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kowenicki said:

Turkish said:

kowenicki said:

Turkish said:

kowenicki said:
Did my A levels and did very well.

Went to uni for 12 months... ditched it and never looked back.

Best thing I ever did.

What are A levels?

They are what you need in the UK to get into university (unless you a a mature student)

So for instance to would probably need 4 A levels at grade A or A* to get into medical school. 

Oh we don't have them here. So why did you ditch uni? You started your own business?

No I only started my own business 8 years ago after I had creamed all the knowledge and training I could from various employers and "learned my trade"

The 4 years I spent in the workplace set me up much better than the 4 years at uni would have, by the time most of my friends left uni I was well into my career.

Complete waste of time for the vast majority of people in my opinion. The amount of down time is ridiculous.

Australia is pretty much the same. In most fields it is about what you know rather than you having a degree. In most white collar jobs people with experience get the job over a graduate from University. There are a few exeptions like Law, Medicine, Engineering and Pharmacy where you need to get the degree.  

From what I was told, America is the opposite, education their is valued  highly in most white collar jobs. People can't even get a white collar job without a college degree unless they know someone who can get them in.