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10 high-paying tech jobs that don’t need a degree
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By Hugh Fort in Business News, posted June 16, 2022
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Because of coding boot camps, programming courses, and determined high-school graduates, you don’t actually need a college degree to get a high-paying job in the tech industry any more.
According to research from Coding Dojo, someone without a degree can earn up to $96,000.
This is great news for pupils whose internships were canceled, or who were frustrated with many universities’ switch to remote work.
In a poll carried out last month, 34.6 percent of students weren’t sure if the pandemic impacted plans to get a degree, and 3.8% of students ditched all plans for a college degree.
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Richard Wang, CEO of Coding Dojo said: “For far too many students and their parents, going to the ‘best’ university is their ultimate goal, but career readiness should be the goal.”
Wang noted that there are too many pupils who go to college without a clear plan and expect to figure out what they want to do.
He said: “The result of this approach can be devastating, with students ending up with thousands of dollars in debt."
The students might have “irrelevant or no degrees at all because they didn’t know why they were going in the first place,” he said, “This stems from students hearing throughout their life that a four-year degree is a key to a successful career, but that’s not necessarily true.”
With numerous US workers still unable to go back to work, it can be a bleak prognosis, particularly for students who are yet to get a career-possible job and feel unsure about their future.
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Top 10 tech jobs that don’t need a degree
Overall ranking: 26/50
Job satisfaction: 3.6
Starting salary: $58,340
Glassdoor internships available: 174
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 1,764
Data scientist
Overall ranking: 3/50
Job satisfaction: 4
Starting salary: $96,000
Glassdoor internships available: 90
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 577
Cloud engineer
Overall ranking: 33/50
Job satisfaction: 3.6
Starting salary: $82,780
Glassdoor internships available: 314
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 343
Data engineer
Overall ranking: 6/50
Job satisfaction: 3.9
Starting salary: $87,035
Glassdoor internships available: 256
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 1,497
Software developer
Overall ranking: 32/50
Job satisfaction: 3.5
Starting salary: $66,800
Glassdoor internships available: 198
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 871
Applications engineer
Overall ranking: 18/50
Job satisfaction: 3.7
Starting salary: $59,230
Glassdoor internships available: 272
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 1,788
Front-end engineer
Overall ranking: 1/50
Job satisfaction: 3.9
Starting salary: $63,500
Glassdoor internships available: 119
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 1,381
Systems engineer
Overall ranking: 27/50
Job satisfaction: 3.5
Starting salary: $67,370
Glassdoor internships available: 191
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 1,381
Java developer
Overall ranking: 2/50
Job satisfaction: 3.9
Starting salary: $63,000
Glassdoor internships available: 62
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 288
Software engineer
Overall ranking: 7/50
Job satisfaction: 3.6
Starting salary: $82,000
Glassdoor internships available: 399
Glassdoor entry-level positions available: 2,001
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