Are you a young person thinking about the kind of work you want to do, but you don’t want to go to college? I can certainly understand. A recent article in the Washington Post showed that colleges are rife with academic dishonesty, mental health issues, difficult peer relationships, alcohol and substance abuse, and safety issues – and most recently, antisemitism!

Thankfully, there are many work options that can be meaningful and satisfying and are predicted to have plentiful job openings in the foreseeable future. Many of these work options pay as much as or more than college-required positions. Please note that the salaries stated are ranges, depending on your experience. Your starting salary depends on how well you convince your interviewer that you can offer what the organization needs.

One interesting and hopeful trend is that some employers – having discovered that college does not make a difference in employee performance – have recently dropped their college degree requirements! Among them are IBM, Accenture, Okta, Dell, Bank of America, Google, and Delta Airlines; many others are expected to follow.