You don’t need a 4-year college degree for these high-paying jobs at Google, Apple, Netflix

[Guest Indiana]

College is overrated.

Well, at least sometimes. New data from millions of users and job listings from career networking site LinkedIn shows that many top companies including Google GOOG, +0.73% AAPL, +1.32%   Airbnb, Facebook FB, -0.02% OracleORCL, -0.26%  and others all have high-paying, in-demand jobs where a four-year degree isn’t required.

“The four-year degree isn’t gone altogether but we’re starting to see a shift in what these companies are looking for,” says Laura Lorenzetti, editor at LinkedIn. “There’s a growing emphasis on skills over school as they compete for top talent. People still see the four-year degree as a signaling factor but companies are taking experience as seriously as a four-year college degree.”

 

Among the high-paying jobs at top companies that don’t require a college degree: A brand director position at Apple (the listing simply says “bachelor’s degree preferred”) and an editor for Apple News (it says bachelor’s or master’s degree preferred or equivalent work experience), both in the Bay Area. Other jobs include a corporate account manager at Oracle (applicants need either a BA/BS degree in business/related field or equivalent work experience) in Boston and an account manager for Google Cloud in Chicago (the listing simply says bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience).

Brand directors in San Francisco can make roughly $200,000, and editors and account managers about $60,000, according to salary data reported by Glassdoor.

Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/you-dont-need-a-4-year-college-degree-for-these-high-paying-jobs-at-google-apple-netflix-2019-04-08?reflink=MW_GoogleNews&_lrsc=daff00dc-deba-4876-9249-5e62412908c3&utm_source=social&utm_medium=leap&utm_campaign=linkedin&src=li-leap

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

There is NO SUBSTUTUTE ... for talent and grit,

If you have neither ... going to college is a second best choice to learn a marketable skill, and PROVE you actually have that skill.

College is not only made for the brilliant and talented ... it is even MORE for the average and mundane .. who ALSO still have to find a way to make an honest living.