs out there.

go for that ged homie and don't look back

 

[crossovernegro]

This is like posting a list of NBA millionaires and saying none of these guys ever worked a 9 to 5 job, and are rich. They are pretty much special cases... It would be interesting to see the percentages for people making like $250K to like $400,000 per year. Not super rich, but way more than well off...an at least attainable for a larger amount of people.

Most of the Top Billionaires in the World Never Finish College,

Ownership and Owning a Business is What Pays the Bills!!, You have to decide on being a Good Employee or a Boss,

 

[black-n-tan]

I've got the Masters in Info Sys so I'm considering either the doctorate in IS or Organizational Management.

Unfortunately with all the foreign competition in IT and in research I question if it's worth it at all.



I totally agree with this. I know some lawyers and THEY told me their industry is over saturated and that most of them aren't making those good dollars anymore. Some of them work for the state and got laid off, now they're struggling.

I have a friend getting his PhD in IS. He works for a company that values that degree. You can make a lot of money teaching with a PhD, providing you are teaching something there is a demand for.