Four-year college not only path to well-paid work

While partly in jest, I've been saying this for a while to family and friends: too many people are going to college these days anyway. For too many people, it has become just a place to hang out after high school for a few more years until you're forced to leave your parents (and their financial support). Sure, many are learning much in college but from what I've observed lately, learning how to make a good living is often not a part of that learning process. This article is just further evidence to support to my only-half-joking theory.

From CNN.com:

Though it was once conventional wisdom that you needed to have a four-year college degree to be successful, many employment experts believe that maxim has become myth. While a college education increases a worker's chances of earning more money, it's certainly not the only reliable path to well-paid and rewarding work. Even though good jobs increasingly require some post-high school training, many still don't require a four-year degree. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, eight of the top 10 fastest-growing occupations through 2014 do not require a bachelor's degree. And these jobs, which include health technology, plumbing, firefighter and automotive repair, are less vulnerable to outsourcing. After all, if your car breaks down in Indiana, you're not going to fly someone in from another country to help you.