Originally Posted by HappilyMom
I do think the tech industry is different than most. My husband never needed college or even really high school.

It is, in that, apart from math and language arts, there's very little in high school or college that has any direct relevance to the field. There's a lot to learn, they're just not teaching it.

College used to be a great way to prepare for a tech job, but somewhere around the late 80s, the technology started moving too quickly for the schools to keep up.